First draft DONE

There's no feeling like the moment when you know you've committed to the page the whole first draft of a book. When I finished yesterday, I instantly felt my body release a long breath of air as if every creative muscle had been tensed for the past year as I wrote page after page of this book.

But it's not done yet! The book is way too long, so my next step is to read it through in its entirety and cut, cut, cut, tighten, tighten, tighten. I have already had one of my writer friends read it, and she has made some suggestions, and I'll probably send it to someone else, too, but I need to dive in and make the cuts before I do that.

The theme of trust is pretty strong and holds together, according to my reader, but the daily entries have to contain a mini theme and hold together, as well. And I need to make sure very sentence works.

Amazing -- this is the first time I've come in long. Usually, the books are too short!