FINISHED BOOK FIVE OF THE OHIO SERIES!!!

No, I didn’t plan this. I thought I had another three weeks of writing to hit the end.

Yesterday, I was galloping along, and I’d planned to pick up today with the logical continuation of the scene I wrote yesterday, where my characters were in trouble…

And when I loped back into the office this morning to pick up where I left off, brain said, “Here, little writer. Here you go… have this spiffy bait…”

And I followed along, and the scene did not go where I expected. It went someplace so much better, and surprised me, and made me laugh…

And all of a sudden, in 2,000-ish words, the ending was right there. And it was the RIGHT ending.

So now I’m taking the weekend off.

I have five novels.

I’ve already read and revised the first one. The other four have been sitting on my hard drive, waiting for me to finish the first drafts so I can revise them all at once, and make sure I’m consistent with the changes I make…

Which means re-reading Book One before I do anything else, and then working off of that as I do four back-to-back revisions.

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By Holly

Novelist, writing teacher, on a mission to reprint my out-of-print books and indie-publish my new ones.

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Sylvia
7 months ago

Late to the party (again) but mega congratulations, Holly! My brain would be ‘bruised’ if I went through what you’ve just done. Can’t wait to read the whole series.

Christine Randall
8 months ago

Congratulations Holly. Well done.

Mike C. Baker
9 months ago

To borrow a quote from somewhere *iimportant*:
Wahoo!

dragon
dragon
9 months ago

Yippee! I am so looking forward to this series. It has been a lot of fun following the journey.

Vanessa Wells
Vanessa Wells
9 months ago

That is FANTASTIC.

SharonW
SharonW
9 months ago

Congratulations!! And enjoy the unexpected time off.

Lolly Foy
Lolly Foy
9 months ago

Splendid!! Congratulations!!

Lolly Foy
Lolly Foy
Reply to  Holly
9 months ago

About like everybody else after the last two and a half years. Some stuff is great, some stuff is weird, some stuff is still a struggle. But all in all, life‘s pretty good. I’m still slogging away at being a working actor, with varied success. The most exciting news is that I just got a new hip! Makes me feel old to say it, but the return of my mobility makes me feel wonderfully young! If you get a minute to breathe, I’d love to catch up sometime. I’m still at the same email since 1989. Really! Ha! Much love and best wishes!!

A. King
9 months ago

Woot! Congrats!!

Johanna
Johanna
9 months ago

Hurray!! Huzzah!! Hope you have a lovely weekend 🙂

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