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Done!

Novel #2 is OVAH!!!!!

And once again, I had my emotional moment at the end. Like Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone:

Sobbing: "The (tap tap tap)....end (tap tap tap)"

Yes, it is always just like that for me. I loooooove my characters so much. I have had these chracters in me since 1999, and I only got them warmed up in Novel #1. In THIS novel, they are really coming into their own.

I am so glad I finished, man. I was eating, breathing, and sleeping this novel. Once upon a time, I might have fancied myself as similar to my main character, but we are really two different people.

I am not sure if I mentioned this before, but I HATE HATE HATE when people ask me if I've written an autobiography. UGH! Does anyone ask Toni Morrison that junk?

Anyway....I am getting really anxious to get my career rolling. I am now at a point where certain things aren't in my control, therefore causing me to put other things on hold. I am being patient and understanding, but I can't help but be concerned. This is my career.

On a website for my friend Amerie she was talking about how she had to adapt from artist to businesswoman when she started making it big. And having known her in undergrad, I can see how that would be a challenge for her, yet fun at the same time. Looking back on myself at that time, I don't think I would have thought of myself as thinking the challenge would be fun, but it is. I like the fact that my career is in my hands. I am a talented writer, but I can't ONLY be a talented writer....I have got to be a brilliant promoter, publicist, all that....and right now, since I am not "famous" I have to be all those things for myself, or I will fail as an author.

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One of my high school friends called me last week. I love that man SO MUCH!!!! He is like a long lost brother who you really do admire and respect, but your lives are so different that they don't actually "mesh" so all you truly have is great conversations. Anyway, I think I want to explore the option of writing a book about his life. He has seen and done A LOT and I think telling his story could be a new take on the "Street Fiction" genre. Or, it could be more of an anthropological type of book....I so loved anthro in college. I'll see.

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That's all for now folks! Enjoy your week!

Posted by Rashid on September 12, 2004 7:03 PM