May 6th, 2008 by Ann Aguirre
Houston, I have a draft.
Let the loafing begin!
Seriously, this was a fucking hard book, emotionally wrenching. Now that I’ve written the final lines, I feel like getting drunk or taking a Xanax or something. Because damn, this project took a lot out of me.
Happy stories and good news, stat!
Posted in announcements, books, the squee heard round the world, writing
May 6th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Woo hoo! Congrats Ann!!! Finishing a book is an awesome feeling, but emotional ones take a long time to recover from. Rest up and relax a bit.
May 6th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Congrats. Best number in the world is 30 (might have to explain that to younger writers though). It’s a sad fact of the job that the better you write, the more it takes out of you–which means you’ve just written a really good piece of work. So, double congratulations. Sleep for a week and go read a book (there ought to be one in the mail for you about now anyhow).
MK
May 6th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Thanks, guys. I’m feeling a little better than I did earlier.
I’m glad to hear you think total brain-drain means I’ve come up with something good, MK, It would blow to get the mental Hoover when pure suckulence results.
May 6th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Ann,
First, I don’t think it’s possible for something that emotionally draining to suck… especially with you writing it.
And Two… YES! :-)
May 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
It’s getting to where they all feel like that. Like each story is being ripped out instead of flowing… But then that makes them really good, IMHO.
May 6th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Fantastic!!! When do you actually get to breathe?
May 6th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Well, this week I’ll be finishing the free short story I’m posting in June. Next week I’ll polish my draft of Hell Fire. Then it’ll go to my beta reader.
I may take a couple days off, and then I’ll write Jax 3, Doubleblind. By the time I finish that, hopefully I’ll have feedback from my beta reader. I’ll revise Hell Fire some more, and then send it to my agent. Then I’ll polish Doubleblind.
By this point, I am guessing I’ll be gearing up for all the traveling I’ll be doing in July and August. I’ll get feedback from my agent, and revise /polish Hell Fire some more. By July 15, it will go to my editor.
I’ll start traveling. You get the idea.
I won’t really relax until I have all my contracted books written and polished. I’m guessing it’ll take about six months, all told.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Six months for the books contracted now. Between now and then, who knows what else you’ll have contracted? :innocent
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Seriously, some chocolate ice cream and a movie (either action or fluffy) to relax your mind and your heart seem to be in order.
May 7th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Well, I hope you take care of yourself in the little in between times…
peace.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I’ll do a few shots for you!