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Tomorrow for sure

I am currently in Biatorbagy, Hungary visiting my wife. Today, Sunday, is the last day of a 4-day national weekend. Last Thursday was their national birthday. The way they get Thursday and Friday off is to call Thursday a holiday and then Friday is off but "paid back" a week later when they work Saturday. Interesting.

Anyway, I need to finish the first half of my novel during the next 9-10 days. That will give me about 20 chapters, or 50,000 words. The novel will have 2 parts to it. If I can get the chapters written and edited/corrected, I can then start to shop around for an agent. My understanding is that most agents want a first time writer to submit a manuscript that is at least 50% complete.

Goals: Have an agent by the end of the September and finish the novel by Christmas. I also want to get to 200 Daily Flash Fiction entries. That is my favorite contest because it makes me write daily.

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