Yesterday I finally got to the end of my story!  I must of read a dozen chapters and over a hundred pages, but it was easy because I had finally gotten to the fun part!  Everything was more natural and the words flowed easier.  Most of the chapters were already pretty well structured and didn’t need much editing at all, so it all flew by.  Right before then I was tackling the hard, emotional stuff and then I was finally in the clear where it was just action and dialogue.  Things were much simpler.  But now I have to go back to the beginning and read it all again.  That’s okay, but it was a bit of a shock to go all the way back there again.  Things were quite different; characters changed more than I remember they had.  It feels like even my writing style is different.  I’ll have to consult my dad about that.  I shudder at the prospect of rewriting that, but I may have to.  We’ll see.

Meanwhile, I’m thinking about what would be the eleventh book in the series if I manage to continue the story after this yet unnamed masterpiece of mine.  I know, I haven’t even been able to finish off the first one, and I’m thinking about the eleventh?!?!??  But that’s the way my mind works.  Besides, it just really interests me and I keep thinking up new things that will happen in it!  In addition to that mad endeavor, I’m also planning out my western novel.  It’s not really a western, since it doesn’t even happen on earth, but it’ll remind you of one if I ever write it.  Hmm, come to think of it, I’m actually writing the sequel of that one… Oh well, it’s been too long since I’ve written in a notebook anyway.  And it was a good excuse to write in the language I made up.  It’s really just different symbols for our own letters, but it’s got slightly different grammar rules; for instance, the sound a vowel makes will determine where it goes.  It’s been really fun doing that.

Can you believe Lent starts tomorrow?  That sneaked up fast, didn’t it?  I’m giving up music for Lent, primarily, and it’s not going to be easy, 1 because I listen to music all the time, no exaggeration, and 2 because I just got an awesome new CD from my favorite band.  But, of course, if it was easy, it wouldn’t be a sacrifice, would it?  The harder the better, right?  I’ll keep telling myself that.