Gud, I keep meaning to say, considering you wrote it and are already almost done rewriting it, a year is not long at all. You're being methodical and very dedicated, and that's awesome.

Meanwhile, I just asked my editor for a short extension on my deadline, and am feeling Made of Fail. And waiting for a reply.

I think I'm impatient to get from rewriting everything to refining and polishing. I've learned a lot since I've started. I don't think I have much talent with graceful prose, but it strikes me now that in a novel that's just one component of the whole. There's plotting, dialogue, scene-construction, characterization, and succinctness. I've started to believe I can produce a decent book despite not being a great wordsmith.

Meanwhile, I just asked my editor for a short extension on my deadline, and am feeling Made of Fail. And waiting for a reply.

Shut up.

You're not Made of Fail. You're trying to give her the best product possible.

So... shut up.

I know, it just feels that way.

You want to read what I have so far, just for general impressions?

You want to read what I have so far, just for general impressions?

Sure, send away.

Who has two thumbs and a completed revision?

Okay, I still have a little clean-up and read-through to do on the final chapters and the epilogue, but the rewriting is done for this round.

Now for editing, chopping, some new scenes in places, adverb killing, and other fun things.

Way to go, Gudanov!

Thanks. It's exciting to get past another step.

Nice one, Gudanov.

The one big downer is the size, 154k. It's a bit long for one book and a bit short for two. I think I'm going to try for one book again. Between chopping and tightening maybe I can whack 40k then figure another 10k of scenes to replace some of the chopped sections. It'll be tough, but I figure it'll be better to shrink toward a target than expand toward a target.