The most beautiful words

The most beautiful, gorgeous, wonderful words in the world….(at least for right now): THE. END.

Yes, friends and fans, I typed those words at about 11:45 p.m. last night EST. BLOOD SACRIFICE draft is DONE* after a Power!Writing day consisting of peanut butter sandwiches, lots of water, diet coke, veggie pizza, 16 hours at a hot keyboard and a grand total net for the day of 18,834 words.

My brain, though not broken is rather numb right now. On a good day, most writers get about 1000-2000 words accomplished. Me? I'm a freak. I tend to write in small spurts at the beginning, then when I get about halfway or a bit more, then I have these insane marathon sessions where the words that have been forming in my brain just force their way out and onto the electronic page. That's how I roll. (though, frankly, I'd be a lot less crazed if I could do the steady 1k-2k daily, but my brain just doesn't seem to process fiction that way).

Today, I am going to rest.

I'm going to ignore the clutter in my apartment.

I'm going to ignore the wee voice in my head that wants to go back and tweak the book right nao.

I'm going to lay on the couch, watch my recorded episodes of Supernatural and whatever else I've missed, then watch some more of season 2 West Wing.

I'm going to read something that I did not write. Fiction, not research.

I'm going to nap.

I'm also going to give thanks to the powers that be for all you fans, who allow me to indulge in my insanity and get paid to do so. Thank you.

*Done: all values of done which equal complete story delivered to nitpicky beta for review. Final tweaks to be done at the end of this week before delivery to editor.