The life most real to me. As evidenced by the preponderance of posts.
I think I made some fifteen pages of forward progress today. At last. That’s actually an awful lot, with the level of rewriting needed. I figure I cut about twenty-five pages, repurposed five, and entirely rewrote ten. For one day, that’s a lot. Now, however, I must fall over. Oh! Learned today–how to print screen […]
Day Fourteen: Progress! Read More ยป
I finished those two connecting scenes today. 2400 words. At last. I’m not happy with them, but I have the basics of what I need. This isn’t a final run through–this is my attempt to get the entire book in place, in close to its final shape. Polishing comes later. I have made a Resolution.
Day 13: Trudging On Read More ยป
Five and a half handwritten pages. My brain was with me. Life is good. Except, you know–supposed to be more than halfway through the second manuscript by now… I will not give up! I will go down in very pretty flames, but I will not give up! Charge! (right after I sleep.) (Also, I had
Day 12: Handwriting Works Read More ยป
Man, there is some serious garbage in this manuscript. It’s like decluttering–first I started small, deleting the “seems” and “really”s, then I started hacking scenes, then I hacked it in half-sorta…each round I find more I need to get rid of, until I can actually see that huge gilded elephant statue that’s falling apart and
Well, for a while anyway. I got over 900 words before I couldn’t take it anymore. And then I got another almost five hundred. Yep, word count for today is 1399. Not too shabby at all. It’s difficult because I wrote this sixteen years ago, and I’ve written a bunch of books in this universe
In Which I Boycott the Internets Read More ยป
I did not do well today. I don’t know why; I just…spent a lot of time running away from my manuscript. And tomorrow I have to work. That was not in the plan. Argh. Brain, you are on notice. Produce, or I give you to Taya to…do whatever it is she does with collected brains.
Day Six: Fear Sets In Read More ยป
This is not going well. And yet, it is. I’ve edited this book…three times now? But I’m finding stuff I never have before. I have a distance I never have before. I’m chopping stuff and changing that and it’s marvelous. On the other hand, I have a week per MS if I’m going to pull
DSED Day…what is it, Five? Read More ยป