My husband, who does not read for fun, snatched The Watchmen from me when it arrived in the mail today and has been ensconced on the couch with it for the last two and a half hours. Guess I'll be reading that when he gets done…. My goal for this weekend is to revise the … [Read more...] about Saturday
Writing
Revisions, part bleh
As usual, the characters are great, but I have failed to bring the conflict. They're having a cocktail party in my head, looking at me over the rims of their glasses like, "What? We're not supposed to like each other?" Annoying, they are. … [Read more...] about Revisions, part bleh
Learning, and practicing, and confidence
So, Bear's new column is up at Subterranean. It's about learning, and learning how to learn. This made me stop and think: But thereâ … [Read more...] about Learning, and practicing, and confidence
Revision update
The out-of-order problem is way worse in the second half, which I knew. I still love my subplot, and I think it's less flawed than I thought it was. The main plot is more so, but… I think I can fix this. … [Read more...] about Revision update
Revision progress
I've been working on web stuff more often than not, so I'm going slowly through this, and I'm still on the first pass. Took the big pile o' paper to the coffee shop writing group this morning, and I'm now up to page 250. I'm crossing out lots of stuff — scenelets that never … [Read more...] about Revision progress
On the (nick)naming of characters
Halfway-plus through Sherwood Smith's delightful Inda, I must pause and bitch: DAW, why O why did you not include the character list in the published book? Because, Christ on a crutch! In addition to the usual firstname-lastname thing, each school-age character gets two more … [Read more...] about On the (nick)naming of characters
Revisions. Oh joy, oh rapture.
I've figured out, more or less, what works and doesn't work with the overall structure of the novel. The antagonist is barely there. The middle turning point is missing altogether, which I knew, but the first one's pretty weak too, and the wrong secondary characters are in it. … [Read more...] about Revisions. Oh joy, oh rapture.
Saints preserve me
I'm going in. … [Read more...] about Saints preserve me
stuff
My sciatic nerve is angry again. I do not like it when it's angry. It's the Week of Birthdays around here. Happy birthday (in order): Mike, Ryan, David, Lisa, Wendy (UPDATE YER BLOG, GIRL), and Sarah. You are all far too damn old, but it's better than the alternative. This week … [Read more...] about stuff
Oh, look. A late-night story ambush.
How very predictable. New words: 684 Reason for stopping: 2 a.m. [pfmeter id=7 target=67500 progress=3609] … [Read more...] about Oh, look. A late-night story ambush.
