Good morning. I'm starting early today.
I realized last night that I've been avoiding this chapter that I'm stuck on in the rewrite of part 2. During the afternoon, I discovered I haven't written anything in two weeks. I know I've been busy with other stuff, but the writing/rewriting is what gets me excited. I've written beyond this chapter by about four, but I feel like I can't go too much further without filling the holes. So, that means I need to go back and do it.
I've known that for two weeks and yet here I am, not writing the chapter. While, I've been finding good things to be doing (most of the time, FB prowling has increased significantly), reading, taking care of the technical parts of publishing part 1, spending time here, I'm still not writing. That means something about it isn't right about this chapter, but I'm not sure what that is.
As I began reading part 2 to make corrections a couple weeks ago, I came across a related chapter early in part 2. It's an information dump, necessary, but I think I've allowed it to become burdensome. I decided during the reading that I needed to completely rewrite the chapter. Therefore, I need to get this early chapter done before I can get the later one taken care of.
Or is that me just prolonging working on the chapter?
Could be.
Here's the deal, though. I promised myself this morning, I would get that chapter written before I allow myself to do anything else. The dog needs walked before it gets too late, and I'll need to take a shower afterwards because I have more parent-teacher conferences this afternoon. So, I have to have the dog walked before lunch.
That means I need to get going.
I'll check in with you tomorrow! Have a good day.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
October 19, 2016
Everything's approved for the eBook and the paperback.
It's like I'm on an airplane, all buckled in. The attendants have done their wavy-arm motions and we've taxied out to the runway, waiting for our turn to take off.
And then you're thrust back into your seat as the pilot punches it. WOOT!
That's tomorrow, baby. Tomorrow.
The hardcover is still in 'construction'. I've had to make some adjustments to the size of the manuscript, which is not a big deal. It took about twenty minutes to do and then verify the chapters all ended how I wanted them to on the pages. I have to readjust the size of the cover. It won't be too big a deal, I've gotten that down to a science. It just takes time. The frustrating thing about that is there was no where on the website to get dimensions for the cover. NOWHERE. I had to call in. Even then, the guy I talked to on the phone had to talk to a designer to get the numbers. Grrr. Just give me the formula, I can do that math.
I have the numbers now. Today, I'll play with that and get it just right. Then, I need to get an ISBN for the hardcover, upload the files and then it's all up to Bookbaby.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow the paperback and eBook versions will be available.
I've been working on this for 18 months. Isn't that crazy? Other than my marriage, I haven't done anything for this long.
That's a fib, too, but sometimes it feels that way.
I'll check in with you tomorrow!! EEEEEE!!!
It's like I'm on an airplane, all buckled in. The attendants have done their wavy-arm motions and we've taxied out to the runway, waiting for our turn to take off.
And then you're thrust back into your seat as the pilot punches it. WOOT!
That's tomorrow, baby. Tomorrow.
The hardcover is still in 'construction'. I've had to make some adjustments to the size of the manuscript, which is not a big deal. It took about twenty minutes to do and then verify the chapters all ended how I wanted them to on the pages. I have to readjust the size of the cover. It won't be too big a deal, I've gotten that down to a science. It just takes time. The frustrating thing about that is there was no where on the website to get dimensions for the cover. NOWHERE. I had to call in. Even then, the guy I talked to on the phone had to talk to a designer to get the numbers. Grrr. Just give me the formula, I can do that math.
I have the numbers now. Today, I'll play with that and get it just right. Then, I need to get an ISBN for the hardcover, upload the files and then it's all up to Bookbaby.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow the paperback and eBook versions will be available.
I've been working on this for 18 months. Isn't that crazy? Other than my marriage, I haven't done anything for this long.
That's a fib, too, but sometimes it feels that way.
I'll check in with you tomorrow!! EEEEEE!!!
Saturday, October 15, 2016
October 15, 2016
Today was a good day of work.
