I just finished typing “The End” on my first novel.
Ok, technically I wrote “End of Book 1” 😛
Man, this feels so good. And surreal. Completely surreal. Finishing Asylum was a headtrip all on its own, but finishing Awakening, the first novel I wrote completely by myself – I won’t if I’m ever gonna get used to this.
I’ve posted the completed first draft to my Finished Works page in all it’s naked, unedited glory. By all means, please comment, give me feedback, make note of corrections I’ve missed, and all that lovely stuff. Feedback is beyond welcome. And if you’d rather do so via email, drop me a line through my About page and we’ll get to work.
OH MY GOD I WROTE A NOVEL! *dies*
Raevenly Writes 
Woohoo! Go you!!
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Thanks! I am sooooo excited right now 😀
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Congratulations! My first finished novel I wrote in twenty-five days, but my *first* novel took twenty years to finish. It’s always a great feeling to type “The End”.
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Oh man, for sure!
I’ve been working on Rain’s story since this past November, though I almost lost it trying to hit the word count goal in those last few days. Picking it back up was sooooo hard, but man, it feels so good to be finished!
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Great job!
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Thank you! Even all these hours later I’m still excited 😀
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Awesome!
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Thanks 🙂 Still still excited. Still 😛
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Congrats! That is definitely one of the best feelings in the world. Even if you’re anything like me and just stare off into space in a daze.
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Actually, I’ve been doing a sort of excited Tourette’s thing where I just randomly scream “I wrote a novel!”
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That also works!
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Congratulations!! Are you dancing and skipping and jumping along with your novel Tourettes? I have written my first novella and that was pretty exciting. I can only imagine how much better the feeling is for a full blown novel.
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Yes, yes I am.
It’s only a “novel” by NaNo standards, and I guess YA standards, which it is. 😛 Just shy of 59k, but it’s a complete tale with a beginning and an end, and that’s what really thrills me.
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😀 Keep on dancing. I’m aiming to have everything prepared to write a novel for NaNo in November 🙂
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I really love Nano, as nutty a it is. I should be working on Rains second book this November.
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😀 Roll on November then! actually no, i’m not ready. stay away November!
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Congrats!! What amazing news 😀 You must feel such an sense of accomplishment (and exhaustion!).
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Oh yes! And then I went to work afterward. I spent the whole rest of the night going “I’ve already accomplished something major for the day, can’t I be done?” 😛
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