After hamming through over 156,000 words in fifteen weeks, I’d like to announce that the first draft of In Her Name: First Contact is finished!
I was very happy with the way the draft went, and it certainly came along quickly enough. I was originally planning to take a full year to have the initial draft done, and writing that much in odd hours here and there (with a few marathon weekend sessions) came as a complete, but pleasant, surprise.
There’s still obviously a lot of work left to go in revisions and editing, but at this point I’m hoping that I can make my goal of having it out on the street no later than early September (of 2009!).
So, stay tuned!
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#1 by Dave on July 29th, 2009 - 1:08 pm
Congratulations! Do you self-publish?
#2 by Michael R. Hicks on July 29th, 2009 - 5:24 pm
Dave -
To this point, yes: all my books are currently self-published. Not that I’d mind getting picked up by a major publisher, but going the self-published route allowed me to get my work out where people could read it. I’m considering submitting First Contact for consideration by the larger houses, but…well, I might not…