Finishing this second book is a milestone. It’ll be the first “second” book that I’ve completed. The last time I tried to write a second book, I crashed and burned. The demons got me. I got me.
Not this time.
I finished reading the manuscript today. I have about 17 pages of notes on things to fix, which I have to turn around in two days, probably…but that’s okay. It’s going to get done. It has to get done. It’s that simple.
I’m enjoying the perspective of having done it. Of having taken characters and progressing them just a little bit further. Taking them new places. I can’t say that I feel like I did it as well as I wanted to…but I think I did it well enough. It works. That’s all I need it to do. I think it will thrill my readers. I hope it will. And in terms of doing as well as I wanted to…I’ll learn from my mistakes here and try to do better next time. And maybe next time, the pressure won’t be quite as intense.
This was a big one. And it’s almost behind me, now. I can let it go and move on.
Night night.