This has been a roller coaster year. On the up-side, I’m thrilled to have been able to retire this year after 28 years on active duty. I never would have imagined I would be able to do so back in April 1980 when I signed my enlistment contract with the … Continue reading →
NaNo win number six is in the bag. This book needs lots of work, but I plan to shift to something I believe is more salvageable: Twilight. Then Threads and Ties and Polar Bear on the Loose need work. Following that, I plan to work on Ice’s World, the second … Continue reading →
I haven’t talked about Polar Bear on the Loose for a long time. It’s the first novel I ever wrote. It’s been critiqued, and it’s sitting in my desk drawer awaiting the proper time to rewrite. Told in first person by a young female polar bear named Inuit (pronounced Eye-Knew-It), … Continue reading →
A very good weekend. I accomplished all the writing tasks I set out to accomplish. I have a review steeping. I’ll pull it out in a couple days and polish it before sending it off. I finished looking at a friend’s project and sent comments back. Finally, I finished this … Continue reading →
No, I haven’t done much writing lately. Since early this year, I’ve focused on Twilight revisions. I’m making slow progress with them, but at least it is progress. November is nearly upon us, though, and that brings National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). For me, that means it’s time to write … Continue reading →
Forward Motion is having a Synopses Marathon this weekend. (I believe you’ll need to be logged in to view that thread.) I haven’t marathoned in awhile, but this is an area where I need work. It also gave me an opportunity to practice critiquing others’ work. In theory, it’s easier … Continue reading →
Thank you to each of you who offered your condolences about Magellan. I still miss him. Pericles misses him. I know hubby misses him. Hershey has become a lapdog (OK, he always was a lapdog, but he didn’t get a lot of chances to practice). Whenever he can be, he’s … Continue reading →
I managed to do some revision on Twilight while I was at home. Perhaps more importantly (aside from the time spent in loving bliss doing yard work with my hubby) was the reading I accomplished on Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself into Print by Renni Browne and … Continue reading →
I wrote the two scenes, deleted another, crossed the 100k barrier and came back to finish at 99,709. I did the formatting changes last night. I was still finding continuity errors this morning. I’m updating the timeline and wordcount breakout now–looking for a more equitable way to break the book … Continue reading →
Although that *looks* like 100% up there, don’t let it fool you. I have two scenes to write, one scene to rewrite, and numerous formatting things to cross-check. If I do things right, the numbers will be close to the originally planned 100k. Only then will I report I have … Continue reading →