I usually don't blog on the weekends, but here I am at the fabulous Main Library up the street from my house. I'm working on creating a spreadsheet to help me with my revision process (I'll share that in an upcoming post). Anyway, of course the library has Internet access and so I felt the need to "ease" in to my revision process (i.e,. provide myself with a procrastination tactic). I read some blogs, including the latest This Week in Publishing post on agent Nathan Bransford's blog. He … [Read more...]
Working and Blessed
October 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
I just finished my time sheet for client payable hours at the day job. Total hours worked this week: 70 hours. How much time did I work on my novel revision? Total hours worked this week: 2 hours. And those two hours? That happened late last night when I had this epiphany about a major scene in Act 2 (even though I'm ONLY supposed to be revising Act 1) and I had to jump out of bed at 12:30 am and write it all down---I LOVE it when that happens! Would it be nice to have 70 hours of … [Read more...]
The Precarious Balance
October 7, 2009 Read Comments
I just got out of LONG early morning meeting and before I start on my journey of continuing to learn this new skill for my job, I read an interesting post, In Good Company by good writer friend Paula Chase. She was talking about the reality of having a full time job and balancing it with writing. It's a precarious balance indeed. She had a link to an essay, Working the Double Shift by Emily St. John Mandel. Here's an excerpt from a writer interviewed in the essay, Elise Blackwell, that … [Read more...]
Revision Update
October 7, 2009 Leave a Comment
My revision is going slower because I'm still learning this new skill at my day job. My time is still limited on weeknights so the bulk of my work is happening on the weekends. The good news is that I've had some productive weekends so far. The bad news is that this draft needs a LOT of work! It's not a total mess but one of the downsides of writing a "fast draft" --- a draft where you keep pushing if you can---where you put notes saying, "Enter motivation here" or "Put in background … [Read more...]
