Today was the day I got annoyed and shortened DSoEDOOM to DSED. It was also the day I spent a lot of time looking for one particular scene, found it, edited it, input the edits, went to put it in the main file–and found it was in the manuscript I was planning to use already. […]
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Today I plowed through my notes. I’ve been pondering this re-write (when not pondering arson) off and on for years. I have a lot of notes. One thing I’ve noticed is I’ve got about…four attempts on Eve’s life in the first chapter. That’s insane! I don’t need to prove someone is after her–one would do
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Not so long ago, nearly all my major characters were white. Not that I’d planned it that way–it was the result of a singular lack of planning. I plead clueless–I was building a whole universe, and race is not something I was used to thinking about. Because it’s part of their stories, Taro is of
Adding Some Color Read More ยป
I have 10,000 words of this edit behind me. Amazing how much better it’s going now that I’ve realized this is not the Spit and Polish Make It SHINY! Last Edit. (sorry for any evoked images) Yes, I’m doing Holly Lisle’s One-Pass. But–I’m not Holly Lisle. I don’t have nearly the experience with writing an
So I believe I’ve mentioned I’m not exactly working on that Ben re-write anymore. It’s not because I gave up. The idea was, I’d get Taro all done and get querying and that would be it for him. (this was the idea long ago, before NaNo at least.) I could Move On. And this I
A Necessary Lack of Focus Read More ยป
Another query shot down in its prime. On to the next one. Still no answer from the lady with the partial. Ben is being a pain in my ARSE, but progress is slowly happening. *trudges onward*
The scene-bashing goes on. I realized yet again that I was going about it the wrong way. Had a deja vu moment when I wondered if I hadn’t had that exact revelation once already, and realized that yes, I had. Anyway. Something is wrong with my brain. That or it’s just missing. Damned lucky it’s