I did it. I finally completed my biggest novel to date. For three years this story had been niggling at the back of my mind and finally a year ago, it came together. After several re-writes and trips to the editor I felt confident and complete. The sense of happiness I felt to see the finished product is undefined. When I first began writing I struggled to complete ten thousand words without losing the drive to continue. To complete a full length novel that hovered around the one hundred sixteen thousand mark is incomprehensible to me and a right of passage that I have accomplished. Whether it is any good remains to be seen but no matter the outcome of the novel, I can't regret one minute I spent because Nate and Tara's love story needed to be told. I find myself at a loss, missing my friends that I had delved so deeply into their lives for such a lengthy amount of time. Here is to all the authors out there who devote their hours to their passion, may they continue to be inspired and bring us their works of arts.