I finished typing up all the handwritten words today. I was very close in my guestamite — four hand written pages really does equal about 1000 words for me. Here is the word count so far: 14,800 / 100,000(14.8%) I plan on finishing the rewrites to chapter one today, if I can, and sending it […]
Am heavy into rewrites with Chapter one. It’s grown from about 4200 to 4800 words, and I figure by the time I’m finished it’ll be around 5000. These are slow words, carefully chosen words, words splintered and polished and reassembled until the mosaic they form flows from one end to the other. I’m making sure
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Rewriting chapter one today. Have I mentioned that I love this world? Because I do. I really, *really* do. One of the main reference books I’m using for this novel is “The Tough Guide to Fantasyland” by Diana Wynne Jones. There are some common fantasy elements in this novel — like a harp, a sword,
Finished chapter two today. Of course it took longer and many more words than I’d originally anticipated. So the word count for today is about 2500. Am completely out of it, still living in story land, but am about to go out to have sushi with a friend for lunch. Writing went *much* better today,
General update. Thing that has eaten by brain continues to munch away. Almost finished with chapter two. Cool ideas keep piling up as well, not just for this novel, but for the next one as well.
It appears that I’m still working on that thing that absorbed my brain. I’ve finished the prologue and sent it out to people to read. I need to rewrite chapter one (it’s all typed in.) I’m about halfway finished with writing out chapter two by hand. I know the major event at the end of
I’ve been slowly going through rewrites today, but mostly, I’ve been relaxing and recovering. So — Spam! These are some pictures that I’ve taken recently. (All but the first one, which was taken for me by my friend Jennie who was visiting here from Wyoming this weekend.)
*clings* I’ve been without an Internet connection at my home since Wednesday morning. I’ve missed it so much! (Side note to badger2305 — I was stealing internet from one of my neighbors and it just cut off which is why I disappeared on AIM.) And yet — I haven’t missed it as much as I
I continue to work on that thing I’m not officially committing to working on. I’ve decided to give it a full week — see if this puppy really does have legs. If I’m still feeling the same way then as I am now, I will officially commit to working on it. In the meanwhile, it’s
You know. That thing that I’m not working on? Well — I didn’t spend this morning and a large chunk of this afternoon typing in everything that I’d written out by hand so far. All 2000+ words of it. And I didn’t spend last night researching it. And I’m not planning on doing the same