Back in February I made a post outlining my Grand Master Plan for editing my 500+ page novel. Now it is April, and as some of you know, April is Camp NaNoWriMo. For Camp this year, I made the goal of spending 30 hours (or more) editing my novel for April. On April 1st, I began. In keeping with my Grand Master Plan, I am now in Phase One. Phase One involves what I've taken to calling "Passive Editing". Now, usually when I edit something, I go line by line and brutally analyze every single word. ... View Post
My Evil Grand Master Plan of Editing: An Uncertain Attempt to Manage the 500-page Novel Without Going Insane …
Most of you probably know that one does not simply write a book and then publish it. I hope. *looks around suspiciously* Anyway, after 19 long months of slaving away over my novel Primus' rough draft, the next step is, of course, to edit the darn thing. But it's so large, the idea of going through it line by line is somewhat, well ... overwhelming. But! I think I have a plan. A long time ago, I attempted to edit one of my finished rough drafts. Basically, this editing attempt included me ... View Post
So I Wrote THE END on a 500-page Novel … Now What?
On January 26th, 2015, I finished the rough draft of an original novel for the first time since 199-something. Yeah. That's like SEVENTEEN years in there. That's like ... half my lifetime in there. Almost the entire purpose of this blog for a long while now has been to get me to this point. After college, and marriage, and motherhood, and ten years of fanfiction, and beginning this particular book in June of 2013 ... on January 26th, 2015, it finally happened. I. FINISHED. IT. Granted, ... View Post
Project List for February 2015
First of all, I actually managed to accomplish everything on my Project List for January! I have to admit I'm feeling very proud of myself, especially for waking up consistently at 5am on 4 out of 7 days of the week to write. Now that I've realized how amazing that can be for forward-progress and the good of my psyche, I'm going to continue for sure! After finishing the rough draft of my 143+k word novel last month, I had originally planned to take February off to relax, get in some video ... View Post
Writing Goals for 2015
And so begins the flood of "New Year's Resolutions" posts and tweets and status updates, etc, etc! But this year, I do not have resolutions. I have GOALS. And I'm going to try to be realistic with these goals, so as to not 1) discourage myself and 2) overwhelm myself. The psyche is a fragile thing, indeed. I survived my third year of National Novel Writing Month - barely. I then meditated on the question, "What am I doing? Is this worth it? Is this what I want to continue doing?" In the ... View Post
NaNoWriMo The Third Was NOT The Charm: How I Survived My 3rd Year of November Noveling Madness
All righty. Here goes. The long-awaited NaNoWriMo 2014 recap post! Nearly a month later, I think I'm recovered enough to tackle this, and I think I've had enough reflection time to determine what I need to improve upon next year. So, my dear fellow writerly people ... if you have accomplished NaNoWriMo yourselves, please do chime in with your comments on your own experiences. And if you have not NaNo-ed before, but are considering doing so next year, please take my experiences here ... View Post
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