My Journal

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October 29 (Monday)

Lots of work to be done!  Yet I’m not doing it.  Surprise, right?  Got to edit my book, work on the sequel, and I’ve been (even though I promised not to) working out a new story.  Haven’t thought of anything yet though, and it’s driving me...

October 23 (Tuesday)

Is it NaNo time already?  Golly, seems like I just did that a few months ago.  Time sure flies.  I was tempted to participate, but then I was reading through my book, you know, the one I’m trying to publish(!) and I realized how much more work it needed.  I just...

October 3 (Wednesday)

Well, yesterday I decided to shake off my sadness and be a writer again.  So I started writing the sequel.  This one’s going to be a real challenge, but that’s good.  It should be a lot shorter than the first one, but I make no promises. Man, I love being...

October 1 (Monday)

Yesterday I read over 150 pages and then submitted my manuscript to Tuscany Press under the title of Season of Betrayal.  It’s 736 pages.  77 chapters, plus prologue and epilogue.  Two parts. Speaking of which, I find part two much easier to read, which is good...

September 27 (Thursday)

Three days and counting.  Boy, I’m nervous.  But yesterday I finished editing part one, which means I’ve gone in a complete circle.  Now I’ll finish polishing the chapters of part two that I deem need it.  The page count is back down to 735 after I...

September 8 (Saturday)

I finished re-reading it!  It’s now up to 739 pages and 75 chapters.  Yeah, I did more re-writing than re-reading, but never fear: more chapter-chopping is on it’s way, and I feel that the end product will be less than it is now.  Of course, that’s...