tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post3524219435429314288..comments2024-02-12T15:15:51.364+02:00Comments on The Five Year Project: A to Z Challenge: Zeroing In On the EndMisha Gerrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-53358425586974920202014-01-23T11:48:52.403+02:002014-01-23T11:48:52.403+02:00I have the two words in common with you, so I invi...I have the two words in common with you, so I invite you to favoritewords.com, it's an awesome concept.Codrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353993426226776457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-74122702730660616462011-05-02T10:55:02.576+02:002011-05-02T10:55:02.576+02:00Book Owl, it was the same with me. Nothing helped ...Book Owl, it was the same with me. Nothing helped the anxiety except for actually finishing the story. <br /><br />Congrats on finishing the challenge, Duncan! Good luck with finishing your story. :-)<br /><br />Michael you're progressing nicely. What is your current WiP about?<br /><br />Awesome award, Elizabeth! <br /><br />Sharon, the same here. A to Z challenge has been a lot of fun, but I am looking forward to not being limited by the alphabet. Good luck with getting your characters back in line. <br /><br />Thanks Julie!<br /><br />Fa l'Americana, I hope that you'll start writing soon. It really is a great experience. :-)<br /><br />Gregg, that's true. Right now, I actually can't imagine that any of my other ideas will be better than the one I just finished. <br /><br />Jabblog, that's exactly how I feel. I'm also stuck in a place where I have to keep them close while trying to ignore them, because I want to write sequels if I get this one published. <br /><br />Steph, thanks for the great advice. I will definitely be looking forward to that bitter-sweetness. <br /><br />Hehehe Marjorie, that is such an interesting way to look at it. And true. :-D<br /><br />Hehehe Chuck, blogging is definitely helping me. Thanks for stopping by. <br /><br />Thanks Pencil! I hope you enjoy it. <br /><br />Thanks Jamie!]<br /><br />Thanks Joe. I have to admit that I'm glad to be done. I didn't find the blogging aspect of it tricky, but I was looking forward to my old spontaneity again. April was the first month that I ever planned the majority of my posts.Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-763510976693519062011-05-01T17:09:38.881+02:002011-05-01T17:09:38.881+02:00Yay, you made it through to Z..... lol, I've b...Yay, you made it through to Z..... lol, I've been watching the titles in my blog list and waiting for the blog to go back to normal. Not that some of the topics weren't interesting, but still, you know. Have to give you an A for sticking to it and doing such a great job though.Joe Robinsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214577623320103751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-79445925706089377262011-05-01T16:19:38.509+02:002011-05-01T16:19:38.509+02:00Misha, congratulations on finishing your rewrite a...Misha, congratulations on finishing your rewrite and the A to Z challenge! Both are great accomplishments!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883591289659867744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-46366821443074678802011-05-01T05:19:22.952+02:002011-05-01T05:19:22.952+02:00Congratulations on finishing your rewrite! And the...Congratulations on finishing your rewrite! And the A-Z!! And the awards which we're yet to see!!! :D :D<br />Thanks for the visit! :) :) Loving your blog.. :)PencilGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02862270988417219409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-49803916338629648582011-05-01T04:02:29.850+02:002011-05-01T04:02:29.850+02:00Misha, thankfully you have blog-group therapy to r...Misha, thankfully you have blog-group therapy to rely on to get you over the hump! Congrats on the rewrite and the A-Z! Thanks for visiting me (when you could have gone elsewhere).Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676928110297819368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-88805936381315735032011-05-01T03:34:55.898+02:002011-05-01T03:34:55.898+02:00I can imagine that you would get attached to your ...I can imagine that you would get attached to your characters. You are their God after all.Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958530958484080973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-14739021239533954302011-05-01T00:44:55.828+02:002011-05-01T00:44:55.828+02:00Give yourself a hug. At least that's what I di...Give yourself a hug. At least that's what I did after typing The End for the first time. Remember that sadness though when edits begin gnawing your energy because it makes the edits bittersweet (in turn a little easier to bully through).Steph Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00975939582442193113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-33883917543642805312011-04-30T23:20:12.198+02:002011-04-30T23:20:12.198+02:00Having spent so much time with your characters you...Having spent so much time with your characters you are bound to feel a sense of dislocation, if not loss, when you finally bid them farewell - it's natural. Certainly you will feel a little flat - but others will come in to take over your life, I'm quite sure;-)jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-67196244866442103272011-04-30T20:36:46.753+02:002011-04-30T20:36:46.753+02:00I feel that way when I finish a sermon series, par...I feel that way when I finish a sermon series, particularly when we complete a book. I have spent some much time in the book and series I hate to see it end. <br /><br /><br />Gregg Metcalf<br />Colossians 1:28-29<br /><br /><a href="http://gospeldrivendisciples.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Gospel-driven Disciples</a>Gregg Metcalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16413691313803396844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-15644835681865355012011-04-30T19:59:19.183+02:002011-04-30T19:59:19.183+02:00You separation anxiety is exactly what I'm hop...You separation anxiety is exactly what I'm hoping to have one day. I have yet to write a book, but I would love to find an idea and characters that I can mold into my life. Congrats on finishing the rewrite, and enjoy watching your book fly it's way into the world!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05204930915192187217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-9087508562584694422011-04-30T19:53:51.125+02:002011-04-30T19:53:51.125+02:00Congratulations on finishing the re-write, and on ...Congratulations on finishing the re-write, and on making it to the end of the A-Z Challenge!Julie Flandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003737491313673214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-760785779016440062011-04-30T19:44:44.511+02:002011-04-30T19:44:44.511+02:00Congratulations are all round today! Great job, Mi...Congratulations are all round today! Great job, Misha. I too have so many wonderful bloggers to follow now. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but I'm one of those that doesn't want it to end!<br /><br />Boy I understand about finishing that book. I'm in the last pages of my next WIP, and yes, I hit what I call a "plot trench" about 80 pages from the end, and ouch! Took a curve and now have to seamlessly get the cast back in line with the outline. My characters seem to want to break out. Rebels, one would say.<br /><br />Not to worry, though. You and so many others have talked about the same thing this month. I'm in good company.Sharon Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733653906932403080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-73461999121510736772011-04-30T19:15:22.849+02:002011-04-30T19:15:22.849+02:00Misha, we did it! Congratulations! I have an award...Misha, we did it! Congratulations! I have an <a href="http://elizabethmueller.blogspot.com/2011/04/z-is-for.html" rel="nofollow">award</a> for you!!Elizabeth Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06028099814857743134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-89773664760597975752011-04-30T18:50:16.982+02:002011-04-30T18:50:16.982+02:00Congratulations Misha. I'm working on another ...Congratulations Misha. I'm working on another novel while I slowly query my sci-fi one. I'm about a third done with it.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-54303340216688190182011-04-30T18:45:19.679+02:002011-04-30T18:45:19.679+02:00I've not yet finished my first novel.
I too h...I've not yet finished my first novel.<br /><br />I too have completed the A-z challenge and it feels great!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.duncaninkuantan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Duncan In Kuantan</a>Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693187639452569397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-63987204410223901502011-04-30T17:49:42.424+02:002011-04-30T17:49:42.424+02:00When I first finish my books my writing gets slowe...When I first finish my books my writing gets slower and slower towards the end, because I also have that separation anxiety. I don't want to leave my characters at the end. There's not really any way to get rid of the anxiety, all I can do is push myself to keep writing anyway.<br /><br />And congrats again on finishing the rewrite! That's so awesome!! :DTayLyeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397366587281676012noreply@blogger.com