First Draft of Fire Still Burns is in the bag

The first draft is done and I’ve given it to my first beta reader, my wife, who gives me notes without destroying my ego. I subscribe to the theory that the book is truly created through the editing process, or I write particularly terrible first drafts, but either way we are still a few months out from a finished product. There will be another draft and some serious edits but we’re over the first and biggest hurdle. Feels good.