Last year did not go the way I wanted it to. I was hoping to have a publishing deal by now, but I'm still on my second edit.
I made a little bit of headway in 2014. I feel I'm able to ground the story now and the minor details are filling themselves in. There is still the "oh man this sucks" thought that comes to me every now and then. The writing/grammar is where I'm feeling the burn, but I think as long as its bearable a publisher/editor will be able to help.
I'd say the biggest change from last year was that it has a new title. I changed it in part because the original title was part of a series of titles and I don't think I'd be able to make it work for all seven novels. This new title is also part of a series, but at times I think its a bit corny. I'm going to withhold the new title for now in case I change my mind. I don't think I will though.
Anyway, I'd love to finish with this novel before I turn 31. I think I have a shot, but its going to require a lot of effort. I made a promise to myself that I wasn't going to buy any more video games til this book is done. Gaming, family time, work... these are all I have time for. I'm hoping to put gaming on the back burner as long as possible so I can make time for editing. We'll see.
I'm about 10,000 words into hopefully 80,000+. The first draft ended somewhere in the 52k realm. The first edit was hand-written, so I have no idea where the first edit word count ended up. I'll check back in at the end of the month to gauge how long this will take.
If I can finish by July, I should have enough time to prepare an outline for novel two before Nanowrimo in November :)
