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First draft stats, MIDNIGHT BLUE-LIGHT SPECIAL.

Current stats:

Words: 8,464.
Total words: 101,114.
Reason for stopping: I sort of, well, ran out of book.
Music: lots of things, mostly Dave and Tracy.
Lilly, Alice, and Thomas: bed, orange cat tree, and beige cat tree, respectively.

First draft stats:

Pages: 347
Chapters: twenty-five, plus a prologue and an epilogue
Started: November 2, 2010
Finished: February 18, 2012

So it turns out that finishing a Toby book and a Mira Grant book and doing lots of conventions and writing another Toby book and a couple of Mira Grant novellas and not sleeping makes me slow. Which is why this book took fifteen months to write (the first one took fourteen months, and I swore that this one would go faster). And yet. I am done with the first draft of Midnight Blue-Light Special, and Discount Armageddon is not yet on shelves, and that means I win.

I am so tired. I am physically and emotionally exhausted, and my eyes hurt because I cried through the last two chapters. But I am done. I am finished.

I will deal with a few pending edits and send the first draft to the Machete Squad tomorrow. But for right now? I sleep.

For right now, I win.
Tags: book status, cheese and cake, midnight bluelight special, word count
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Congrats! Yay for you getting this draft done. I'll look forward to it when it comes out.
Thanks!
Congratulations.

Now is there anyway to convince you to have a rest if you are this tired ?
I went to bed!
Congrats on the winning :)
Thanks!
In other news saw Brooks and Lonsdale tonight. Eben passed on your message to Alison.
Awesome.

mythusmage

5 years ago

CHEESE! AND! CAKE!

Well done! Now, if you can wrest back some of the bed from Lilly, I hope you can get some rest.
I woke up ENGULFED by cats.

lauowolf

5 years ago

Congratulations!

and that means I win

And so do we, but you've always been generous that way :).
Aw, yay. :)
You definitely win. *hug* Have a good sleep.
Oh, I so did. Zzzzzzzz.
*offers hugs* Yay! Also, (I hope you were able to) rest well and enjoy the sleep of the victorious.
Thank you!
Congratulations!! *throws confetti*
Yay!
Congrats and hooray! ...I do agree with everyone else who hopes that you can add some sleep to your schedule.
I slept aaaaaaall night.

archangelbeth

5 years ago

Congratulations!
Congratulations.
Thank you!
But for right now? I sleep.

Sleep well. May your dreams have all the velociraptors and ponies you need.
I had boats and magic frogs and some evil alligator dudes!

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Thank you!
Yay for finishing the first draft! Have a good sleep.
Thank you!
Well done!
Thank you!
Yay, more Toby! :)
This is the second InCryptid book.

midnightblooms

5 years ago

You always win as far as I'm concerned. I read Flower of Arizona yesterday, great story, really fun. Excellent intro to the InCryptid universe and concept.
Yay!
Sleep is good for the Blonde.

Was this crying because of what was being written, or the sadness of an ending?
The sadness of an ending.

vincentursus

5 years ago

eeee congrats!!
Yay!
Holy crap that is a lot of writing. You ARE winning - at least until the books and stories actually come out, at which point we become the winners ;) Congrats on said winning and rest well!
Thank you!
Congratulations, sweetie! I am so proud of you. I have to say in all honesty that you are an inspiration to me. I can't wait to read this series!
Thank you. :)
I think it's your readers who win.
I hope so.
Very excited for Discount Armageddon. We're doing it for our book club next month.
Oh, cool!