On the Second Draft

I am now working on the second draft of my first novel – which basically means re-writing the whole thing!! 

Actually, it’s good because I can take a fresh approach to the  book and make the changes that need to be made to help keep it flowing well.  It does feel good to finally be this far along in the writing process.  It took me a long time to to finally get 100,000 words written, which is about 300 pages, (and we celebrated!!) but I’m hoping that the rewrite won’t take as long. 

My biggest problem has actually been having too much material – so I just may have to write several books… bummer!  I really think it could make a great series though.  Frankly, even if I don’t get these books published, I feel I have to write them.  It’s just something I have to do.

The writers seminar that I went to a couple of weekends ago was really great and gave me lots of info I needed to feel encouraged enough to think I have a shot at getting published when I fianally get done.  This is all so exciting!!