All I did was read. I got the correction reading I've been doing completed. Now to get the corrections done and upload a cleaned up version. Like I've been saying, I feel like all I need to do now is double-check the rough spots and call the rest good. I have made a couple non-necessary changes and I'll double-check those too. However, the unnecessary changes outweigh the necessary ones this time. I don't think those will ever go away. I could read this book every month for the next ten years and still find something to tweak.
It'll never be perfect and it's time to make the fixes and step away. :/
I also did some editing work on the early chapters of part 2. I still have 6-10 chapters to rewrite, toward the end. Maybe now that I'm done with part 1, I can focus on that again. I want to have the rewrite of part 2 done before November so I can just jump into the rewrite of part 3. I have sixteen more days. I can do this.
I'm off tomorrow. I'll be posting chapter 3 on Monday. I hoping to publish part one (the whole week) by the end of the week!
See you Monday!
All I did was read. I got the correction reading I've been doing completed. Now to get the corrections done and upload a cleaned up version. Like I've been saying, I feel like all I need to do now is double-check the rough spots and call the rest good. I have made a couple non-necessary changes and I'll double-check those too. However, the unnecessary changes outweigh the necessary ones this time. I don't think those will ever go away. I could read this book every month for the next ten years and still find something to tweak.
It'll never be perfect and it's time to make the fixes and step away. :/
I also did some editing work on the early chapters of part 2. I still have 6-10 chapters to rewrite, toward the end. Maybe now that I'm done with part 1, I can focus on that again. I want to have the rewrite of part 2 done before November so I can just jump into the rewrite of part 3. I have sixteen more days. I can do this.
I'm off tomorrow. I'll be posting chapter 3 on Monday. I hoping to publish part one (the whole week) by the end of the week!
See you Monday!
Thursday, September 29, 2016
September 29, 2016
So Wednesday has turned into this day where everything else happens, except writing.
That's fine, other things need to happen (at least that's what I'm told) and having most of them happen in one day makes things better the rest of the week. However, it turns Wednesday into a black hole.
Yesterday, I got up at five and painted my daughter's face. It was favorite band day at school and a group of her friends decided to go as Kiss. I asked her what her favorite Kiss song was. She had to google it. I'm thinking they just wanted to do it because of the make-up....
I took the dog for a walk, took a nap (because I don't do five a.m.) and then went to my volunteer job. One son had a flag football game and another had a cross country meet. All four had church activities last night. My daughter had 40's day at school today so we stayed up last night and put curlers in her hair and painted her nails. It was a fun day.
But nothing for the book got done. And that's just the way it is.
The day before, I got 3500 words rewritten. Here's the thing, I had hopes of getting through all of the Part 2 rewrite during September and into Part 3. I still have fifteen more chapters to rewrite and that's not going to happen in a day and a half, even if I bought a whole bunch of Ramen for the kids and locked myself in my bedroom. Anyway, if there weren't other book-related things that I was taking care of, I might have been able to do that. I'm having trouble deciding if it's alright or not. I have goals, by Jove. I can't be meeting those bigger goals if I don't meet the smaller ones.
What? You mean I can't hole-up and be JUST a writer? I have to be mother too? Jeez. Wait! I have to be wife as well! Holy COW!
Bah humbug.
Today, I'm not sure if I'm going to get to rewriting. I have corrections to do for Part 1 and more chapters to read to add to those corrections. (I'm going to say again that I'm really thankful I got that proof book. There were more errors in there than I realized.)
I'm frustrated this is taking so long. I realize the worth of being this careful, I just... grrr. I'll be back tomorrow.
That's fine, other things need to happen (at least that's what I'm told) and having most of them happen in one day makes things better the rest of the week. However, it turns Wednesday into a black hole.
Yesterday, I got up at five and painted my daughter's face. It was favorite band day at school and a group of her friends decided to go as Kiss. I asked her what her favorite Kiss song was. She had to google it. I'm thinking they just wanted to do it because of the make-up....
