New Venture - Becoming an author.

I started a new project this weekend. I’m writing a novel. I wrote the first 10,000 words this weekend which means I have between 50-90,000 left to write. I’ll do it. It was a lot easier to get where I am than I anticipated, but I know the hardest parts are ahead. The book is a work of fiction about life and relationships. When I tell people some of the details the typical reaction is to ask me if I’m dying. No, I’m not dying. The main character is in a situation very similar to mine, with the exception that he is dying. I don’t want to get into to much more detail than that (I know, that’s not much to go on) but I’m sure I’ll have more to say about it later. Am I at all qualified for this? No. But then again I wasn’t qualified to start my first website either. Everyone has to start somewhere, for me it’s just a matter of fitting this into my schedule. Somewhere between work, looking for a job, trying to get back in shape, web stuff, and life, I need to write another 65,000(ish) words. Ideally, I’ll have the first draft finished by September 1, realistically it will be much later.