The First Draft

They say that writing a novel is a one thousand step process. Well, I'm proud to say we officially just finished Step One: The First Draft.

Awwwww. She looks JUST like you, honey!

And despite confusing timestamps, we didn't actually pull this off in one day or anything. We've actually been writing for about a year and a half now. We would have blogged about it back then, but it would have been the most boring blog ever. But today, we're officially done! Woohoo!

You know what's scary? They say that writing the first draft is BY FAR the easiest step. The easiest. And it took a year and a half. Does that mean we're about to get hit by an avalanche of horror?

YOUR ANGUISH AND SELF-DOUBT AMUSES ME. PLEASE CONTINUE.

I mean, seriously. Now we have to try to actually SELL this thing. We actually have to try to convince agents and publishers that what we've been working on for a year and a half is worth an amount greater than ZERO dollars. That thought terrifies me.

Somehow, Kristy doesn't seem worried at all. She just keeps staring at that manuscript, grinning. I think she's just happy we finished it.

OK, seriously, hun, you've been stuck like that for two days. It's starting to freak me out.

You know what? Screw it. I'm going out tonight and getting roaringly drunk. Tomorrow may be uncertain, tomorrow may be unpredictable. But tonight? We can be happy.