I took the dog for a walk, took a nap (because I don't do five a.m.) and then went to my volunteer job. One son had a flag football game and another had a cross country meet. All four had church activities last night. My daughter had 40's day at school today so we stayed up last night and put curlers in her hair and painted her nails. It was a fun day.
But nothing for the book got done. And that's just the way it is.
The day before, I got 3500 words rewritten. Here's the thing, I had hopes of getting through all of the Part 2 rewrite during September and into Part 3. I still have fifteen more chapters to rewrite and that's not going to happen in a day and a half, even if I bought a whole bunch of Ramen for the kids and locked myself in my bedroom. Anyway, if there weren't other book-related things that I was taking care of, I might have been able to do that. I'm having trouble deciding if it's alright or not. I have goals, by Jove. I can't be meeting those bigger goals if I don't meet the smaller ones.
What? You mean I can't hole-up and be JUST a writer? I have to be mother too? Jeez. Wait! I have to be wife as well! Holy COW!
Bah humbug.
Today, I'm not sure if I'm going to get to rewriting. I have corrections to do for Part 1 and more chapters to read to add to those corrections. (I'm going to say again that I'm really thankful I got that proof book. There were more errors in there than I realized.)
I'm frustrated this is taking so long. I realize the worth of being this careful, I just... grrr. I'll be back tomorrow.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Look what came in the mail! September 22, 2016
The proof copy is in!! I'm excited! This is so cool! AAAHHH!
Okay, let's rejoice for a moment, shall we?
Me - It looks like a real book!
My hubby - It IS a real book, honey.
Me - ........... I guess so............
The cover is a matte finish. My hubby really likes it because it makes the drawing of the cover art look like you could touch it and smudge the graphite. I'm so happy the windows go up the middle of the spine! I only had to upload that four times before that was finally correct.
Okay, so, nitty-gritty. I ordered this book proof so I can see what it looked like, hold it in my hands and read it to find any errors that needed fixing. I like the feel of it. It's really cool. (I want to do another one!). It's almost like holding your child for the first time. It looks awesome inside. (There's that 'it looks like a real book' thing again.) I'm kinda in la-la land right now. I have it here, I can read it, touch it... smell it. It still doesn't seem real.
So, now that I've had it for eighteen hours, what have I found so far? First, it was TOTALLY worth it to buy the proof. Originally, I wasn't intending on purchasing it, I was going to hit the publish button and go with it. Well, the font on the title isn't correct (how did I miss that? - It's right in the mock-up). Since I'm going to reload the cover, I'm going to blow up the art a little bit and eliminate some of the white on the sides of the front and back. I read the first three chapters last night and I found four errors. One is major, I went in to change the verb and didn't erase what I had in there (Dur). One is a formatting error, I put in two dashes to make an 'em' dash and it didn't. I forgot a period after a set of ellipses. And, I have a comma where I should have a period (Still a complete sentence, it just reads better as two). The last three aren't a big deal and I might have left them if I hadn't found the first. But since I did, I'm going to fix the tiny stuff too. Might as well, right?
I do have another pair of eyes looking for stuff. Maybe between the two of us, we'll catch everything.
I made a small advance in my floor plan drawing. Freehand circles suck. I should just break down and go buy another compass, but I don't want to go to the store. :/ I only got 368 words written yesterday. Yes, you saw that right, 368. I think my creative tank is low. Time to read something else. I started reading The Maze Runner last night. Halfway through the first chapter, I was thinking "That's what I'm doing wrong...." After that, I read the first three chapters in my book. I'm not doing anything wrong, it's just I'm in rewrite mode, so I think everything I've been writing is crap.
That's just how it goes. The first draft (or fourth for that matter) is crap and it's ugly and it's full of grammatical issues. It's not until you sit down and look at it and say "Okay, I've used 'irritated' seven times in this six page chapter," or "I have WAY too many adverbs in this section," that you actually turn something that's okay or good to something that's captivating. It's part of the process. I've been dealing in the muck this last six weeks, and so from my point of view, all I can see is yuck.
