Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Jumping from one project to next


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Writing news:

I finished the first draft of my young adult realistic fiction in time to take a couple days break from writing before receiving the editorial notes on book three in my series. I looked a lot like the pencil on the left. I'm way over my targeted word count on the WIP, but I'm not too worried about that. I can decide if I need to cut several thousand words in a month or so when I go back to it. For now, I'm focus on the first round of revisions for Entwined. The timing for this is perfect, because with my WIP done, I can place one hundred percent of my focus on Entwined. 

I went through the editorial notes. There are no major plot changes needed (Yay!), I already accepted small tweaks to sentence structure and word choice. Those are the easy changes. I'm now working on things that need to be clarified. I enjoy this part of the process, even though sometimes it can be daunting. There's one scene early in the book I want to revisit later. I reread it so many times, I'm now not sure I like it. That's usually my queue to step away from my laptop or move on. I guess, since I"m typing this post, you can say I did both. :)  But I am looking forward to getting back to Madison and her friends.

Before I do that, let's jump to other news.


Getting ready for the holidays?



If you're looking for some cool gift ideas for the geek in your life, check out Alex Cavanaugh's blog. I totally want the dancing Groot.





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8 comments:

  1. Good timing with the writing and the edits!
    Thanks for the mention. I think everyone wants a Dancing Groot.
    And the IWSG book is finally free at Amazon! We had to fight for that one.

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    1. You had some great gift ideas. Thanks for sharing them!
      Good news on the book. =)

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  2. Glad your writerly timeline has fallen into place for you- it's not good when it's the other way! =)

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    1. I got lucky this time. I've had to stop one project to jump on another in the past. It can be hard to switch gears.

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  3. Yep, when you stare at a particular section of your WIP so long that you no longer like it, it's time to move on to something else. I finally learned to do that this year.

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    1. I'm just hoping that I like the scene when I go back to it. It will be horrible if I'm still iffy on it.

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