My book is finished! SQUEEEE!!!

congratulations! This is great news. By the way, what is your e-book about? Have you used any websites where you can earn money from downloading the e-books? And another thing, how much do you price your e-book? I would love to write a book myself. I think I will get down to it next year. Maybe participate in nanoWriMo or something to motivate myself. How long did you take to write your book? Please don't tell me it took ages, because I don't think I can take it. I need some inspiration. Haha!

Congratulations on finishing your book! I have never finished such a big project. I thought about writing a book many times over the years, but just never did it. The closest I have ever come to finishing a big project, was going back to school and becoming a nurse while still working full-time as a preschool teacher and raising my stepson. I would love to find a worthwhile project to do but fear that I lack the energy and willpower to see it through.

Congratulations on getting your book finished and in ecopy form. Must be very exciting for you. I haven't done much. I have one short story almost done. Trying to figure how I will end it. THen another short in the first stages. I am thinking of writing about five short stories and seeing about publishing them. Different types of romantic stories about dynamic and strong women.

Hi Zoey, Thanks, for talking shop. :O) First of all, I must confess that I'm a sucker for anyone named Zoey (or even just using that an Internet handle)! Hahaha! & your avatar's gonna force me to ask us to be friends. :P (EAT CRAYONS!) Second of all, CONGRATULATIONS, ZOEY!!!! Yay you! :D I don't care what the word count says. When you're through with any draft of any big project, you deserve to pat yourself on the back. So kudos to you! Well, enough about you, let's talk about me! Hahaha! ;O) I've done a bunch of longer projects. NOT the novel. Co-wrote something that size, once. However, what's got me excited is a children's chapter book (grades 1-3) called SLASH! The Great White Shark. :O) It's intense. It's controvertial. And the world of Slash and Lickitty the dolphin is the kind of place in which you can totally lose yourself. It's NOT for everyone, as it's a violent story about an undersea war between two species. But it's got its own spirituality and a lot of science (You learn a lot about the animals in that part of the ocean and ocean life). I loved working with such simplified language. It's all written in a verse-like format. Each chapter is one "verse," rather than paragraphs. And each chapter ends on a serious cliff-hanger. All this encourages a child to read the book in a single sitting. I also enjoyed creating the individual character voices. It's a challenge, because all dolphins look alike, from a human perspective. Hey--even the shark's about the same color, when you stop and think about it. But it was fun letting their personalities and voices identify them in the dialog. It sure was weird being this serious with a talking-animal story. But--for me and the little girl I originally wrote it for--it worked! I sure look forward to sharing it with others in the publishing field or who have kids in the appropriate age group (6-8 years old). And keep visualizing myself hugging the physical book, which will have just a few pictures on the inside, a cover that features the toothy shark (and Lickitty a little less prominent), and a real spine on the book. This will be a book third graders with reading difficulties, for example, will proudly conquer--typically in one sitting (a first, for many). It'll be a badge of initiation into the larger community of readers of REAL books (not baby books like picture books or story books, both of which I love but which they need to distance themselves from). It's a proud feeling to help a child across that threshhold! Hahaha! I'm SO excited, Zoey! :D Thanks, for an opportunity to share. I'd loooooove feedback on this & will be following everybody else's writing adventure in this discussion. Sunshine & Blessings, Giovani

That's wonderful--congratulations! I have started writing on-line articles, and hope to work my way up to a book or two. Don't be disappointed, writing a book and having it published is a major accomplishment! Keep up the good work.

congratulations! It was never easy writing a book. Be it a novel, documentary or even just a short self-help book, it requires extreme determination and most of all...... Talent. I've always wanted to write one however i don't think i have any of the characteristics I've mentioned above. I'm more of a thinking person not doing. Yet again may your book reach greater heights. Just keep it up.

this is great news. this is another inspiration for me to start a project. i must really start now. otherwise, i will always be inspired to start and not sustain the momentum to finish it. or i will be forever a writer that never has been. i have some stories in mind to start writing. your sharing of this good news will push me a bit to get it going. many thanks.

Congrats!! Yeah way to go! I'm glad to hear you've got it done that is really exciting news! I haven't don any thing that big, but I've finished some projects like study guides that I was working on! Congrats again my friend!!

im happy that you could write a book zoey^^ thats great^^ about me i wrote only a few short stories and other ones i started but never finished it^^ i just am so busy trying to find ways to earn online bcs i dont have other job outside home that i just cant dedicate much time to writing unless i had someone that offered me like 1 dollar per short story ahah^^ or a bit more^^ anyway im happy that you could finish your story and wish you have a lot of success^^