June 06, 2002
Gab club
Well, I managed to finish editing another five chapter section of The Host today, but Write Club was more like Gab Club. This is a good thing though. I've noticed Julie and I tend to do that once every couple of months or so -- hey, I think it's usually after we've skipped a week! Plus I haven't been talking to her as often as I did when I was working (you know, and chained to my computer for 9 hours a day -- thank god for AIM), so we had some catching up to do.
I've become convinced, at almost the halfway point of The Host, that it doesn't entirely suck and is probably going to make a pretty good novel. This doesn't mean much, of course. Things went downhill in the last half. I fear there is much that is cringeworthy lying in wait for me. I realized today that I can set up character and conflict like a pro, but when it comes to resolving it, I kinda suck. This is also true of my short stories. (Heh. Brand's response to that: "You're just like Neil Gaiman!" He was a wee bit more disappointed with the endings to American Gods and Neverwhere than I was.)
Anyway, at this rate, I should be retyping the draft by next week. Who knows how long that will take, especially if I toss in the extra subplot that occurred to me today. Hey, this editing thing is kinda fun!
