Less than 100 pages to go on the first pass. Alas, I am not strictly following Holly’s One-Pass Revision. Or, perhaps I am, but I’m not good enough yet to do it in one-pass. (grin) I’m in the Manuscript Slog, but I need more practice to be able to handle … Continue reading →
Everything appears to have gone well. The anesthesiologist wanted to do general, so that’s what we went with. He promised happy drugs, and he delivered. I remember them wheeling me toward the operating room, but I never saw the place. Next thing I knew, I was waking up in recovery, … Continue reading →
I’m lead off knee for the orthopedics circus tomorrow. With slicing and dicing scheduled to begin at 7:30am, I’m making a wild guess that I’ll be home under the care of Nurse Nancy by 10am. Any takers on the pool? I hope I recover well enough so I can send … Continue reading →
Took advantage of an unexpected opportunity to do some revisions this morning before work and managed to snag Holly to work with her. While she was executing traitors, I was learning about talking heads (in two sentences, Holly summed up half the problem I detect in this novel). It’s all … Continue reading →
Took out a few words and added a few words today. I’m reading margin notes and skipping some of them–not sure how to mess with them or am not ready to yet. I’m doing the easy things on this pass. The obvious stuff. I suspect there’s way too much telling … Continue reading →
Made it to 23,991 of 95,321 in PBOTL‘s editing today. Lest we get too excited, this was the easy stuff. I didn’t find any fixes requiring significant work on my part to this point. We’re nearly two years into Inuit’s odyssey. Note to Self: Do not, no matter how tempted … Continue reading →
For those of you who have been wondering since September just why I’ve claimed a photo of an obviously ceramic polar bear as my own, I’ll attempt to answer. I enjoy that likeness. This particular ceramic bear is known around this house as the “Sitting Lomonosov.” There is also a … Continue reading →
Have I mentioned I like this bear? OK. So what if nobody else likes her; I do. I’m on page 165 of 373 (I double-spaced the printout for easier commenting), and I like the story. I’m making notes to fix things. Next time through, I’ll do it on the machine, … Continue reading →
My visit in Georgia is over. I’ve had a great time, but She has recalled me. I’m ambling home via Seattle (check the map–that’s a true amble). I figure the Spurs need me tonight to cheer them on as they begin their Rodeo Road Trip against the tough Seattle Supersonics. … Continue reading →
I’m reading PBOTL for the first time. I’m on page 28. So far, I like it. I see a few things that need fixing–I think Inuit’s sister became a brother later in the book (if I recall correctly). A few things like that. Of course, there are a few typos … Continue reading →