Progress!
I've been extremely productive on the writing front recently!
Friday I spent the entire day revising scenes in Grey Eyes, after a little over three months of putting off even thinking about it! Then I actually remembered to attend the writing group meeting! Hoozah! I'm glad I did. Our task was difficult, but EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED! (Plus, my most dedicated fan did a lot of the hard stuff for me. Heather knows this book as well as I do, but isn't so deep into it that she's trying to make the tiniest detail so important that it has to go into the hook line, like I was.)
Saturday I ran errands with my mom and then went to a friend's house. She and her mom were away for a wedding and so Heather and I house/dog- sat for them. I did this because 1.) I love the Nacho dog to pieces. 2.) She has NO internet connection, and NO cable, and her amazing DVD collection is hidden away in a closet! Can you say perfect environment for Sticking Butt to Chair and Getting Things Done? I got right back to work. This time editing. Heather helped again, because she's awesome like that.
Today I finished some revising that I decided I had to do during the editing process of Saturday. Then I saved the whole thing (92,375 words... yeah, I said it.) as a PDF and uploaded it to my Createspace account so that I could work on the cover! I love designing covers for my stories! I literally spent six straight hours playing with their cover creator until I spent all of my options. Then I lined up my favorite ones and the process of narrowing it down began! Heather came home form work right about then and gave me an awesome tip. Then, once I figured out how to make her idea actually possible, I did it.
And I found my cover. It. Is. So. Cool. I'd post a print screen here--but I would rather wait to reveal it in hard copy form.
So now both the cover and the PDF are submitted for review. As soon as I hear back that it's good to go, I'm ordering my 2010 NaNo Winner free proof copy!
It is so unbelievably... relaxing to have this practically done--FINALLY! It's been hovering over my head since December 1st whispering *you'll never get me published by ignoring me...* over and over again. Actual publishing may still be a while off, but it's comforting to have taken at least one more step there...
Friday I spent the entire day revising scenes in Grey Eyes, after a little over three months of putting off even thinking about it! Then I actually remembered to attend the writing group meeting! Hoozah! I'm glad I did. Our task was difficult, but EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED! (Plus, my most dedicated fan did a lot of the hard stuff for me. Heather knows this book as well as I do, but isn't so deep into it that she's trying to make the tiniest detail so important that it has to go into the hook line, like I was.)
Saturday I ran errands with my mom and then went to a friend's house. She and her mom were away for a wedding and so Heather and I house/dog- sat for them. I did this because 1.) I love the Nacho dog to pieces. 2.) She has NO internet connection, and NO cable, and her amazing DVD collection is hidden away in a closet! Can you say perfect environment for Sticking Butt to Chair and Getting Things Done? I got right back to work. This time editing. Heather helped again, because she's awesome like that.
Today I finished some revising that I decided I had to do during the editing process of Saturday. Then I saved the whole thing (92,375 words... yeah, I said it.) as a PDF and uploaded it to my Createspace account so that I could work on the cover! I love designing covers for my stories! I literally spent six straight hours playing with their cover creator until I spent all of my options. Then I lined up my favorite ones and the process of narrowing it down began! Heather came home form work right about then and gave me an awesome tip. Then, once I figured out how to make her idea actually possible, I did it.
And I found my cover. It. Is. So. Cool. I'd post a print screen here--but I would rather wait to reveal it in hard copy form.
So now both the cover and the PDF are submitted for review. As soon as I hear back that it's good to go, I'm ordering my 2010 NaNo Winner free proof copy!
It is so unbelievably... relaxing to have this practically done--FINALLY! It's been hovering over my head since December 1st whispering *you'll never get me published by ignoring me...* over and over again. Actual publishing may still be a while off, but it's comforting to have taken at least one more step there...