Friday, March 01, 2013

I Finished!

Yesterday I finished the JeRoWriMo challenge, the New Jersey Romance Writers' version of NaNoWriMo. I wrote a total of 30,148 words during the month of February. I actually wrote more than that since I deleted 800 words where I had written myself into a corner. On Wednesday, I came to the end of Patriot's Heart, but I I went right on to the sequel, Patriot's Pride.

Now I need to go back and edit. Once it's ready, I'll have to send the manuscript around and see if a publisher is willing to offer me a contract for it. It may be quite a while until it is up for sale. Nevertheless, I was thrilled to accomplish so much in just one month.

I did not come in first among the other writers in the group. There were many who surpassed me, but it did help to have a cheering squad. My thanks to Nancy Herkness for setting the challenge up. It was great!

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8 comments:

  1. Unknown11:16 AM

    Congratulations! Good luck on publishing and marketing

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  2. Penelope Marzec11:33 AM

    Zaina,

    Thank you. The writing is the fun part. The publishing and marketing--that's work. :^)

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  3. Kathryn R. Blake3:29 PM

    Congratulations! Give it time to simmer, then get that blue pencil out. Well done.

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  4. Unknown4:37 PM

    Congrats!! Edits to come....

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  5. Penelope Marzec8:28 PM

    Kathryn,

    Yes, I will let it simmer for a while. But I think I'll use a purple pen instead of a blue pencil. :^)

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  6. Penelope Marzec8:29 PM

    Dottie,

    Yes, the edits will be a bit grueling...

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  7. Chicki Brown8:20 AM

    You go, girl! Take a breather, than jump on the revisions.

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  8. Penelope Marzec8:53 AM

    Chicki,

    I was exhausted yesterday! I think I definitely need a breather.

    Having our annual St. Pat's party today so I'll be making soda bread and etc.

    The revisions will start next week. :^)

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