{"id":1390,"date":"2009-12-04T23:12:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T06:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2009-12-07T23:06:04","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T06:06:04","slug":"genesis-earth-4-0-is-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/genesis-earth-4-0-is-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis Earth 4.0 is complete!"},"content":{"rendered":"

And it’s about time. I started this back in September, thinking I could easily get it done before World Fantasy 2009. More than a month after the convention, and five days after the last self-imposed deadline, it’s done!<\/p>\n

Alright, here are the stats:<\/p>\n

ms pages:<\/strong> 270
\nwords:<\/strong> 73,009
\nfile size:<\/strong> 492 KB
\nchapters:<\/strong> 16, prologue & epilogue
\nstart date:<\/strong> 28 September 2009
\nend date:<\/strong> 4 December 2009<\/p>\n

\"Wordle:<\/a><\/p>\n

When I finished, I was listening to “To far away times” from the Chrono Trigger soundtrack. It fit the mood perfectly–absolutely perfectly. The epilogue might be a little cheesy (if you were one of my alpha\/beta readers, you’ll know why–thanks, Gini!), but in a good way, I think. Anyways, here’s the track:<\/p>\n

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It took me forever<\/em> to finish this draft, but that’s what happens when you’re swamped with school, I guess. If this were the summer and I had nothing else on my plate, I probably could have finished it in 17 days (or less) like the 3.0 draft.<\/p>\n

For a more detailed breakdown, here is a graph of my daily wordcount for the project:<\/p>\n

\"Genesis<\/a><\/p>\n

Overall, though, I’m very satisfied with my work.\u00a0 I’m sure that if\/when it gets picked up by a publisher, they will have a multitude of editorial critiques and suggestions, but I can honestly say this draft is as neat and polished as I can make it.<\/p>\n

It’s time to send it out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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