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
From: KD To: KD’s Brain RE: Doomy Summer of Editing DOOM Okay, Brain, seriously. We have got to kick it into gear. Do you want all these novels still hanging over us when August rolls around? August, and September, when it’s all we can do to crawl to work, and crawl back home? What about
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
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.
Editing DOOM, Day Three Read More ยป