Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: accomplished
  • Music: Jeff and Maya, "My Wand Has Broken."

Word count -- ASHES OF HONOR.

Words: 15,820.
Total words: 116,181.

Reason for stopping: draft one is finished.
Music: lots of Counting Crows and modern folk.
The cats: Lilly, in my tank top drawer; Alice, on the cat tree; Thomas, occupying half the kitchen floor.

There we are, then; draft one is done.

I have edits to process, corrections to make, structural elements to adjust, and lots and lots of trimming to do—the book is currently somewhere between five and eight thousand words longer than it needs to be, the length of a short story, if you wanted to write a short story made up mostly of "just," "that," and assorted wishy-washy modifiers. But the words are on the page to be mucked about with. The first draft is finished.

I am so relieved. I will spend the weekend in Ohio working on the page proofs for Blackout, and attach Ashes of Honor with renewed vigor when I return. (Oh, who am I kidding. I'll be editing this puppy all weekend. But I'll also be getting ready to write something new.)

Life is good.
Tags: ashes of honor, book status, good things, toby daye, word count
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  • 34 comments

hms42

October 21 2011, 06:37:53 UTC 5 years ago

Congratulations on finishing the draft and safe travel!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:06:49 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks!

baka_kit

October 21 2011, 10:06:05 UTC 5 years ago

Yay for finished first draft!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:06:54 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

notalwaysweak

October 21 2011, 10:16:49 UTC 5 years ago

Yay for finishing the first draft!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:07:02 UTC 5 years ago

I am gleeful.

eilan

October 21 2011, 10:51:05 UTC 5 years ago

Woohoo!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:07:14 UTC 5 years ago

*rocks out*

la_marquise_de_

October 21 2011, 11:06:49 UTC 5 years ago

Yay draft!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:07:23 UTC 5 years ago

Glee.

midnightblooms

October 21 2011, 13:05:42 UTC 5 years ago

Woohoo!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:07:34 UTC 5 years ago

*beam*

pacalissanctum

October 21 2011, 14:06:32 UTC 5 years ago

Excellent!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:07:40 UTC 5 years ago

Yayz.

sheistheweather

October 21 2011, 14:33:07 UTC 5 years ago

Go you!

weasel_of_d00m

October 21 2011, 16:20:00 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:07:46 UTC 5 years ago

Yes!

serge_lj

October 21 2011, 17:45:20 UTC 5 years ago

Life is good.

Don't you just hate when that happens?

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:07:52 UTC 5 years ago

Hee.

thegreenyear

October 21 2011, 21:56:40 UTC 5 years ago

apropos of nothing to do with this post, this made me think of you.

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:08:02 UTC 5 years ago

Hee.

cgbookcat1

October 21 2011, 22:22:52 UTC 5 years ago

Hooray!

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:08:13 UTC 5 years ago

Yes!

reedrover

October 22 2011, 16:04:20 UTC 5 years ago

In case you need a brain break - http://softerworldfeed.livejournal.com/183606.html

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:08:36 UTC 5 years ago

Nice!

deire

October 22 2011, 21:35:39 UTC 5 years ago

The neighbors are letting their velociraptors out to play!!! Lookie! http://deireh.deviantart.com/art/Velociraptors-264754753

deire

October 22 2011, 21:37:08 UTC 5 years ago

(Out of a window--WHERE THEY BUILT AN ADD-ON FOR THE DINOSAUR TO "BUST" WHILE EXITING. Their cool is boundless)

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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kamui_atsuko

October 22 2011, 22:42:20 UTC 5 years ago

Awesome! Congrats! :D

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seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:10:20 UTC 5 years ago

Hee!

yellowblackhaze

October 22 2011, 23:25:34 UTC 5 years ago

Life is always good when you feel like you've accomplished something, and you seem to accomplish so very much.

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:13:19 UTC 5 years ago

I try.

ladymurmur

October 25 2011, 19:35:17 UTC 5 years ago

In random happy news, I just received the email notice that my library has ordered 13 copies of Discount Armageddon. I am #3 on the request list. :-D

seanan_mcguire

October 25 2011, 20:13:29 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!