The Home Stretch

For all intents and purposes, my novel is complete.  I will continue to revise and edit but the story as it stands it finished.  Completing the final two chapters was something of a struggle, as I tried to fit in as much information as was humanly possible to complete my tome.  In some ways I wondered if perhaps I should cut out the last chapter entirely, but then I felt it unfair to potential readers to deprive them of a proper ending.  It really is shocking that I was able to write an entire novel in five to six weeks.  It really seems like much longer!  Some days I was literally counting down the hours until I could fire up the inspiration and park myself at the computer.  Now I am in the process of designing a book cover, which may or may not be a good idea.  I hold no grand illusions about my drawing talents, but I always have hope the art classes I took throughout school taught me one or two things about drawing.  As good as I have always been at putting my feelings into words, I envy those who can sit down and draw well at the drop of a hat.  My ability to draw contours and depth has always been kind of sketchy; I have no clue how to shade.  I rely on color and shape to get my point across, which sounds odd as you'd think that would go hand in hand with contour and depth.  This is probably why I always enjoyed the medium of paint; it is truly freeing to mix colors and create new ones, without the constraint of lines.  As a Gemini I am inherently well-qualified to understand duality and paradoxical situations.  This leads me to wonder, of course, if we are meant to nurture and grow more than one talent, skill, or interest.