The writing, at least for now, is officially done.
That's not to say my editor won't have a million changes for me. As a first-time author, I'm fairly ignorant of the entire process that will begin once I hand in my manuscript, but for now I'm done writing.
The only thing I have left to do is one massive spell-check through over 62,000 words. I then have to go through and make sure I've formatted everything correctly, more or less. The manuscript is supposed to be double-spaced but up until now I've done it all single-spaced. So I can look forward to much highlighting and formatting for the next hour or so.
But first lunch. Our apartment is still quite hot, despite two blaring airconditioners, so I'm back in Starbucks once again, slowly eating away at the advance I'm being paid with each purchase of a vanilla skim latte. The music today, however, has been inspiring. As I put the finishing touches on my last paragraph, I was treated to a big-band version of Ella singing "Love For Sale."
Big geek points to the person who names the original source of this entry's title.
Posted by Doug at June 15, 2005 12:14 PMStar Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope. Red Leader, as his targeting computer homed in on the Death Star's secondary exhaust port. Before he missed.
*grin grin*
Posted by: gemma at June 15, 2005 01:08 PMGemma wins this one, although my own frequent sci-fi references made it a little easy. Nevertheless, congrats.
Posted by: Doug at June 15, 2005 04:04 PM