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Finished my book yesterday. It really didn't end like I thought it would, and unfortunately, it did confirm that most of the "good" is going to come from the editing process, if that ever happens. The major *themes* of the story that I'd tried to create were totally either lost, or hamfisted. The ideas, I think, came out okay, but it's just that they didn't cohere in any real way. Oh, well - next year, I know if I want to do this again, I need to plan more.

I'm not sure that I'm going to do it next year, though - maybe a break next year, spend the month while Ei-Nyung's writing trying to plan or something, then try again the following year. Maybe I'm just burnt out from this year, and next November, I'll be itching for a challenge again. Who knows? But for now, I'm done, and I'm happy.