Following Inspiration
When doing my dishes last night, I had an idea on how to rework my Charms query, so when I came back on the laptop, that's what I worked on last night. Plus I posted about needing readers (flocked post) for the novel when I'm done with this round. And I did a little work on chapter 23. Not a lot, but a little.
I like my new query letter better than my first attempt, but we'll see how it goes over with the critters. I think it ended up being more interesting, with more of a voice than the previous one. Really hope it works better for the critters as well.
And no, I have no idea why I'd get struck with inspiration for the Charms query while doing dishes, of all things.
Anyway, all that writing activity plus the recent LJ issues have made this post very late. I would be sad to leave LJ, but it's beginning to look like I might have to think about it. All the drama doesn't phase me much, but paying for a service that's been having repeated problems just staying online does. They usually give us paid members extra time for the trouble, but still.
Anyway, the result of this morning's work....
Word Counts Yesterday
Total New (incl WB): 0
Total Words: 278
Total Pages Revised: 4
Okay, not huge numbers, but queries, even queries that are inspired, take a lot of work and tweaking. I got down my idea/inspiration, then had to tweak here, rephrase there, and so on. Actually took a bit longer than I expected for so few words. lol
And for some reason, this is a rare second round for this version of Charms where I've been doing more than just tweaking the changes I made. One of the things I'm working on is immediacy. I think with the way I've set things up for my MC, immediacy is even more important than it's been in other stuff I've worked on. The immediacy will help counter some places that are by necessity a bit on the slow side. At least that's my hope.
As for today's to do list, here it is....
» AM stretch
» 5 min core
» call Archer HS
» call in boyo's med refill
» B.C. R3 ch 23 :: started
» 1500 words
» Crit
» journals: whysper
» Alden: journeys
» web work: d.com link fixes
» Market Finders update
» dinner :: Chef did it
» dishes :: having youngest take care of it
» PM stretch
» reading
Still really struggling with the iron deficiency. We actually have some sun today, but I'm already tired again after being up for only 2 hours. The vitamins seem to be slowing down the iron loss, but I definitely need the iron supps to get here soonish.
LJ's still being ridiculous, so not sure when this will actually get posted, but at least it's done and when I can post, all I need to do is copy and paste. In the meantime, off to nap...er, get things done. I swear!
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I like my new query letter better than my first attempt, but we'll see how it goes over with the critters. I think it ended up being more interesting, with more of a voice than the previous one. Really hope it works better for the critters as well.
And no, I have no idea why I'd get struck with inspiration for the Charms query while doing dishes, of all things.
Anyway, all that writing activity plus the recent LJ issues have made this post very late. I would be sad to leave LJ, but it's beginning to look like I might have to think about it. All the drama doesn't phase me much, but paying for a service that's been having repeated problems just staying online does. They usually give us paid members extra time for the trouble, but still.
Anyway, the result of this morning's work....
Word Counts Yesterday
Total New (incl WB): 0
Total Words: 278
Total Pages Revised: 4
Okay, not huge numbers, but queries, even queries that are inspired, take a lot of work and tweaking. I got down my idea/inspiration, then had to tweak here, rephrase there, and so on. Actually took a bit longer than I expected for so few words. lol
And for some reason, this is a rare second round for this version of Charms where I've been doing more than just tweaking the changes I made. One of the things I'm working on is immediacy. I think with the way I've set things up for my MC, immediacy is even more important than it's been in other stuff I've worked on. The immediacy will help counter some places that are by necessity a bit on the slow side. At least that's my hope.
As for today's to do list, here it is....
» AM stretch
» 5 min core
» call Archer HS
» call in boyo's med refill
» B.C. R3 ch 23 :: started
» 1500 words
» Crit
» journals: whysper
» Alden: journeys
» web work: d.com link fixes
» Market Finders update
» dinner :: Chef did it
» dishes :: having youngest take care of it
» PM stretch
» reading
Still really struggling with the iron deficiency. We actually have some sun today, but I'm already tired again after being up for only 2 hours. The vitamins seem to be slowing down the iron loss, but I definitely need the iron supps to get here soonish.
LJ's still being ridiculous, so not sure when this will actually get posted, but at least it's done and when I can post, all I need to do is copy and paste. In the meantime, off to nap...er, get things done. I swear!
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whysper officially screwed :: journeys How Far I've Come... :: booklog A Tapestry Of Lions
the chef's wife Lemonade