I finished the novel.  Not counting the Epilogue it's 450 pages in its current format, though in the format it would likely take in a published incarnation that could be closer to 466.  I wrote 16 of those pages today.  Yeah, I am in shoulder/head pain.  Monday or so I will be starting the editing process.  Personally editing a 450+ book is going ( Read more... )

Hey, guess what?

The book is almost written.

Shhhh.  Don't tell anyone, okay?

 Yesterday ended up being really good for the writing.  It always is when there's a good amount of dialogue, but apparently I am a little awesome with the kissing scenes.  All I had to do was close my eyes and think of what I'd want if I had a superhuman teenager kissing teenage me.  I didn't go to bed till three in the morning which wasn't smart ( Read more... )

Both boys were sent home from school today, Gabriel around noon with a severe headache and Noah maybe half an hour into the school day with some sort of strep-ruled-out throat mess and fever.  My throat's been yuck for two days.  Just thought it was allergies ( Read more... )

Over 375 pages and already plotting at least the next thirty from a semi-scene-to-scene basis plus one "go back and add this" scene.  That leaves about 45 pages to cover for "all hades to break loose" and the conclusions.  I have eleven days.  I think I might just barely make it.

 Something is not seriously wrong with me and by that I mean to say that something is definitely wrong with me, but it's probably not serious, not in the big picture way of looking at things.  I suspect this "something" may be related to hormones because in the last week I have been extatic, crushed, excited, discouraged, animated, terrified, ( Read more... )

The last 114 pages of this book are kicking my ass and unless I seriously get into gear I am going to fall way behind.  Part of it is the devil in the details, part is actual technical details, and lastly, part of it is outright rebellion on my end.  I knew that was a risk when I gave myself a deadline.  The fact that I have written 346 pages and ( Read more... )

Hello.

I can't send you anything if I don't know who you are, dear anonymous commentors!

Amethyst

Dear friends who are kind enough to sincerely believe in the insanity of my lifelong dream,

Thanks.  Thanks for listening to me ramble about my characters or badly read passages out loud to you.  Thank you for saying this story is addictive.  Thank you for correcting my math references.  Thank you for somehow finding my attempt at this madness ( Read more... )

I have a really, really good reason for not posting in more than two months.

Everyone is fine.

You'd like Becoming Jane.