Friday, August 1st at 7:13pm EST:
Holy crap.
I just sent our completed draft off to our editor.
*dead*
We’ll have edits to work on, of course, once our editor gets it back to us but OMG I JUST DELIVERED OUR MANUSCRIPT TO OUR EDITOR!!!
Now:
I posted that in my personal journal, and had about 20 minutes of pure excitement. Then, my usual tendencies toward worrying about EVERYTHING kicked in and I felt like throwing up. What if the book isn’t any good? What if I never sell another book? What if people hate this book and call me names and throw rotten fruit at me?
Eh, it happens - well, the rotten fruit thing might not happen all that often anymore. My husband and I went out for a celebratory dinner and, with a few days’ distance, I am a whole lot less freaked out. Kate and I wrote a book and it is going to be available in bookstores in May of 2009, if the plan remains the same as it is now. There is no good in worrying about this being my only book - I am going to enjoy this process and see what the future brings. Because, OMG, we sold a book! And finished writing it!
