WC: 1,093 Scenes: >1 LOL! I’m finally really getting to the nitty-gritty of the novel revision. I’ve pretty much completed my line-by-line copy editing, and now I have some scenes to go back and fill in. I’ve got note cards for them all, I know where they go, I know…
“Writer’s block is a common malady. Most people (especially those who don’t write) don’t understand it. And many writers don’t understand it, either. If you understand how and why something works, you are halfway to solving your problem. So I propose now to remove the mystery surrounding writer’s block. Ready?
*cue hysterical laughter* Sometimes it seems like I’ll do anything to avoid writing, whether subconsciously or not. For the past few weeks I’ve been on a crusade against dust kitties and unused junk in the house. A couple of weeks ago I got a new Dirt Devil vacuum and have…
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I keep wanting to finish revising my novel and submit it…and I keep not revising it. I stare at the file, I flip to LJ and wonder why no one has updated, I stare at the file, I play in Photoshop for a while, I stare at the file, I…
I keep wanting to finish revising my novel and submit it…and I keep not revising it. I stare at the file, I flip to LJ and wonder why no one has updated, I stare at the file, I play in Photoshop for a while, I stare at the file, I…
This week I’ve been revising and polishing another story. This one…well, I like a lot of the imagery in it, and generally speaking I like the plot, and I am in love with the setting (because hey, how often do you get to write a dark fantasy story set in…
I’m in crisis over TLF. It is such a bloody mess right now. Last week I was trying to work out plotting on it and stuff, because I’ve decided to go back in time from where I started the last draft, and I think it needs to be two books,…
Original fic projects Revise FTGGI and find a new title for it. Maybe Shaper of Shadows would work…? Shaper? I don’t usually like one-word titles as much, though. Submit the story that Winter Raven was going to publish before they went under (“A Delicate Balance”). Submit “Warleader” somewhere “Tricksters Without…
Dear flist, I am sorry I am so far behind in LJ/IJ-land. I’m sorry to the people I usually chat with that I’ve been non-chatty or not around lately. I’m in my winter funk, I think. Or something. Anyway, I’m still alive, I had a “Grey Street” moment today (Hey,…
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