Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Progress


Happy New Year!

I hope the New Year finds you all well. My big news is that I finished the first big edit to the sequel of Screwing Up Time. My goal was to finish it before the New Year. Okay, my goal had been to finish it before Thanksgiving. But the seven family surgeries of 2011 took care of that very, very fast. Still, I’m pretty excited that it threw off my goal by only a month.

Now my first beta reader has the book. She’s looking for plot inconsistencies or holes. As soon as she’s finished, I’ll get back to work. For my next edit: I’ll be fixing any plot holes or boring parts (hopefully, there aren’t many). After that, I’ll do a voice edit. That’s where I’ll get into the nitty gritty of the text to make sure that the book “sounds right.” Mark/Henry tells the story and if it doesn’t sound that way, the novel will fail.

So while I’m waiting for the beta, what will I be doing? Writing a short story that takes place between book one and book two. I’ve got the story idea, so, assuming my family can stay out of the hospital—we’ve already had one trip this new year, I’ll start it today. 

7 comments:

  1. Congrats on reaching your goal, even if it is only one, teeny tiny month late. Happy New Year!

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  2. Well ... I wish your family great health for 2012!! Happy writing! And, Happy New Year!

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  3. OK I am sitting here NOT starting my next book. But it's really not a waste of time commenting on random blogs is it :) Good luck. Your odds of hospital visits are directly correlated with the number of children you have. LOL

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  4. One month delay isn't bad at all. And you had a great excuse for it.

    My kids are very familiar with the hospital--unfortunately.

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  5. And a happy new year to you!

    I started a revision. If all goes well, it will be finished by mid Feb. Then on to new projects. We'll keep each other in check, right?

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  6. Congrats on finishing the edits. And hope your short story writing goes well.

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  7. Seven? What the? That is a lot of surgeries. Here's to minimal scalpels in 2012.

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