Instead of baking pies tonight, I edited. Round one of Queen's Choice closes out at 603 pages and 119,881 words. I made my target!

Now, happy-dancing. Tomorrow, baking. This weekend, starting Field of Stars. And maybe somewhere in there, working on the next chapter of Deus Ex Machina.

So when we went to Lowe's over the weekend for Wonderful Husband to get a last few things for his class and for me to get four handles for the cabinet (which previously had two handles), we got asked by three sales associates if we needed help.

Tonight, going back to get screws that were actually long enough to put the handles on the cabinet doors ( Read more... )

In this marathon editing process, I'm learning some things about the way I write. I use too many long, clauseful sentences. I hook things together too much. And I use "and" to start sentences way too often. I sometimes drop in chunks of description (for purposes of characterization) that really just detract from the flow. I tag dialogue ( Read more... )

Up to page 536/605 and stopping because I don't feel like parsing out Higami's drunken ramblings into non-runon sentences that still give the feeling of drunkenness. Yes, he's been at the wine; the chapter is titled "In Vino, Veritas." And (in different ways and for different reasons) he's not the only one that it applies to. Word count is 120,

Stopping at page 510/606. Less than a hundred pages to go! Word count is currently 120,566. Less than six hundred words to go ( Read more... )

Didn't edit last night, as I wanted to chat with people online, and I can't multitask creative stuff. Just doesn't work for me, never has, which is why I will never be an author who has playlists for their work ( Read more... )

Stopping at 457/607, word count 121,057. Have finished out chapter 18, dealt with emotional aftermath, slightly wavering sexuality, the succubus' feelings seeming genuine rather than genetic, and the titular choice. More emotional aftermath to come tomorrow.

Now, to bed, as I have a foot x-ray in the morning.

Stopping for tonight at 418/607. Word count 121,280. Have finished chapter 17, gotten to the point of making a few corrections to both the story and my notes file, and most importantly hit the BIG "Wait, what--WTF?!" rugpull/reveal. And it needed almost no editing, so I think I did the scene right.

Stopping on page 397/608, with a word count of 121,444. Fifteen pages done, with 731 words taken out today, including smoothing the description of Ariss' asexuality. Research done: maples grow all over the USA (sudden enlightenment as to what the trees were outside one of my childhood homes - I remember that seed shape!), but the ones that are ( Read more... )

Wonderful Husband figured out how to fix the fan, and it is now stuck back into/onto the ceiling, giving us light and a gentle breeze once more. We also went out and finally procured curtain rods for the office and two bedrooms. I know what we'll be doing tomorrow and next weekend ( Read more... )