I’m not an expert on all things writing, but I’m pretty sure that when you finish a book from start to finish (for the first time) it’s called a first draft. I gots me one.
All street speak aside, I’ve finally finished my first draft. I started it mid-March of 2007, so it only took a year and four months to finish. Right now it stands at 112,000 words, or 195 pages in word (Times New Roman 12, single spaced).
Tonight I began the long and arduous task of editing. My goal is to have it done in two weeks, and then it’s off to my other “editors.” Hopefully by the end of the month or early next month you will all be able to sit down and see what I’ve been throwing hundreds of hours of my life into. And finally, now that it’s all done, here is a quick synopsis of my story. I started writing this to go on the back of the book, and it’s probably not the final version, but it’s enough to wet your appetite.
In a small central California town a seismologist working for the United States Geological Survey has a made a terrifying discovery. A recent seismic phenomenon is predicting global volcanic activity that threatens to wipe mankind from the face of the earth. Fearing widespread panic and civil disobedience the truth is kept under wraps, but the President pushes forward with a dramatic initiative to overhaul NASA and begin a new mission: to colonize deep space.
The newly formed deep space team must harness the technology of researcher and single-dad Tom Scolari, but with their eyes focused on the stars the odds are against them. News of the earth’s demise is on the verge of becoming public, and increasingly violent eruptions continue to mount around the globe. The continued survival of the human race rests upon the shoulders of a few, and time is running out.
