First Draft Done

I spent another day mostly on the laptop and finished the first draft of Christmas at The Seaview this afternoon. Then I reread it and still liked it, with a few minor edits. The speed with which this story came together is mind-boggling. I've never written at this pace before. I liked it a lot but know that it won't continue. After supper I wrote the blurb, the first draft of it anyway. Now I'll let it marinate for a while and, in a week or so, go back and see if I still like it.

 

In the afternoon, the late afternoon when my eyes were blurry from staring at the screen for so long, I went out and filled the bird feeders. Even though I haven't seen any Orioles in a couple weeks I still filled that one because the House Finches like the oranges and grape jelly.

 

Despite my opinion that the patio day lily was days away from blooming, it proved me wrong. When I went out to fill the feeders there it was leaning over the birdseed can in all of its orange glory. The day lilies on the side of the house and the lot line are starting to bloom too.

 

And the Stella d'Oro lilies are still going crazy. This plant had only a couple blooms on it yesterday and today it had a dozen. They're so pretty. I love taking closeups of them. Although I wish there'd been a bee in there.

 

That was my day. I didn't do any art or take a walk, I was too engrossed in finishing the first draft of this novella. It ended up being 28,437 words and 100 pages exactly. I don't know how many book pages that makes but it's enough to print in paperback, I'm sure. So I ordered a cover designed but they asked for information I don't have yet, like how many printed pages it will be so they can figure out the book spine print. Guess that'll have to wait until I've workshopped this with cda and it's closer to being ready to be published. Dang it. I was really looking forward to getting a cover soon.

--Barbara