Ishiki, Part One

The title of this post might as well be, my boyfriend saved my book. Here I was going nuts about the June 30th print copy deadline, thinking that I was never going to be able to finish the book in time. And I don't know how we even got to this, but my boyfriend and I came up with the idea that the book would be split in two parts. Not officially, but for now it will be. Because I wouldn't be able to have a complete, well edited book by the thirtieth. So since I have more than half done, I'm going to edit up to Chapter 13 (the halfway mark) really well, and have that made into a book so I don't waste my NaNo win. It's still gonna be a lot of work, but at least it's manageable work rather than killing myself and rushing through the end. Also, this way I can show the book around without worrying about anyone getting (stealing) the full story. Not that any of my friends or family would do that, but I still get paranoid about the possibility of anyone seeing the book :x So you get to the climax in Part One, and then it's like "I want you to get published so I can read the end!!" I hope :P
But my favorite part about the idea is that this is how a lot of books in Japan are published, with two separate books. Kinda adds a whole other layer to Ishiki, I think! And, yeah, maybe it is a bit of a cop out. I won't hide my disappointment in myself for not having the whole book finished in time. But I have to be reasonable. This two-part idea makes a lot more sense. And Chapter 1 is fully edited, 2 and 3 are close to it already. Chapter 13 gets workshopped on Thursday. This is gonna be okay! :)