It’s one of those wonderful days when the snowflakes are fat and slap-happy and whirling like scarves every which way outside of every window. I do love winter. I also love having finished the “last” draft of my next mystery novel, TOASTED. “Last” of course not really meaning “last,” but meaning “this is the draft [...]
Posts Tagged ‘revision’
Today I Live in A Snowglobe
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged nature, revision, snow on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Revision Complete
Posted in writing, tagged revision, writing on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Writing is an odd thing. You know, it took me months longer to revise this book than it took me to write it the first time. Still, I got the whole thing “done,” from word one to beta reader in 11 months and two weeks. This second Lonnie Squires mystery was born on November 1, [...]
Back at the Desk
Posted in writing, tagged revision on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m back from several weeks overseas without internet access. Wonderful (except for a nasty case of food poisoning). Time to do the “final” revision of the work in progress and get it submitted to the folks at Bella as soon as possible.
Eight Thousand Mile Journey
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, revision, writer's block on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s felt like a long journey these last few weeks, hours at the compute with little quality writing happening. Not much fun. But, thankfully, it didn’t freak me out (too much) because I’m finally learning to accept that these things happen in the process. At least, I’ve been here before and it has always passed. [...]
Rosy-fingered Dawns
Posted in writing, tagged characters, revision on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got up at 4:18 because I couldn’t sleep. This has happened about twice in my life. No pain or illness or anxiety that I could spot. Just wide awake. Might as well write, no? I think my head is full of everything I heard on last night’s live web event from Oprah on The [...]
Pantsers Unite!
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, planning, revision on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday one of my favorite bloggers, Cindy of A Writer’s Diary, had this to say about Eckhart Tolle and writing: “She [Oprah] wanted to know if he [Tolle] sat down to write aware of what he would say, if it was all planned out in his head, or what. He said he didn’t usually know, he made time in [...]
Gigabyte Overload
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, revision on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I focused on two things: four hours of work on the revision and hooking up to the first live webcast for Oprah’s A New Earth worldwide web event. Both wound up a little stuttery, blocked, choppy and unfulfilling. The writing because I was trying to dump too much at once. The Oprah show because [...]
Brown Bread
Posted in writing, tagged revision on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Monday of what I’m referring to as Jump-Start Week. The revision is going okay, but slowly and I need some focused time to get into a bit faster. So Monday through Thursday of this week, I will write two two-hour sessions each day. No need to rush. I’m not counting pages, just quality time [...]
At Long Last, Writing!
Posted in writing, tagged revision on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Finally. Excruciating hours yesterday and today. Sixteen decent pages revised. It’s like running up an icy hill. Or trying to pull yourself out of knee-deep tar. This is precisely why I should not stop writing in the middle of a project! I finished my novel draft in December, spent January on a different book proposal, [...]
Outlines
Posted in nature, writing, tagged outline, revision, snow, suprises, writing partner on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It snowed almost all day yesterday with no wind, so this morning, as I sit here in the dark except for my glowing screen, waiting for my coffee to cook and my writing partner to show up for our last intensive revision session of the week, I’m looking out the window at dark limbs of [...]
