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jethrien ([personal profile] jethrien) wrote2009-11-29 06:13 pm

Houston, we have novel



I can haz novel!

It is a slightly banged up, not totally functional, prototype novel, but a novel nonetheless. Now I shall set it aside and go play video games with my husband, and do Christmas-y social-y things for the next month. In January I'll take another look at this guy, and see what I can actually fix.

Novel!

[identity profile] maydove.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Hooray! Is it posted publicly somewhere?

[identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
No, and won't be. If this cleans up nicely, then I'll actually consider trying to get it published, in which case it can't be posted somewhere publically. If it doesn't - well, then I'm certainly not posting it!

[identity profile] maydove.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I should have realized that. Sorry, my brain is a bit addled because I'm trying my finish applications for faculty positions by tomorrow. No sleep for me...

[identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
If it does end up in reasonable shape some day, I'll need beta readers, though...

[identity profile] maydove.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
If that's the case, let me know and I'll be happy to give you feedback if you want. I really enjoyed that short story you wrote a while back about the psychic gift hotline.

[identity profile] beastin.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

[identity profile] elissali.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations!

[identity profile] ivy03.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! Congrats!

[identity profile] dushai.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Another note of congratulations!

[identity profile] fyrna.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You have the best avatar for these kinds of things.

[identity profile] trinityvixen.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I swear, if left to my own devices, I'd turn into Edna. She's, like, my role model.

[identity profile] fyrna.livejournal.com 2009-11-30 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats! Considering the discipline and dedication it takes to write a novel, I say that's a major accomplishment. :)

[identity profile] qiika.livejournal.com 2009-12-01 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Way to go! That's a lot of words.

[identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com 2009-12-01 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
And somehow, not enough. Part of the great revision process will involve adding three or four chapters from another character's viewpoint and at least another three or four scenes that are necessary for character development but I skipped to keep moving with the plot.