Or at least, a draft of Without a Summer is finished. It is 84,000 words, which makes it 10k longer than the other two books. I am a little baffled because I wrote it in 39 days.
Granted, this is only a first draft and it needs revisions, but it is still a lot of words. I think this is a good thing being able to write a draft that fast, but the proof will be in how it plays to my readers. There is one section, in particular, that I’m a little worried about.
So… those of you who have been reading along, I’ve posted the remaining chapters. Let me know what you think.
Congratulations! 🙂
wow! great job!
As a writer who averages around 500 words an hour, I am impressed; I’d need three NaNoWriMos to write that much! To be *able* to write a draft that fast is undoubtedly a good thing; how often it’s *desirable* is another question. I look forward to hearing what you think once your readers chime in.
Early responses are what I was looking for, so I’m cautiously hopeful at this point.
Bravo Mary! Can’t wait! Have you planned a “Glamour and Glass” book tour yet at all? Any chance you’d stop through Boise, ID?
At this point all book tour plans are up in the air because we are scheduled to move around the time the book comes out.
Felicitations indeed! I am curious to know if a reread through the revisions with more of an eye to details (like specific wordings, the kinds of things you didn’t want in the first readthrough) would help you or distract? (I mean to reread for the revisions, but am unsure if commenting will be helpful or not).
Thank you for offering. Notes about lines wouldn’t be helpful at this point because it is all raw draft. With very few exceptions, what you guys got to see is got posted without even being spell-checked. I need to go through it myself before I’m ready to have someone else look at details. If you want to be in the list for the revisions, I can include you, but only if you are curious.
If there are openings, I’d be glad to do so. But if you already are happy with your revisions team, I don’t want to butt in.
mary, I am so glad it’s longer–it was the only fault I could find with your books, that they were too short! congrats on the first draft 🙂
You’ll get to read it soon after I fill in the copious brackets and correct some of the obvious stuff. Like the dance… darn. I need to go do that now.
Woo-hoo and well done, Mary!
As far as I can tell, it’s never a bad thing to write a rough draft quickly. As you all on Writing Excuses like to say, “You can always fix it in post.”
And don’t forget Dean Wesley Smith’s notion about accessing the natural storytelling talent of your brain by writing quickly: http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=4360
I know the advice has definitely helped my writing.
At any rate, congratulations, Mary. I’m really looking forward to reading your books soon.
Congratulations! You wrote so fast it was all I could do to keep up. I’ll go back and put some more detailed feedback in the chapters’ comment threads but in short, the book was fantastic!
Thank you! I look forward to it.
Yay!
An impressive feat – and I thought it read way better than a first draft. I liked it a lot!
Thank you, Maggie! It was great to have you reading along.