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| Look what I have! |
Okay, let's rejoice for a moment, shall we?
Me - It looks like a real book!
My hubby - It IS a real book, honey.
Me - ........... I guess so............
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| The windows go up the center! |
The cover is a matte finish. My hubby really likes it because it makes the drawing of the cover art look like you could touch it and smudge the graphite. I'm so happy the windows go up the middle of the spine! I only had to upload that four times before that was finally correct.
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| Chapter 17? |
So, now that I've had it for eighteen hours, what have I found so far? First, it was TOTALLY worth it to buy the proof. Originally, I wasn't intending on purchasing it, I was going to hit the publish button and go with it. Well, the font on the title isn't correct (how did I miss that? - It's right in the mock-up). Since I'm going to reload the cover, I'm going to blow up the art a little bit and eliminate some of the white on the sides of the front and back. I read the first three chapters last night and I found four errors. One is major, I went in to change the verb and didn't erase what I had in there (Dur). One is a formatting error, I put in two dashes to make an 'em' dash and it didn't. I forgot a period after a set of ellipses. And, I have a comma where I should have a period (Still a complete sentence, it just reads better as two). The last three aren't a big deal and I might have left them if I hadn't found the first. But since I did, I'm going to fix the tiny stuff too. Might as well, right?
I do have another pair of eyes looking for stuff. Maybe between the two of us, we'll catch everything.
I made a small advance in my floor plan drawing. Freehand circles suck. I should just break down and go buy another compass, but I don't want to go to the store. :/ I only got 368 words written yesterday. Yes, you saw that right, 368. I think my creative tank is low. Time to read something else. I started reading The Maze Runner last night. Halfway through the first chapter, I was thinking "That's what I'm doing wrong...." After that, I read the first three chapters in my book. I'm not doing anything wrong, it's just I'm in rewrite mode, so I think everything I've been writing is crap.
That's just how it goes. The first draft (or fourth for that matter) is crap and it's ugly and it's full of grammatical issues. It's not until you sit down and look at it and say "Okay, I've used 'irritated' seven times in this six page chapter," or "I have WAY too many adverbs in this section," that you actually turn something that's okay or good to something that's captivating. It's part of the process. I've been dealing in the muck this last six weeks, and so from my point of view, all I can see is yuck.
Saturday, September 17, 2016
September 17, 2016
Happy Saturday, my faithful readers. I'm glad to see you back.
I wanted to thank you for reading. I really appreciate it.
Yesterday was a really good day. I got everything accomplished on my to-do list, which is rare. As far as the book goals go, I got my book proof ordered and I met my word count goal.
The book proof being ordered means that the cover finally was uploaded correctly and adjustments didn't have to be made. Hopefully, I will get the book on the expected day, Monday. It will be exciting to see it in actual book form, instead of a printout or a spiral bound version. Maybe I'll post a picture....
I not only made my word count goal of 6000 words yesterday, I blew it away. I managed to get 7108. Pretty good, if I do say so myself. Especially since I didn't start writing until one in the afternoon. It's already after two now, so I'm not sure if I will get it today or not. But I'm going to try. It felt to good to get that much done.
Now that the majority of the publishing work for Part 1 is complete, I'm going to try and post information about it every week. This next week, I'll try to get something up about the building itself.
I hope to see you again on Monday! Have a great Sunday!
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I wanted to thank you for reading. I really appreciate it.
Yesterday was a really good day. I got everything accomplished on my to-do list, which is rare. As far as the book goals go, I got my book proof ordered and I met my word count goal.
The book proof being ordered means that the cover finally was uploaded correctly and adjustments didn't have to be made. Hopefully, I will get the book on the expected day, Monday. It will be exciting to see it in actual book form, instead of a printout or a spiral bound version. Maybe I'll post a picture....
