21 April, 2008
13 chapters. 125,327 words. Two and a half years. And several grisly deaths, naturally.
How better to quietly celebrate actually finishing a novel for the first time, than listening to Together in Electric Dreams, drinking a can of Becks lager and gnawing a slab of chocolate?
Please may I read it?
Comment by Jon — 21 April, 2008, 11:58 pm
Congratulations dearest Benjamin. I can feel the weight lifting off your shoulders and the mantle of achievement bearing down upon your head. Now, if only I could finish something for once.
Comment by laughingbuddha — 22 April, 2008, 2:21 pm
Congratulations. Although I quite fancy joining you in gnawing that chocolate. pre-summer diets suck.
Comment by Hannah — 22 April, 2008, 6:06 pm
And I neglected to mention that the very last word is one of my favourites in the English language - very appropriately quietly optimistic.
Comment by Ben — 25 April, 2008, 11:21 am
Oh fab - FAB! I am so happy for you - you did it! And now the fun part of
editing begins, eh? :)
Comment by Jayne — 25 April, 2008, 7:38 pm
Ben, you are worth reading…
Comment by Finkangel — 1 May, 2008, 8:38 pm
sounds like a perfectly fine way to celebrate to me. excellent choice of music too. I’m just wondering what the chocolate was - the choice of chocolate bar says a lot about a person you know.
Comment by travelling but not in love — 4 May, 2008, 9:19 am
It was a piece of Green & Black’s white chocolate. Not my own, but kindly donated by my dad’s partner from her personal stash.
Comment by Ben — 14 May, 2008, 1:56 am
ohhhh this is brilliant news! well done, you!
Comment by Shell — 21 May, 2008, 8:08 pm