DONE! and just beginning
I set myself a deadline to finish revisions by my birthday. Here's my birthday and here I am...almost finished. I'll finish this evening. :) 50 pages left.
Finishing the first draft and not showing to anyone was tough at first. It's always good to get that affirmation after you finish something. So now that I have a complete revised draft, I need to send it out for people to read and give feedback. I want to send it to agents now!!! But I can't. They'll find something I didn't and I'll need to fix things and this will make it better. But...but...dammit, I don't want to wait any longer!!! GAH!!!
Of course, my writing group dissolved a long time ago. Peggy had the most talent of the lot and we're still friends, so I hope she'll give it a look. Trouble is, while I've had a lot of people express interest in reading it, few of them are of the caliber or background that I would find useful. They'll read it (or not) and tell me it was good and be done with it and that's not what I want or need (well, it's always cool to receive affirmation, but "it's good" always seems polite and not genuine. What was good about it?).
I have a few people I'm going to ask, but I don't know if they have time or the inclination to do so. Fingers crossed that they say yes and that I get good feedback.
Finishing the first draft and not showing to anyone was tough at first. It's always good to get that affirmation after you finish something. So now that I have a complete revised draft, I need to send it out for people to read and give feedback. I want to send it to agents now!!! But I can't. They'll find something I didn't and I'll need to fix things and this will make it better. But...but...dammit, I don't want to wait any longer!!! GAH!!!
Of course, my writing group dissolved a long time ago. Peggy had the most talent of the lot and we're still friends, so I hope she'll give it a look. Trouble is, while I've had a lot of people express interest in reading it, few of them are of the caliber or background that I would find useful. They'll read it (or not) and tell me it was good and be done with it and that's not what I want or need (well, it's always cool to receive affirmation, but "it's good" always seems polite and not genuine. What was good about it?).
I have a few people I'm going to ask, but I don't know if they have time or the inclination to do so. Fingers crossed that they say yes and that I get good feedback.