(with this draft anyway.)
276 pages.
82,196 words -- two of which are "The" and "End".
Bring on the query letter.
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I'm no longer posting to this blog, but I'm leaving it online so you can read about our journey. Check out the links under Posts That Explain Things to get the basics, or the tags at the bottom for specific categories.
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19 comments:
Terrific! I can't wait to read it.
Woo hoo! Congratulations!
Good luck querying.
Thanks Mom! I'm hoping you'll have it in a couple weeks (no pressure to my readers..).
Lurkey, I'm excited to query. Is that weird?
Congratulations!! :-)
Congratulations Melanie, this is good.
Of course you are excited to query. It is the next step to completion.
Keep going girl, I will have your collection of books in my library.
They will be the few pleasure books in my all of my tech manuals. I am looking forward to having a whole bookshelf dedicated to your books.
Thanks Pink!
Aww, Penguin, that's so sweet. And I almost slipped and used your real name. Woops.
I'm also excited to go back to my other wip that takes place in SL.
Congrats Mel! It must feel good!!
You deserve to go out and do something fun to celebrate! You've worked very hard to reach this point!! Awesome, Mel! Yay!
So exciting!!! That is awesome!!! A wonderful accomplishment!!
way to go!!!!
Thanks everyone! So far I've celebrated by reading half of a book, going to the grocery store, and sending out a quote for a design project. Bring on the F-U-N!
w00t! Fun it up! :)
Congrats. there are no two more satisfying words.
Yay!!!! Congratulations and good luck!
Thanks!!
Travis, I can think of a couple, but right now you are very correct.
I just realized I called Lurker Monkey Lurkey. ROFL!! Sorry. :D
Woo Hoo! Congrats. What a great accomplishment :)
Sorry, I didn't get to check this until later tonight! Good Luck with the Querying!
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