A Cause for Celebration

I've been away from the blog a long time. A much longer time than I'm normally away. My last post September 16, 2011. Part of that is because I haven't had much time for writing. For the past five months I've been working on a novel. The first draft began way back in July. July 24th of 2011 to be exact.

Today I typed the last sentence of Thronebreaker's final chapter.

It's a truly bittersweet feeling.

I'm excited because this is the first novel I've completed writing.

I'm sad because I've spent the last five months of my life with Thoros Thronebreaker, Faye Flamekisser, Rhezak, and Khul. Who am I going to spend my time with now? I know that there's editing and revisions to do (a lot of editing and revisions I'll admit), but that's not the same. While writing the first draft I was getting to know these characters. I learned what their personalities are like, what idiosyncrasies they have, what their viewpoints of the world were, etcetera etcetera. Once I start editing I'll refine all those things. I don't feel like there will be more to learn about these characters. Maybe there will be. I don't know.

I had planned on ending the book with an epilogue, but I don't want to pull a George Lucas.

The new year is starting off pretty well. I already have a cause for celebration. I'm also scripting a comic. My first comic script actually. I hope to finish that by the end of this week, or early next week. I'll keep you guys updated on the progress.

There are more posts to come.