Fiction Friday

If you are joining me today after reading "But Will It Make Me Happy?" welcome! Today is Friday and on Fridays I post a "Fiction Friday" post, zeroing in on the process of writing fiction. I share tips, post interviews with other novelists, and sometimes include links to posts that I found helpful. If you're fascinated by fiction or are a writer yourself, I hope you'll come back each Friday!

And now, here's my Fiction Friday post for today...

I recently finished the first draft of my third novel (coming in fall of 12!) and what a moment that was. I love writing but I love having written even more. It's like working out or seeing a movie or reading a book. When you look at it again, you think, "That was good or worthwhile or whatever... but I wouldn't want to do it again!" And that's what I think when I finish a novel. I think "Wow, that was fun and I loved getting to tell that story. But I am also very glad I made it all the way through to the end."

Now there's more work to do-- don't get me wrong. I have no idea how many edits this thing will go through between now and Sept. when it is due. But at least the story began at "Once Upon A Time" and made it all the way through to "And They Lived Happily Ever After."

I loved this post by Juliette Fay, author of Shelter Me and Deep Down True about penning "The End" of her third novel. Read on...