While running errands tonight, I happened to drive by the house that inspired the story for my novel/thesis. It still looks dark and spooky and moody.
Also realized that three years ago today, I spent an evening outlining the story, and embarked on my first NaNo experience the next day. Amazing how much this novel/thesis has changed since then. On many occasions I put it aside to write other things, but I always came back to it. Now, I'm heading into the final days of fiddling with it before passing it along to beta readers.
Also today, I had a chat with my thesis advisor. I got a mini-lecture/pep talk on how I shouldn't "just sit on the MFA" once I've completed the program. I'm to do a final polish on the manuscript, start sending it out to editors and agents, attend writing conferences (four were suggested), and start the next novel. That's the writing life for you.
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