I've Completed NaNoWriMo AND My 1st Draft Manuscript!

My first ever attempt at NaNoWriMo has ended in success twelve days ahead of schedule! 50,127 words (an average of 2785 words per day) has brought my already underway WIP to a close. Yes, not only is this the end of my first NaNoWriMo, but it also marks the end of my first draft manuscript! Nearly a year ago I told myself that I would hammer out the first draft by the following November. I'm happy to report that I've kept true to my promise.

There are plot holes, characters in need of a makeover, and I'm pretty sure I switched from 1st person to 3rd person (and back again) a couple of times...but all of that is irrelevant at this moment because I WROTE A BOOK. Besides, all of that can be hammered out in the hell that is 2011 edits!

So what does this mean for me? Well for one I'll be far more consistent with blogging again, now that the dreaded behemoth is slain. Secondly, I'll have the time to finish up those four or five half completed reviews that I've been meaning to share with you all. Lastly, I'll actually have the time to write my essays for Rome & Early Christianity.

I refuse to even peak at my manuscript all of December, and start fresh in the new year. Wish me luck?

And to all of my writing buddies that are still reaching for that 50k...

Get to it.