I told myself that I needed 203 words last night in order to make quota without counting anything but the novel revisions. And by ghod, I wrote 204. And every one of them hurt ( Read more... )

first novel revisions = 6097 ( Read more... )

Gacked from azdak, the WIP 7x7x7 meme:

1. Go to page 7 (or 77) of your current WIP.
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines - sentences or paragraphs - and post them as they’re written.

The first novel seems to be in progress again, and the revisions are certainly work, so here goes. (I went with page 77, because that seemed more fun.)

"Don't ( Read more... )

(Crossposted, as always, from Dreamwidth ( Read more... )

the new novel = 5 ( Read more... )

A tip for aspiring writers: When you've finished your first novel, or even a sufficiently lengthy story, put it into proper manuscript format (1" margins, double-spaced, 12-pt font of your preference), and print it out. And then, any time you're feeling discouraged about your writing, pick it up and hold it ( Read more... )

I have polished off the last remaining tape flag. The novel is officially done!

(Well, except for me doing a final whole-thing-together review. And my betas doing the same. And probably at least one new beta, for that fresh-eyes thing. So in a way, still "done". But I'm calling it done64,441 words. 13 chapters. Three and a half years. Not ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I finished the final chapter of my novel ( Read more... )

Had another go at writing at the coffeeshop on the way to the gym today. Managed to turn out about about 400 words in... an hour and a half? Something like that. Not too bad, by my standards. More importantly, I seem to have finished the revision from hell. Well, for definitions of "finished" that include a handful of find-a-better-phrase ( Read more... )

Had a most pleasing weekend-plus with the charming and talented signeh, which included much discussion of life and of writing.

It's so very refreshing to have a beta-reading session with betas (signeh and the housemate) who (a) get what I'm trying to do, (b) are capable of staying on-topic, and (c) can actually have an intelligent and useful discussion about ( Read more... )