Panic over. I’ve finished the first draft of my novel. Not only have I become a NaNoWriMo winner (hence the special icon they gave me on the right), I’ve even managed to fulfill my New Year’s Resolution to write a novel in 2007.

Yay me! There’s a lot more work to be done on this manuscript before even my closest critics can lay eyes on it, but the substance is there. Plus I’ve learned that I’m not as skilled at procrastinating as I thought.

Thanks to everyone who’s been cheering for me to keep writing throughout November, including my husband (who jeopardised my finish by coming home early), my Mum (who now owes me a serve of gyoza) and Milt, Jules, Katrina and Claire (who now owes me a pressie from KL!). It definitely made a difference to know you were keeping an eye on me.

So to sum up, it’ll be a little while yet before you can buy my first novel in a bookshop, but I’ve certainly made a huge step towards that being possible. Now I’m going to stop typing before I develop RSI (sorry, it’s called OOS these days, right?). Novel writer extraordinaire signing off …