Well, I've finished the first draft of my novel!
It's been sent off to my mentor and my second reader, as it's my creative thesis for my MFA program (Stonecoast MFA through the University of Southern Maine) and needs to be signed off on by two faculty members to be accepted for graduation. Which I think is a great setup, but now I have nothing to work on while I wait for comments.
It's funny. I've been working on this novel for so long and there have definitely been times that I wanted to abandon ship for a day or two and start something completely different. In fact, that's how this novel began - I was working on a different project, got fed up with myself, and started this piece. But now that I am forced to work on something different, all I want to do is return to my character and the world that I've spent so long with.
At first, all this sounds like laziness or writer's block or whatever term you want to give it, but I don't think that's the case. I think that this means I'm not done working with this piece. Well, obviously I'm not done - it's just the first complete draft. But I'm raring at the bit to get back to it!
That being said, I definitely have ideas for something new. Don't be surprised if you see me reading more chick lit than normal in the near future...
Karla
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