I am calling myself out on this one. I have a plan. By November 1st, this blasted novel project is going to Alpha Reader, a.k.a. better 1/2. Once she is done, and it doesn't suck so bad I curl up in a corner and sob.... I will let it out into Beta Readers. Maybe by Thanksgiving! If, you know, I can con someone into reading it.
It has been ten months.. good grief. Time to finish revision one and get it out there for some feedback. Then, it will be revision 2.0 time. Then the process of a finished product to go off into the wide blue yonder and see if I can sell it.. I am hoping by April 1st. Yes.. I am using the irony of that date...
After all, that is the plan, to get it on the shelves of a local bookstore. Sure, I could bind it and slip it onto the shelf of the local B&N, but that doesn't really count, now does it? It is a goal, but not a measure of success.
Success is finishing it to where I like it, then shipping it off to other folks and having them read it, and enjoying the story. Anything else? Pure gravy.
So we are on the road to finish... almost there Papa Smurf.. almost there.. 10 weeks, easy as pie.
The end is just the beginning...
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