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I’m done

Captain’s Log, Stardate 05.17.2006

Blog book giveaway:
My Thursday book giveaway is THE PREACHER’S DAUGHER by Lyn Cote
My Monday book giveaway is BLIND DATES CAN BE MURDER by Mindy Starns Clark.
You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Thursday, I'll draw the winner for THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER and post the title for another book I'm giving away. Stay tuned.

I’m done. At the beginning of the year, I made a goal of three books this year. That’s four months per book.

I started this manuscript January 15th. I finished in the wee hours of May 17th, so it took me about four months, a day and a few hours.

Yay me. I’m going to bed now.

Yes, this is the espresso maker on the right, and a professional coffee grinder on the left. By the espresso maker, I mean the one I promised to my long-suffering husband if I got a book contract, as a reward for letting me quit my biotech job and write full-time.

Comments

Mary DeMuth said…
You go, novelist girl! SO COOL!!! Three books a year. Wow.

May God give you tons and tons of wonderful words and stories to share with us all.
Wed May 17, 04:51:00 AM 2006
Delia said…
Yay, Camy! We all knew you could do it!
Wed May 17, 06:00:00 AM 2006
Georgiana Daniels said…
Yea Camy! I can't wait to read it! When does your book come out?
Wed May 17, 08:01:00 AM 2006
Heather Diane Tipton said…
WOOHOOOO You rock!!!! I'm so glad you're done with it!!! I'm proud of you, girl!

Wow... that's a cool espresso maker!
Wed May 17, 08:17:00 AM 2006
Ruth said…
Congratulations! That is awesome...not to mention inspiring, how you've set and are achieving your goals! :)
Wed May 17, 10:06:00 AM 2006
Jennifer Crosswhite said…
Woo Hoo! Good job! Now get some sleep, then get up and celebrate!
Wed May 17, 10:33:00 AM 2006
Anonymous said…
Hurray! Yeah, Camy! Congratulations!

Great going, Camy. More power to you for trusting God.

I should probably prayerfully set some goals for myself. I definitely need to. But something always comes up that takes me totally of course--like a 15-page Word questionnaire that I *know* I saved but don't know where it went. Now I have to do it all over again. And these weren't one or two word answers. After 10 days of searching high and low in the computer, I think it's time to give up and do it again. Sigh! That's what brought on all the severe pain in my hand in the first place.

Wow. I take it your husband likes espresso coffee? That's an awesome machine that you've got there. I can't even make simple coffee let alone use something like that.
Wed May 17, 11:47:00 AM 2006
Being Mrs Miles said…
I would LOVE to win one of your books! I found your blog through a link at CW0 - enjoyed browsing your blog. I would love you to visit my website at www.brainthrill.ca and my blog at www.lalalime.blogspot.com
You sound like you have a busy, happy, blessed life too! tfs!
Congrats on your book!
Wed May 17, 11:49:00 AM 2006
Anonymous said…
Way to go, Camy! Can't wait to see these books in print. I hope you get caught up on your rest and take a breather before you jump in to the next book.
Wed May 17, 12:03:00 PM 2006
Anonymous said…
Goals? Oh yeah. We did talk about them at the beginning of the year ......

Woo-hoo!!! Welcome to the land of the deadlings. (A word first coined by the infamous Brandilyn Collins.)

Love ya, lady!! Enjoy that espresso!!
: )
donna
Wed May 17, 12:10:00 PM 2006
Catherine West said…
Congrats on finishing!
Now, is that finishing, as in ready to go in the mail finishing?? I wish I was at that point!!!
But I have been very busy this week with my sister, and agents and editors be damned, I'll take this time over getting my manuscript done any day!!
I LOVE having a sister :)
Wed May 17, 01:56:00 PM 2006
LaShaunda said…
Go Camy!

Each day I think I'm done and I found more to do. How do you know you're DONE?
Wed May 17, 02:14:00 PM 2006
Anonymous said…
Yay, Camy! We knew you could do it!

And waaaaaaayyyyyyyy cool espresso machine.
Wed May 17, 02:29:00 PM 2006
Sabrina L. Fox said…
HUGE CONGRATS, CAMY!!! You rock!

p.s. what did you get yourself?
Thu May 18, 04:05:00 PM 2006
Dineen A. Miller said…
Yay Camy!!! We knew you could do it. Can't wait to read it. Can't wait to see the cover. Oh, I'm getting chills thinking about it. LOL!
Thu May 18, 04:53:00 PM 2006
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