I finished the read-through. I like more of it than I hate of it–a lot more of it. I’m doing the easy revision parts while I mull over what to do with the parts I believe I need to change (hence the count above). I changed the beginning a bit. … Continue reading →
In October 2002, I was issued a brand, spanking new Dell laptop. Nice machine. Been working great, but I’ve noticed problems with this model–overheating, keyboards and screens dying, and hard drives toasting. Mine? Had the keyboard replaced last summer (learned to be proactive when a colleague couldn’t type his NATO … Continue reading →
(Are you noticing a trend in these titles?) I don’t know what to do with this. It’s not that I don’t like it so much as I don’t think it’s appropriate for other people to read (and some of you are asking what makes me think that’s my call to … Continue reading →
I’m up to page 137 (of 335). There’s some workable stuff here, but this book has ‘issues’. Lots to be cut/revised. Of course, the challenge for me will be: What to cut; what to revise; what to keep. But isn’t it that way for all of us? I need to … Continue reading →
I’m crawling through it. I haven’t become violently ill yet, so that’s a plus. I do tend to like what I write when I’m “in the zone” and not thinking about it. I also blush to think that someone else will read some of this stuff. Oh, my! And this … 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 →
I wasn’t too far off on my original attempt. All I have to do now is figure out how to reduce the padding around them, and I’ll be more pleased with the result. As I figured, it was easy. I’m not sure how I manage to make easy things hard … 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 →
My physical therapist gave me homework for the weekend. Five simple exercises. Three of them *are* simple. One is challenging, and another is just plain painful. I did them today–or most of them. I did more today than I did last night. The two difficult ones are supposed to be … Continue reading →
Whew! Holly and I have been running from shortly after 6am this morning. She was working on a proposal, and I was rewriting on PBOTL. We just finished. She’s off to get something to eat–I suspect she eats more than swords and drinks more than cold water, but even with … Continue reading →