Good day! I went to a writer’s critique group this morning and came away convinced I need to rewrite the first chapter of Angles entirely; too much description that doesn’t add to the overall story, and it cuts into the action too much, and yeah. Needs rewriting. Then did Christmas shopping! Got all Ted’s shopping done! Not much more to buy, now! Yaaay! _Do_ need to clean the house and put up the Christmas tree. :) Everybody is going to TTT and loving it! yaay! *beam*
irrational surges
Irrational surges of panic about writing, today. Since I’ve got one book at a publisher and one book that’s not yet rewritten to send to one, I’m not sure why I’m panicking, but I’m panicking anyway. . o O ( what if it’s as bad as all the other slush? what if somebody’s having a bad hair day when they pick it up? what if what if what if? ) o.o
one ring
We were sucked in by the power of the One Ring last night! I want a Sean Astin. Can I have one? Some pretty spoiler-free comments follow. We were discussing, after the movie, that we’d like for Peter Jackson to do The Hobbit, which made Shaun say if Jackson did The Hobbit, that Shaun wouldn’t be able to buy the DVDs until the Complete Definitive Swear To God This Time We Really Mean It End All and Be All Super-Duper Extra-Special Nifty Whoo Boy You Couldn’t Wait For This, Could…
dentist and cold
Dentist appointment today. It’s cold out. And that’s about all I’ve got to say. :)
it occurred to me
It occurred to me today that if I wanted to get Angles finished by the end of the year, that I was going to have to actually start editing it. It’s sort of like Sarah taking a break to relax her brain and forgetting she needed to get Chase edited. :) I was doing sort of the same thing. “Doo dee doo dee doo, should finish by the end of the year, oh, wait, that means I need to /work/ on it, doesn’t it?” Right. So I got 7 chapters…