I believe David Gerrold once said that in the Publishing world, “thirty” means “finished”. I haven’t been able to get confirmation on that quote, but I distinctly remember reading it 20 or 30 years ago in his column “Rumblings”.
But regardless whether it’s true, Thirty means “finished” for me, at least for now. Yesterday I finished my Second Draft of the first thirty pages of my novel. Several literate friends and would-be writers are even now leafing through the pages and either marveling at my sheer brilliance, or, more likely, yawning and thinking of nice ways to say “don’t quit your day job”.
Meanwhile, it’s back to the drawing board for me. No, literally. I’ll be drawing a few pictures for the pitch, that’s how I’ll spend the next few days while waiting for feedback from my Beta Testers.
WORD COUNT: 66,000
