I’ve decided Twilight will be only the working title for the book. My final submission title will probably be one of the two Tech suggested several months ago. Twilight is an easy one word title, but several other books have been published with that title, so I’m going to wind … Continue reading →
It wasn’t pretty. My Center of Balance was horrible. I was so bad, it made me practice after measuring, and it felt strange. I’d never had to practice Center of Balance before — I didn’t know it had that capability, but it does. I went on to do fifteen … 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 →
This has been an exciting week at Rantings and Ravings. Two new acquaintances from How to Think Sideways dropped in to say hello, and an old friend from Air Force technical training 28 years ago showed up to touch base. Cathy, Texanne, and Kim — thanks for stopping in and … Continue reading →
While listening to my husband’s band rehearse this afternoon, I pulled out my Twilight spreadsheet and my critique notes and began looking for how I can revise it. I’m slowly getting more comfortable with some ideas, and I’m looking for ways I can maintain the book’s uniqueness as well as … Continue reading →
I finished putting the Twilight outline into the spreadsheet today. Now I can begin analyzing it with rewrite in mind. Just for fun, here are some of the stats from the spreadsheet: Word Count: 84455 Chapters: 26 Total Scenes: 74 Average word count per chapter: 991 (definitely not evenly spread) … Continue reading →
I’m slowly getting back to some semblance of being able to say I’m working on writing. I’ve been so distracted by Real Life issues (none negative, but all time and attention-consuming). Which brings me to Twilight. I received a tremendously helpful critique by TECH a few months ago. Tech, I … Continue reading →
I finally got around to putting a widget for LibraryThing (random books from my library) in the sidebar. It’s way towards the bottom. I may play with its location, but for now, it’s hanging around below Search but above Trackbacks. I put the 200 book version at the bottom of … Continue reading →
Thanks to TECH‘s insightful critique, you’ll be spared from experiencing my wimpy ending in Twilight. He took one for the team and highlighted many, if not all, of the places where Twilight leaves a reader wanting, and there are many. He did exactly what I hoped he’d do, and he … Continue reading →
If Twilight were a networking comedy, this comic would be a great cover: You guessed it: It came from xkcd. The Freakin’ Geeks would love this.
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