Woohoo!!!! DONE!
I just finished novel revisions!!!! (Yes, that required four exclamation points.)
I have critique group this afternoon, so I'm sure I'll get comments from my critique buddy on things that need fixing, but for the first time since I went from a book set all in 1991 to one that's 1991/present, I have a complete draft I actually feel OK about showing people.
I'm going to try and incorporate crit group comments I've been stockpiling on the early chapters, plus today's, tomorrow morning, then send it to a first group of beta readers tomorrow. Hoping to get feedback on it so I can do more revisions Thanksgiving week when I'm on vacation, then send to the second-round beta readers. Hopefully after that, all I'll need are final edits. *crosses fingers*
(And yes, this does mean I'll probably be getting back to various fanfic projects soon.)
I have critique group this afternoon, so I'm sure I'll get comments from my critique buddy on things that need fixing, but for the first time since I went from a book set all in 1991 to one that's 1991/present, I have a complete draft I actually feel OK about showing people.
I'm going to try and incorporate crit group comments I've been stockpiling on the early chapters, plus today's, tomorrow morning, then send it to a first group of beta readers tomorrow. Hoping to get feedback on it so I can do more revisions Thanksgiving week when I'm on vacation, then send to the second-round beta readers. Hopefully after that, all I'll need are final edits. *crosses fingers*
(And yes, this does mean I'll probably be getting back to various fanfic projects soon.)