I’ve done it!
Last September I posted a photo of my desk all clean and tidy in preparation for beginning to write a novel. Well, I’ve done it and this is a photo of my desk last week just after I sent off the final draft to my editor. After I’d pressed send, I danced around the house. Note writer’s companion cat asleep on the shelf on the left and celebratory glass of wine in the centre. I thought of my husband and wished he were here. It’s the first novel that I have written without him at my back. Still, it was a sweet moment and I raised a glass for us both.
12 Comments
Margot Kinberg
July 3, 2019Well done, Christine!!! I am delighted for you. Is it a new novel in your series? A standalone? I’m excited for you!
Christine Poulson
July 3, 2019Thanks, Margot! It is a new one in the series. There is nothing quite like the feeling of having finished a novel, is there? I do hop your own writing is going well.
Helen Hardie
July 3, 2019Congratulations seems an inadequate offering! Maybe “brilliant” and “wonderfull” are better. Anyway best wishes ! Helen H.
Christine Poulson
July 3, 2019Thank you so much, Helen!
tracybham
July 3, 2019What an accomplishment, Christine! And I will be looking forward to reading the book once it is published.
Christine Poulson
July 3, 2019Thanks so much, Tracy!
Helen Townshend
July 3, 2019You must be so pleased with yourself! but I smiled at the contrast between your before-and-after desk: a sure sign of a job well done! Which series is this? not Cassandra by any chance?!
Christine Poulson
July 3, 2019Thank you! Not Cassandra, I’m afraid, though I would like to write another one day. This is the second series featuring scientist, Katie Flanagan.
Bill Selnes
July 4, 2019Congratuilations. I would expect finishing a book deserves more than one glass of wine.
Christine Poulson
July 5, 2019Thank you, Bill! Possibly more than one glass may have been raised…
Deborah Mainwaring
July 7, 2019What a happy moment. I particularly like the two pairs of glasses on the desk, and wonder if your dance around the house was done in double or triple focus. I know your shoulders must be lighter by all that weight sliding off them as the manuscript was sent on its way. Splendid.
Christine Poulson
July 8, 2019Thanks so much, Deb. It is lovely to hear from you. Yes, both relieved and happy!