Celebrating milestones under my control

Yesterday morning I reached the end of a good, solid draft of my YA mystery. Hallelujah!

I printed it out for my husband to read for plot. He hadn't read any of it before so he came to it with fresh eyes. He finished it last night while I went to my book group. He had some questions about the bad guy, which will help me decide what additional details I need to reveal. He also said he had an idea for the sequel, so I guess that means he thought it was decent.

My critique group will get copies tomorrow. These poor women have seen revisions of the first 5 or 6 chapters for about 2 years, but virtually nothing beyond that. At last they'll get to see what happens next.

I'm also trying to be patient about querying agents and waiting until the manuscript is really ready. I need a break from it before I reread it and revise. In the mean time, it's nice to read, read, read and start thinking about a couple of other projects.