I not only made my word count goal of 6000 words yesterday, I blew it away. I managed to get 7108. Pretty good, if I do say so myself. Especially since I didn't start writing until one in the afternoon. It's already after two now, so I'm not sure if I will get it today or not. But I'm going to try. It felt to good to get that much done.
Now that the majority of the publishing work for Part 1 is complete, I'm going to try and post information about it every week. This next week, I'll try to get something up about the building itself.
I hope to see you again on Monday! Have a great Sunday!
Construct 11 copyright registration pending
Friday, September 16, 2016
September 16, 2016
It's Friday.
It was another busy day today with a trip to the veterinarian and the store. I didn't get started on today's work until 12:30.
I do hope to get eight hours in though. My daughter is out of town tonight and my husband has to work so it'll only be me and the three boys. I was already planning on leftovers for dinner. They'll want to play video games or on the computer, so I think I'll be free to get my hours in.
I got my book proof ordered today. The cover is finally where I want it to be, yeah!
I got about 2000 words re-written yesterday. I tried to stay up and get a couple hours in but my body said 'no.'
We'll find out what the rest of today brings. One more small task and then I can focus on writing.
See you tomorrow.
Construct 11 copyright registration pending
It was another busy day today with a trip to the veterinarian and the store. I didn't get started on today's work until 12:30.
I do hope to get eight hours in though. My daughter is out of town tonight and my husband has to work so it'll only be me and the three boys. I was already planning on leftovers for dinner. They'll want to play video games or on the computer, so I think I'll be free to get my hours in.
I got my book proof ordered today. The cover is finally where I want it to be, yeah!
I got about 2000 words re-written yesterday. I tried to stay up and get a couple hours in but my body said 'no.'
We'll find out what the rest of today brings. One more small task and then I can focus on writing.
See you tomorrow.
Construct 11 copyright registration pending
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
September 14, 2016
Hello again.
I'm a little bummed. I submitted everything to CreateSpace on Monday. The cover came back on Tuesday a little blurry. So, I uploaded the cover again with a higher resolution scan of the cover art to be certain it wouldn't be blurry. It was going to set me back twenty-four hours, since the wonderful people at CreateSpace had to review things again.
Fast forward to last night and I'm working on reformatting the manuscript for Smashwords, an internet company that distributes your ebook to several different ebook platforms. What did I find? I found an '8' stuck in the middle of a word halfway through the book.
GAHH!
It missed the spelling checker. Or did it? I made a back-up so there's an ebook version of the manuscript and a paperback version. Was that mistake just in the ebook one?
Nope. It was in all (back-up of just the chapter as well). This error has been there a while.
Crap.
So, today, I uploaded a corrected version to CreateSpace. And apparently, my cover was the wrong size so whomever looked at it yesterday, sized it down (.283"). Well, they sized it down on one side only and my cover is based of a centered style. Totally my fault, not theirs. So, I fixed the size of my cover so they wouldn't have to trim it down, got it centered, moved the white box for the ISBN and barcode and uploaded it again.
Aggravating, yes?
Yes.
However, I find this to be very revealing. I need to slow it down a little, I think. Books last forever. And while they're not carved in stone anymore, they do tend to outlast us. So, tomorrow, I'm ordering a proof-copy of my book and I'll wait for it to come in the mail. I need to get this as right as I can.
I'm thinking publishing will be in the middle of October now.
I'm okay with that.
I am sorry if that creates a problem for my readers. I hope you'll understand.
By the way, reformatting a manuscript takes a long time. I didn't get much rewriting done. However, since it's going to take another four weeks to get part 1 published, that pushes off the publishing of part 2. Six months apart so....
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending
I'm a little bummed. I submitted everything to CreateSpace on Monday. The cover came back on Tuesday a little blurry. So, I uploaded the cover again with a higher resolution scan of the cover art to be certain it wouldn't be blurry. It was going to set me back twenty-four hours, since the wonderful people at CreateSpace had to review things again.
