Mink writes the final chapter of his autobiography.
I have FINISHED the revised draft. It feels great. And with one day to spare! This is the fourth draft of the book, and it is the first draft with which I have felt happy. Obviously it will need a read-through, edits and perhaps a couple of pick-up things, but I think that the essential shape and substance of it has taken on its proper and final form. Hooray! The word count is sitting at about 105,000, but will drop down a bit in editing. I'm looking forward to seeing that fat wad of printed-out pages, and smelling the fresh ink. It's one of the most satisfying moments.
This is unrelated, but LOML and I put up these Ikea clocks to keep track of the time in all our important time zones. Never again will I miss a call from New Zealand because I forgot about daylight savings, or have to look up the time in London six times before an interview (although I probably will, because I am neurotic). LOML made the magnetic orange letters underneath each clock - clever thing!
(The wall is actually a very pale mushroom-y colour, but looks weird here).
Now I think it is time for a celebratory nap under a celebratory blanket.
Those of you who are working on projects for Nanowrimo - how are you doing? Do you expect to reach your goal by tomorrow? If not, do you still feel good about what you have achieved?
14 comments:
love seeing bits of your home! i haven't been blogging too much these last few months myself. i do enjoy lurking =D hope you are doing well...
love your clocks, clever little thing, you are!
~michelle <3
Congrats with getting so much done with your revisions.
Love your clock idea -- those are so cute and artsy-looking!
Those clocks are actually really cool! Useful, and wicked decor. And the shot of Mink in your dining room looks like it should be in a design magazine!
I love those clocks! MY boyfriend is from New Zealand so many I'll have to copy your clocks as a Christmas present for him this year.
Congrats! That's very exciting. I did get my drafts finished, but decided that I need to put in a lot more effort to get them into finished poems that match up to the ones that I've already had published elsewhere. It's a case of wanting them to be more than just a repeat performance. I've also figured out a couple of essays I'd like to write which I think will be helpful in the process.
Thanks for the group, though! Even if I didn't finish quite how I expected it's been a good project :)
I love those clocks!
Congrat on getting everything done. your clocks look really cool, very clever idea.
Congratulations Andrea. That's so nice to have something you can print out and actually hold. Also, cool clocks btw.
Well done Andrea! I finished my 50k NaNoWriMo words yesterday too. We're pretty much snowed in here (Scotland) so I celebrated with a blanket, wine and cake. Yum.
Katie
First off, thank you for your lovely comment on my blog. I appreciate it, being new to this blogging business.
Secondly, I can't believe you wrote that much for Nanowrimo. You must be a machine!
Congratulations! What a wonderful feeling - you deserve a day of celebration (well, at least one day)!
I'm 3,000 words shy of my 100,000 word goal for the month. I should get there this afternoon and I'm really, really, really looking forward to restructuring and reworking this thing. It's a piece I believe in and am excited about, which is a good feeling to have when finishing a rough draft.
I hope you enjoy your day!
Hurray! I made it! First-time Nanowinner :D
Congrats to everyone who reached their goals for this month :)
How terrifically lovely (re: the revised draft). I'd imagine you must feel a sense of having a lightened load to carry on your shoulders now as we launch into the merry month of December.
Wishing you a beautiful Wednesday & festively fantastic December ahead!
♥ Jessica
Congrats on finishing the revised draft! That must be a really fantastic feeling to have it done--I know I always am excited when a big project is finished and off my mind (at least, to the extent it was weighing on it before ;).
I love the clocks idea! I shall have to keep this in mind for when/if we ever get stationed in another time zone... So fun!
♥ Casey | blog
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