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I need a split personality to work on 2 projects at once. I spent Saturday trying to do revisions for Linn (I decided to put her aside till my vacation starts next week). Then I spent Sunday doing a NaNo "dry run." You kmow how long it took me to do 3 paragraphs? 3 hours. I couldn't just write--I had to edit every line.

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...for Linnea:

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Dear My Author,

With all due respect, you are really ticking me off!

I've been patient, very patient with you.

Granted, I'm not as funny or as paaaaassionate or as bitchy as Martha (yeah, I know, you like "bitchy", whoop-di-doo). I'm not as smart or as rich or as cute as that Shawna (hello, a size SIX? You kidding?) I can't kick a$$ like Martha ( Read more... )

I spent 6 hrs yesterday revising, managed to get through 14 chapters, came up with a totally awesome twist--and then, when I got home, my copyedits had arrived ( Read more... )

I did not hit my 65k mark today.

But that's okay.

Because the first draft is FINISHED!


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OK, I re-guesstimated my final word count, and realized this story will NOT be 80k. At least not the first draft. I think it'll wrap up at around 65. My shortest one so far! (is that good or bad?)

Therefore--since I wrote 7k today!!!--this is where Linnea stands now:


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OK, I went back to bed and slept till 2 p.m. and then got back up and felt great! Saw Grandma who is doing fine and will probably come home tomorrow, though she doesn't quite "get" that she's even in the hospital. Not that nobody hasn't told her that, like, 99,000 times. I think she thinks we're pulling a fast one on her--moving her from room to ( Read more... )