bring in the hallelujah chorus
Hallelujah! I officially finished BLACKMAILED INTO BED at 6:04pm today. Whew!The last chapter took me longer than I would have liked, but I think that was because wrap-ups are always hard. You've got your hero & heroine both confessing their feelings & apologizing for anything stupid they did earlier in the story. And this time around, in my hero's case, he had a lot to apologize for. LOL Then there's also the need to cross all my ts & dot all my is, tying up any threads I started earlier. Fun, fun.
I think it holds together, tho. Now comes the proofing & polishing stage, but I'll probably let it sit for at least a day or two before I jump into that. I like to relax a bit & let my head clear before I start that process. But I'm still hoping I can get it done, printed, & in the mail early next week.
My editor will be so pleased. I was given a July 15th deadline, but she told me June 1st or 15th would work much better for her. Well, I didn't get it to her by the 1st, but the 15th is definitely do-able. :-) Now I just have to hope she likes the story, too...
As for me, I'm wiped. I'm going to take a deep breath, let it out, & decompress. Then I think I'll veg in front of the TV for a bit & try to get thru the rest of KILL THE MESSENGER by Tami Hoag. I still have about a quarter of the book to go, but I've been carrying the darn thing around way too long--it's time to finish it already!
Currently watching Son-in-Law on TBS
