accomplishedTotal words: 149,220.
Previous words: 156,890.
Loss between drafts: 7,670.
Total chapters: thirty-one chapters, divided into five 'books' and a coda.
Total pages: 544 (30 page decrease).
Draft one started: September 4th, 2005, on the plane back from Seattle.
Draft one finished: December 27th, 2007, sitting at Tony's kitchen table, in Seattle.
Draft one edits finished: June 3rd, 2008, in my bedroom.
Draft two started: June 3rd, 2008, also in my bedroom.
Draft two finished: July 7th, still in my bedroom. I don't move much.
I have finished the second draft of Feed, my epic novel of zombies, politics, blogging, how George Romero accidentally saved the world and the tragic duty of the journalist. Now I get to process copy-edits and frantically jab my subject matter experts with sticks. ("Hey, you said my tech was outdated. Dude, can you tell me how? Please? Ack!")
Seriously, this book has been so much work, and there's more work to come, but wow, has it turned into something amazing. I am so very proud of this entire thing. It's huge and sprawling and epic and wonderful, and I still love it, even after hammering my head against it for all this time. Which I think is a good sign.
I love my little zombies.
July 8 2008, 04:38:48 UTC 8 years ago Edited: July 8 2008, 04:40:43 UTC
Second: OMG, there's a song about oxidative phosphorylation?!
::has looked up Scientific Groove and is now blissed::
::is a Biologist as well as a Mythologist and general literary maven::
July 8 2008, 12:25:28 UTC 8 years ago
Welcome to enlightenment!