I should be focusing on the final revision for Black Magic and Barbecue Sauce. I received feedback from Peggy on the first five chapters of such worth that it has proved all the impetus I need to delay. Want: Chosen One has had a phenomenal start. I'm through chapter 9, have over 19,000 words, and am not slowing down. Every time I think I need to ( Read more... )

Julie just sent me tremendous insight on Cy. Woo hoo! To quote Nathan Fillion, Bam said the lady ( Read more... )

So I've started to get deedback on my draft. I'm very enthusiastic about this because it was very strong feedback. A lot of the time I'll get feedback and wonder if the person even read what I wrote. In this case, there were some very relevant questions and observations. Of the two most important suggestions, I am adding back in a chapter I ( Read more... )

What's that? Algiers is the capital of Algeria you say? Of course it is. The words are almost identical. Wait, what's that? I list it in Morocco ( Read more... )

Add the line ( Read more... )

I set myself a deadline to finish revisions by my birthday. Here's my birthday and here I am...almost finished. I'll finish this evening. :) 50 pages left ( Read more... )

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One task I have been avoiding is fixing the chapter numbering. I have deleted three chapters so far. One just wasn't relevant and got the axe. The other two I never finished and when I got to them, I saw why. Neither warranted their own chapter and both were resolved by adding a sentence (or less) to the preceding or succeeding chapter ( Read more... )

Found a chapter today that I never wrote. Deleted it and replaced it with a subordinate clause in the following chapter. Obviously it was not an important chapter. Mark Twain Rule is in effect.

Revision is accelerating. It's not so much that I've been putting more work into it (though now that I'm back to work commuting and finished Bujold's two Challion books, I should hopefully devote more time to it), but that there seems less that needs revising ( Read more... )