You may have noticed (or not) that the word count ticker on the sidebar of this site has not been updated. That doesn’t mean anything. I am just not updating it anymore. In all honesty, the main reason I put the little book ticker on there was so that I would be motivated to keep writing. That was in the beginning phases of writing THE BOOK, and I was still intimidated with the prospect of actually composing such a massive piece of writing.
As of right now, I have written over 75,000 words and am nearing the end. By the time I complete THE BOOK and have it in final form for the first draft revision, it will probably be a little over 100,000 words.
I am excited.
After I finish my one-week time-off-from-everything-except-chillaxin session in February, Jess Glass and I will get ready to polish up the first draft. I have no point of reference for editing a book, so I can’t even estimate how long it will take to get THE BOOK from first draft to second draft.
When all that shiznat is said and done, I will be giving copies of the first draft to a handful of people I trust to give me feedback. It’s a lot of content, and I thought about just e-mailing copies of it to people, but I don’t want to do that for several reasons. First, I hate the environment and would rather print up reams of paper. Second, I don’t want to risk having the thing I have poured my heart and soul into forwarded to people. Third, I like the idea of having my book read as a book.
That’s pretty much it. I don’t plan to post any more updates on THE BOOK progress for some time.
So, if you want some entertainment, enjoy this little video snippet from my insanely left-wing friend, Ryan Little:
Oh, on a completely unrelated note (on which I will not elaborate but say has nothing to do with Sarah Palin), I am almost 100-percent convinced that a vast majority of Alaska’s population is functionally retarded or affected by fetal alcohol syndrome.
- David C. Garcia