by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
After about three years of struggle, I’m finally on my way to finishing a first draft of my scifi spy thriller set in the waning days of the Trump Era just before the pandemic struck.
I haven’t gotten to the midpoint with my writing, but I have every other way. Though, to be honest, I have a massive amount of writing to do to flesh out my characters. That’s going to be tough because I’m going to have to go outside my comfort zone to do it.
But it’s got to be done.
Anyway, in general, I’m quite pleased with where things stand right now. A lot — and I mean A LOT — can still go wrong. But I am grateful for the position I’m in right now where I’m afforded the time and mindspace needed to finish up a first draft pretty quick (in relative terms.)
Once I do that, I will pause for a month, then turn around an re-write the whole novel again so I can have a beta version for people to read. Wish me luck
