"It's been long enough."

[owlmoose]

I have posted the final chapter and the epilogue of "A Guardian's Legacy". They can be found here and here, respectively. Or, if you have some time to spare and are so inclined, you can read the whole thing from the beginning.

46 chapters. 146,489 words (!). Once upon a time, I had a childhood ambition -- someday, I would write a novel. Well, here it is. It's not exactly how I thought it was going to happen, back then, but how often can we really predict the future?

I still can't quite believe it. Even though I typed the words "The End" and changed the status to "Complete" and put that same word in the summary. I've been traveling with Auron for a long time now, and it's so weird to think that the journey is finished. Well, this particular journey anyway. I feel like I should have something momentous to say, something that will wrap it all up, but nothing is coming to mind. Maybe that's just as well.

The End.

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

I feel like I should have something momentous to say,

How can you have anything left to say? I know that strange vacant feeling when the last sentence has been set down, closing a long work. It is as though some vital organ had suddenly taken it upon itself to vanish, just disappear without a goodbye or a word's warning. You will find yourself, I think, reaching for the thing which was there and feeling bereft until another hatchling comes along to start to fill the hollow. For now, you may find it helpful to rest and let your disciplined mind drift over the landscape of your thoughts. Soon enough, the demanding voice will be shouting in your writer's ear and you will be longing for a holiday.

I am looking forward to reading this conclusion tomorrow when my critic's eye and brain are fresh and prepared to do justice to the ending of your opus. Now, go cuddle some kittens. ;)

[angeltaisha.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! That is a big deal indeed. It's always hard after a story is done to just let it go; I find I suffer a small sense of loss when I'm finished writing something. Then again, maybe I'm just being a baby, lol.

Anyway, Woo Hoo!

[sphekiko.livejournal.com]

I feel stupid that I have so little to say.

Congratulations and thank you. =D