Dept. of Achievement Unlocked

[kaffy_r]

It's Done

(I'd played with the idea of saying "It is finished," but that way lies somewhat liturgical madness.) 

The entire thing is a little over 9,800 words long. Not long by many peoples' standards, but by my standards, shored up as they are by glacially slow writing, phrase by phrase, word by word, syllable by fucking syllable, this is probably the longest thing I've written in at least a couple of years. It was amazing; the last page and a half poured out in a way I haven't been used to for some time. Rather refreshing, that. 

It's going to be looked over by a couple of my favorite editors, and then I'll break it into three chapters. And put it up. And go, regretfully or not so regretfully, back to actually working for a living. 

Comments

[pameladean]

Congratulations! It is an unparalleled delight to finish a piece of writing.
P.

[kaffy_r]

Indeed it is. Mind you, I end up feeling a little empty after completion. And with this particular story, I realized in the wee small hours that I needed to adjust some personality traits in one of the main characters, or risk them being totally out of character. Still, I am finished for all reasonable intents and purposes.

[(Anonymous)]

I get that empty feeling too. It's curiously like having been reading a really good story and finishing it, and then continually looking around for it to go on reading, but you're done. And of course there are always some bits that aren't right and have to be tweaked. Still, getting to the end is a thing.

P.

[kaffy_r]

With me, the emptiness is exacerbated by my wish to write rather than settle down and do things that I need to do in my non-fannish life.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, congrats!

[kaffy_r]

Thankee kindly!

[liadt]

Hurrah!

[kaffy_r]

Indeed!!

[minnehaha]

Yay for a pleasing success.

K.

[kaffy_r]

Thanks - it's very pleasing.

[elisi]

Go you!!! Looking forward to seeing the result. :)

[kaffy_r]

Thanks - My Best Beloved is looking it over right now, and I'm hoping for one other person to eyeball it. Then it's ready for general consumption.

And I fully sign on to the saying in your icon. Heh.