hi folks, friends, and fellow AlfA-ists.
i am happy to share this announcement w/ you.
today, at precisely 1:50 pm, i finsihed my first novel, almost 6 years to the day after it began.
horray!
it's about tree planting.
this pic of an early-morning clear-cut w/ mist was taken in june 05 by my friend matt woodcroft.
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p.s. all those tiny glowing spots you see are spiderwebs.
Wooo Hooooo!
Congrats. I am one among many, I'm sure, who have wanted to do the same thing, but never made it past the first few pages or maybe chapters. Good for you!
Atta boy!!!!
congrats lorne.
There's a sound effect for that type of huge accomplishment, i just can't pinpoint exactly the proper spelling but it's sorta like Whoosh-hooeeeha
do you feel released?
Congratulations Lorne
I can't wait to read it.
can completely relate with you... I think I wrote three pages of "THE END" when I finished the first draft...
Congrats, congrats and congrats..
by the way, hows your sanity and wits after Six years? ;)
So what about tree planting? Is it a character who goes treeplanting, do they get stung by mosquitos? Do they make lots of money? Fall in love? Dicover the dark side of the industry? Become enlightened and ascend to heaven?
Can you give us a sneak preview/snippit/plot summary, or do we have to wait till we buy the book?
When/where do buy the book =) ?
Conratulations!
Lorne you are an inspiration.
Félicitations!!!!!
indeed when can it be read?
when is the book reading party
You are still stupid and ugly. Go Packers.
ha! very funny krahn. thanks for all the well-wishes.
answers: I feel super-released, and younger.
sanity and wits are so-so, but seem to be improving.
plot: a promising young business graduate is forced to choose between his two conflicting world views--one the desire for wealth, a desire that is reinforced by a childhood spent in poverty, the other a more wholistic (?), balanced lifestyle represented by several characters he meets while tree planting.
josey-- the packers haven't made the playoffs in years. maybe you meant the akeydian packers from the 3rd century AD?
do you mean the akkadian from the 3rd century BC or are you as stupid as i think? And i meant go Moose.
Congrats Lorne!
Congrats my man!
(who is/was your editor?)
Major feat Lorne! It takes a person of strong character to pour 6 years in to a single project. I couldn`t do it. I have the attention span of a goldfish swimming in black coffee.
I look forward to my autographed copy.
thanks again, all.
to be honest, part of the reason i stuck it out was a comfort zone thing. doing just one project for so long meant i never had to try anything new.
as far as editors, i've mostly done that myself thus far, though i've had a few pro writers reading it and offering advice at points, and a local author who's been my resource all along.
samples:
www.lornerobertswriting.blogspot.com
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