I finished editing chapter 16 today. It was as messy as I thought it was. Chapter 17, the last chapter of the novel, is likely to be just as messy. But it’s still THE LAST CHAPTER. WHEEEEE!!! I’ve had a really good day today. I’ve worked on the novel all day long. According to the […]
I didn’t go to JayCon this weekend — I decided that I’m so whacked out busy that spending the day driving to Portland and back would be sincerely crazy. Plus, the root canal I had last week has gotten infected, and I’m on antibiotics. (Which seem to be working — I am so much better.
The root canal went much better than I anticipated, which makes me really happy. I haven’t come down with an infection (and since it’s been a couple of days, I’m really hoping that I won’t, that I won’t have to go get antibiotics.) I’m also mostly out of pain. I took one prescription pain pill
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I’m going to try to be better about posting again. One of the reasons why I think I can be more consistent about posting is because I am making better progress on the novel. Since WisCon, I’ve worked on the novel almost every day — I’ve only missed one day. I just finished the rewrites
Long time no post, I know. To summarize: WisCon was wonderful, as always. The day job is kicking my ass. I’m still in training for the 3-day walk, and that’s eating up more and more of my time. However, while at WisCon I did get fired up about writing again, and I’m trying to ride
I was very pleased and privileged to attend Tim Gunn’s talk and book signing in Seattle.
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A writer writes. That’s how I’ve generally defined being a writer, and why I generally feel good about myself as a writer. However, not a lot of writing went on this week. Let’s just say that emotionally and physically it was a really rough week for me, and leave it at that. The writing that
The good news is that I finished this pass of the rewrites of the novel this weekend! Whee! The bad news is that I am now reading the novel out loud. Which means I’m not going to tea tonight. I really need to read out loud, and I can’t do that at the tea shop.
The bad: I think I’m coming down with another cold. So no tea for me tonight. The good: I’m going to try to write anyway. Other good: Library thing. It’s strangely addictive. I have maybe 1/3rd of my books online now — you’ll find my library here.
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I *finally* finished chapter 15. Though, as all the writers on my list know, “finished” is a relative term. I have finished the gross edits (gross as in large, not necessarily as in stinky, but kind of that too.) There will be additional edits on that chapter, but instead of entire sections needing to be