Somewhere between 9-12 new pages written today, I think. Over a hundred edited/revised, in total. there is a next long section that is going to be full of rearrangements and stitching, and some new content, but not too much of that, I don’t think. It would make me very happy to get through another hundred pages tomorrow. (It’d make me even happier to get through more, but I would not be at all displeased with 100 pages a day through the weekend. It Would Do.) At any rate, it’s better.…
chug chug chug!
A hundred pages rearranged and revised so far. I have to write an all-new scene now, instead of modifying and rewriting older ones, and I still have some things to add into the revisions, but Is Better. 300 pages and huge amounts of work to go. Feeling good about it, though. *chugga chugga chugga* I went through about the first half of the manuscript (a little shy of it) earlier today and decided at that point I needed to actually put the changes into the manuscript so I had some…
six days…
Six days before a book is due is probably not the best time to decide thirty thousand words need to be ripped from it, the rest needs to be stitched together and re-written, and the end needs to be completely fixed. On the other hand, I’m getting an increasingly solid handle on what needs to be done, and I’m feeling rather perky about my doom. It’s going to be a very busy weekend, but the book will be much much *much* better for it. I may or may not get…
artists
It is fairly clearly going to kill me to choose an artist to work with, if Chance goes forward. I’ve gotten two samples from the five artists I’ve narrowed it down to; one is very American Superhero, with a lot of fluidity and grace in the work. The other is angular and strong and at just a glance stands out from the crowd as a different style, which is appealing in and of itself. Email from a third promises roughs in the next couple of days, and *that* artist’s work…
beta readers & temper
i have regained most of my temper, at this point, and feel less screechy. this is in large part because i have the best daddy in the world and he got me a printout of the manuscript, which means i am now capable of doing meaningful edits on it. i will work very hard tomorrow and friday and send it to those beta readers i have contacted friday evening (my time). which translates to: thank you, *all* of you, who volunteered as beta readers. i’ve got my victvolunteers, and i…