You read that right. At 12:55 a.m. January 30, I finished the first draft of Susceptible. I feel like letting out a giddy scream, but I'm afraid that would wake up everyone in the house. So I'll have to resort to a silent happy dance as soon as I'm done with this post and it actually hits me that I'm done. I'm a month over my original goal of finishing by the end of 2012, but I'll take it. Done is done and a month extra isn't too bad. So here are some fun stats...I started Susceptible sometime in April of last year (that's right, only 10 months!). The final word count for the first draft is 106,008. According the Pages, the word processor I used to write it, it is 337 pages long. And it has 44 chapters.
So anywho, now it's time to celebrate. I plan to spend the next month feeding my reading addiction(with the kindle gift card I earned from the best, most motivating and awesome IR ever), watching a little t.v. for once, sleeping, all sorts of crazy activities with my kids and anything else that suits my whim. Then after my month of laziness and celebration, it will be time to get back to work. But this time, I'll be crushing my soul with editing. :-( Oh and posting songs that inspired or fit along with scenes in Susceptible is on the agenda for my party month. And possibly teasers and pictures. We'll see. Well, it's time for my happy dance. Night all!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeek!
