Writing Journal: Y2 Day 37

The End.

I know, I know, you’re not supposed to start with those words.  But in this case, it’s appropriate.  You see, over the weekend, I finished draft 1 of Sam Kane, Book 2.

As you can see from the screen shot, I needed more words than I had planned on to tell the story.  But I’ve already talked about that.

A hundred thousand words.  Yay me!

Now I am at that ‘take a breath’ stage.  The draft is done, the story is written – my brain needs time to process.  I should do some other stuff and decompress.  Unfortunately, my brain is all, “Hey, hey! What’s next? Let’s go, let’s go!”

I can’t decide if that’s a good thing or not.

If I let my brain do what it wants and keep writing, what’s next?  I know that I want to let book 2 sit for a bit before I start editing.  (we’ll see how long I last before I start obsessing)  Maybe I’ll work on the space opera.  Maybe one of the short stories I’ve got sitting around collecting dust.

Maybe I’ll finally finish Batman: Arkham City…

~P