WIP 2

So I've been working on the second novel I wrote (for last year's NaNoWriMo) and preparing it for submission to agents/publishers as a result of the catalyst of *drum roll please* beta readers!

I set beta readers 1 and 2 on the work last week, with chapters 1-6. I gave them chapters 7-10 for this week.
So far so good I guess, they seem to like it. But I'm panicking just a little because it's not one-hundred percent complete; I still have some gaps to fill, research to do etc. and the readers are gaining on me!
That's one of the beauties of setting beta readers on it- they make you work faster!

I can actually see myself submitting this story to agents/publishers this month! Whoah nelly! What an exciting thought.

Is this the year?

I have always been a writer- of songs, short stories, fanfic, poetry...you name it, I wrote it. I have also always seen myself as an author, always imagined myself writing a book someday, having it published. I started writing my first book in fifth grade but I never finished any of the ones I started since then until last year (2006).
So now that I've written a book- two actually- it's time for part two: editing and getting it published. This blog will track my journey toward that goal.
Like I said, I'm still in the editing/re-writing stage of both books. The first one (finished in April 2006), I actually have a strong desire to rewrite from a whole new point of view, a character that does not even exist in the first version. The second, written over the month of November for National Novel Writing Month is actually in better condition than the first- it just needs some bulking up and a little rearrangement (so it seems thus far). I can see myself "finishing" the second one before the first, but we'll see. Right now, I'm just doing a bit of tidying up before my first beta reader gets to it.