writing on deadline

The novel for my dissertation (Analyzing the Prescotts) is moving along, albeit slower than I really want it to... My deadline is the end of the year (self-imposed), but I really would like to finish it before Christmas. Once this draft is done and goes on to my committee (to join the first half, which is my critical thesis), I'll be able to feel like I have a life again. Of course, that doesn't mean the writing is done! Not by a long shot. But at least I'll have the basic bones of the book done, and when I get it back with feedback from my committee, I can reshape it into something I can send to publishers.

And once that's done, I'll turn my attention back to my previous novel (Jack's Truck) that I have yet to finish (did one draft, then totally changed perspective, which changed the story, and well, you know the drill. The rewrite is basically making it a completely different story).

Back to my writing!