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Done! dun dun dunnnn (cue ominous music)

The novel revisions are done.   DONE!!  Finally.  Which means it's time to move on to crafting query letters, researching agents and steeling myself for the process.  Again.  Because I've been done with this novel before, or thought so anyway.  And while I could probably tinker with it for the next ten years, I feel like it's time to declare it done.  I'm happy with it, I'm proud of it and I'm ready to let it go.  And, more excitingly, I'm moving on to writing new stories.  This week I've decided to write super short, super weird stories, to shake off the long form and remember what generating new work feels like. But I wanted to capture a few things I learned about writing a novel along the way before I forget: It takes 47 times longer than you expect it will, even if you are convinced you have realistic expectations. The first ten times you think you are done, you are wrong.  (The next ten times are probably just procrastinating)  Revision can ac