September 30, 2003
Jumping again
Well, "One Song Before I Go" is printed and packaged up and ready to go to the post office tomorrow for the all-important October 1 postmark for the Zoetrope Short Fiction contest.
I can't imagine that it could possibly win, but it's the first thing I've written that I feel really good about sending off to a contest. To everybody that read and commented on it, thank you SO much.
What, me crosspost?
Finally finished Chapter 14 of The Exile's Daughter, hereafter known as The Chapter That Kicked Lisa's Ass. Chapters 15, 16, and 17 left to go. I'm looking at another 50-60 pages, if I hold true to the pattern for this book--about 15,000-18,000 words or so. That'll put my final word count around 95,000. God help me, I'm already seeing the flaws that need to be fixed. I have a feeling editing and rewriting is going to be a painful, arduous process--but I am NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW. If I start freaking about rewrites now, I'll never finish the first draft.
Finally finished Chapter 14 of
Finally finished Chapter 14 of The Exile's Daughter, hereafter known as The Chapter That Kicked Lisa's Ass. Chapters 15, 16, and 17 left to go. I'm looking at another 50-60 pages, if I hold true to form, 15,000-18,000 words or so. That'll put my final word count around 95,000. God help me, I'm already seeing the flaws that need to be fixed. I have a feeling editing and rewriting is going to be a painful, arduous process--but I am NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW. If I start freaking about rewrites now, I'll never finish the first draft.
There's nothing like discovering that
There's nothing like discovering that all of your antagonists have gone insane at approximately the same time. Well okay, one was a psycho hose beast from the beginning, but she appears to have influenced her boss, a bit, in that "contributing to your downfall in any way I can" sort of way. Apparently a combination of continual self-delusion and the sexual frustration of chemically-induced impotence can drive you mad.
Just something to file away for possible future reference.
(In other words, writing again today. Go me.)
