Last night I finally, for real and for true, started editing the Paranormal mess. I always flail at the beginnings of edits, no matter how hard I try to just get in there. I’ll sort my notes. I’ll search desperately for some dimly remembered mention of some vaguely important fact that I swear I wrote […]
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Yes, that one. That book I’ve been banging my head on for almost two months? Done. That was the loud squeeing noise you may have heard a few nights ago. I won’t deny it’s been rough. Anyone who’s checked in here in the past month knows that. But…it’s really awesome now. I’m so utterly thrilled
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I actually finished the slog last night, but I was too exhausted to exult. I’m not in much better shape now. But. The slog is done. The first book of Hiro is edited, sorta. I’ve made the changes on paper. Now I have to make the changes in the file. It will change more as
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There’s a saying, and now a country song, that goes “If you’re going through hell, keep on going.” Yes, I know I said I enjoy editing. And I do–most of the time. But there’s a reason Holly Lisle calls this part the “manuscript slog.” [Disclaimer–this may not actually be the way editing goes for you.
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I’m right about where I should be on EdMo hours (thirty-two, IIRC), way behind where I wanted to be on manuscipt, and working feverishly to remedy that. The fact that I now have three parts in a play that opens next week is hindering that. 😯 Guess why blogging isn’t a priority? But I’m having
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Tonight I made an icon. I like it lots. I don’t usually choose to write on my person’s face, but I felt it fit this one. And the second line–I was looking for a font that looked like a scream, but this one actually works better. I ended up walking the line between art *snerks
Yeah, this is not going so well. I knew it would be this way, though. Hiro is an utter mess, and besides, editing always starts like this. A whole lot of AUGH and why did I DO that? and hell, what did I mean to write instead of “the revenant bit of his hand” and