If the rest of the week falls into place like today, wowsa.
Edited 30 pages on Maddy Wrote 2000 words in the new Maddy short story Did all the laundry, folded it and put it away Made dinner Ran my errands to the church, Goodwill, the post office and the grocery store Supervised my kids while they cleaned house
Yep, I'm on a mission. I've been a total slacker this past month and now I'm faced with finishing round two of my revisions on Maddy Blue. I also have a short story idea rattling around in my head and the noise is getting louder. School starts in just a few weeks for the kiddoes. The book store is becoming a real presence in my life and of course
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My big plan for the day was to revise Maddy this morning. Of course my plan fell apart once the kids got up and I realized I needed to take the oldest to the doctor. So, I spent the morning between the doctor's office and the pharmacy. THREE HOURS
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So after I ran errands this morning, I plopped in the chair and revised the next 15 pages. Yep, I'm now up to chapter eleven and page 115 in Maddy. Yeah me
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I hit page 100 yesterday in my first round of real revisions. I also deleted a character and have a strong feeling I've increased the level of conflict in the book. I'll know better when I go back to the beginning and start round two, but I'm plowing ahead for now.
Ah crap, how did it get to be Thursday already? Guess I'll put down a thought or two on POV as I've noodled over voice, POV and word choice this week
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Voice. Everyone has one and it never fails that a writer wishes his/her voice was more of SOMETHING. More lyrical, more gritty, more sexy, more real. We are never happy with what we have and we always want what someone else has
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I didn't even open the WIP Saturday or Sunday. Instead I read two books. Very different pieces of YA fiction. The first was "Wildwood Dancing" by Juliet Marillier. I've read her adult fiction before and have loved the way she expands an ancient fairy tale into a new creation. This latest book takes what seems to be several Romanian fairy tales and
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