#016 — Manuscript Complete

The draft of the manuscript is complete.

Yes! The manuscript is done.

Three years of active work, begun as a sabbatical after my move to Vietnam following the pandemic. Carried across countries, cities, mornings, drafts, and revisions. It has arrived.

Words like Insane. Wow. This is done. Mark this moment.

I have an editor who has held the manuscript with me for the past six months. The work now moves toward beta readers.

Today I am letting it land.

Sometimes accomplishment is itself the turning point. WOW!

One thing worth carrying: What in your life have you recently completed that you have not yet stopped to celebrate?

— Judithe

Notes written while a book is becoming.