Journey's End

So I'm pretty much at the end of Immune, I've linked chapters and edited it to death and I'm as good as done.

Now I can't even begin to describe the feeling of finishing to anyone who has not been on this journey themselves. Elation, excitment - wonder, a million different feelings all in one burst!
I printed it all out and I sat and looked at it and then I re-read it to myself and I cried, I couldn't help it.

Here it was at last after so many months of work, here was the story that had only existed in my head for so long - here was the final reality for my characters, here they were - really alive!

I had brought them to life.

And you know when I sat with it in my hands and toasted it with a beer I realised something else, I realised that even if this baby doesn't get published (and it bloody well will) I have created something I am very proud of, I've created a new world, new people - a new story.
And that is something few people ever get to experience.

So here is saying a big thank you to Jess and Leo and Grey and all my other characters, thank you for letting me tell your story and thank you for letting me bring you to life. x