Me: Just remember I’ll be in bed by 9. Exam tomorrow. Editor: What time is it there? Me: It’s almost 9, but I’ll be up for a bit* yet. Time passes… Me: Dammit, woman, say something. Or are you efoting? Me: Uh, I mean editing. Editor: I’m efoting. Me: I think I’m keeping that...
As specific dates come nearer–like submission date, publication date, forgot-to-buy-my-brother-in-law-a Christmas-present date–writers can get a little clingy. And editors are there to talk them down off the ledge. Or maybe drive them over it. Me: The beta readers are trying to kill me. Editor: All the best ones do. Me: Hahaha. I’m worried, after...
Two passes down, one more to go. I’ve fixed a lot of weird spelling issues that I think have something to do with my keyboard getting ready to die. (I can’t say all of it was the keyboard–at one point I found an entire sentence that had lived on from an earlier draft, and...
Of course, that’s all relative–I do live in the frozen north. But they’re talking about 27 degrees celcius tomorrow, which is about 85 farenheit? And humidity. (And all my Southern friends are laughing hysterically at me at this very instant.) It’s also hot because I need to get my entry ready for the Sex...
My Christmas story is about a stripper. I had this conversation with my editor the other day. Me: I’ve decided I need to watch Magic Mike, because it’s research. Editor: I strongly support this level of dedication. Me: It’s a sacrifice I must make for my art. Editor: You’re my hero. On a totally...
We’re over at Zoe’s blog for the last part of our discussion of James Scott Bell’s Revision and Self-Editing for Publication. Tune in next week to see how I handle working through a book on outlining.
Part Two of our discussion of the checklist James Scott Bell provides at the end of his Revision and Self-editing for Publication. Meet us over at Ana’s blog!
Three Dirty Birds are talking Character today with James Scott Bell’s Revision and Self-Editing for Publication (2e). Kate: So much wonderful in this chapter, it’s definitely not a skimmer. There’s stuff in this chapter that I’m definitely going to apply (if the day job ever calms down enough to let me write again). Ana:...
And James Scott Bell’s Revision and Self-Editing for Publication. 😉 Find us on Ana’s blog.
Plan for the day: 1. Housework, before CFS hunts me down and steals my child. Not that they’d keep her–if you’ve never read O. Henry’s Red Chief story, you should. My life. I felt for those kidnappers. 2. Read, because I have Lori Witt’s and Aleks Voinov’s new Market Garden book singing its siren...