Words!

WOW! I hit 72,852 words today in my novel. I still have several chapters that will add a couple thousand each. After NaNoWriMo the last two Novembers I sat there looking at a word count that was in the low 50,000 words.  I sat amazed each time that I and no one else had put that many words together. As I revise and finish my books they grow more than they shrink. I think if I ever manage a Harry Potter length book I will not even know how I did it. I certainly don't know how JK Rowling did it! She too is a mother and has written all those books while raising her babies and living her life.

Today I created a chapter that didn't exist before. While I furiously wrote the words that kept even me in suspense, I snapped pictures of my youngest son... he was being a closet today.  My oldest son heard my conversation with my husband about my publishing plans and told me that he is still working on his book, asking if mine has pictures like his does.

I have two novels entered in a literacy competition related to a local Writer's Conference.  I won't know for several months still if I won any level of recognition. I won't know until I meet agents and editors at the conference if anyone is interested in my work. Either way the words keep growing and the story keeps improving. I am in awe with each new word count level I reach. This being my first book... it is the most words I have ever accumulated in a single story. I cannot wait to see how it all goes!

Keep those words coming! Keep on Writing!