I finished my book. I've said that twice now, I think, and while it's true, the book itself also isn't finished. Last... May, I think? I finished a full draft of the book. A few rounds of revision later, I've now sent my editor a file with the word "final" in its name. Still to come: copyediting, a cover, turning a word doc into book pages, all things that thankfully other people do. But that's what feels finished about this moment, the balance swinging from "I do it, granted with some help" to "other people do it, granted with me still hopefully a bit involved."
final.doc
final.doc
final.doc
I finished my book. I've said that twice now, I think, and while it's true, the book itself also isn't finished. Last... May, I think? I finished a full draft of the book. A few rounds of revision later, I've now sent my editor a file with the word "final" in its name. Still to come: copyediting, a cover, turning a word doc into book pages, all things that thankfully other people do. But that's what feels finished about this moment, the balance swinging from "I do it, granted with some help" to "other people do it, granted with me still hopefully a bit involved."