Fast forward to last night and I'm working on reformatting the manuscript for Smashwords, an internet company that distributes your ebook to several different ebook platforms. What did I find? I found an '8' stuck in the middle of a word halfway through the book.
GAHH!
It missed the spelling checker. Or did it? I made a back-up so there's an ebook version of the manuscript and a paperback version. Was that mistake just in the ebook one?
Nope. It was in all (back-up of just the chapter as well). This error has been there a while.
Crap.
So, today, I uploaded a corrected version to CreateSpace. And apparently, my cover was the wrong size so whomever looked at it yesterday, sized it down (.283"). Well, they sized it down on one side only and my cover is based of a centered style. Totally my fault, not theirs. So, I fixed the size of my cover so they wouldn't have to trim it down, got it centered, moved the white box for the ISBN and barcode and uploaded it again.
Aggravating, yes?
Yes.
However, I find this to be very revealing. I need to slow it down a little, I think. Books last forever. And while they're not carved in stone anymore, they do tend to outlast us. So, tomorrow, I'm ordering a proof-copy of my book and I'll wait for it to come in the mail. I need to get this as right as I can.
I'm thinking publishing will be in the middle of October now.
I'm okay with that.
I am sorry if that creates a problem for my readers. I hope you'll understand.
By the way, reformatting a manuscript takes a long time. I didn't get much rewriting done. However, since it's going to take another four weeks to get part 1 published, that pushes off the publishing of part 2. Six months apart so....
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
September 13, 2016
Good morning. I apologize for not posting yesterday, but I wanted to have everything together before I did. Things took much longer than I expected.
So, not much rewriting got done over the last three days. I did 800ish on Saturday and Sunday. Yesterday I did just over 2000 words. I'm way behind on my goal for the month and I need to get crackin'.
So what's the biggest holdup? Just a little thing called getting part one to the publisher. That's all, no big deal.
I finished the cover yesterday. That took all afternoon. Even though it took longer than I thought, it turned out really good. And you know what? My book looks like a book. It's kinda scary.
Currently, everything for part one is under review at CreateSpace. I have no dates at all. I'll let you know as soon as I know something.
I'm planning on putting together a page that has all the blogs and websites, etc. that I used to get this all together. Just in case any of you would like to undertake this wild ride. I'd also like to get another page going with info about the book itself.... Sigh, too much to do.
Today, I'm going to finalize my copyright, email Barnes and Noble here in town to possibly organize a book-signing (?) and look into the ebook side of things. In there somewhere, I hope to get 6000 words rewritten. LOL!
See you tomorrow.
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending
So, not much rewriting got done over the last three days. I did 800ish on Saturday and Sunday. Yesterday I did just over 2000 words. I'm way behind on my goal for the month and I need to get crackin'.
So what's the biggest holdup? Just a little thing called getting part one to the publisher. That's all, no big deal.
I finished the cover yesterday. That took all afternoon. Even though it took longer than I thought, it turned out really good. And you know what? My book looks like a book. It's kinda scary.
Currently, everything for part one is under review at CreateSpace. I have no dates at all. I'll let you know as soon as I know something.
I'm planning on putting together a page that has all the blogs and websites, etc. that I used to get this all together. Just in case any of you would like to undertake this wild ride. I'd also like to get another page going with info about the book itself.... Sigh, too much to do.
Today, I'm going to finalize my copyright, email Barnes and Noble here in town to possibly organize a book-signing (?) and look into the ebook side of things. In there somewhere, I hope to get 6000 words rewritten. LOL!
See you tomorrow.
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending
Saturday, September 10, 2016
September 10, 2016
Today had been a busy day. I have accomplished a lot.
First of all, I won't get the manuscript uploaded to CreateSpace today.
But, I'm okay with that. I'm close.
Today, I finished the corrections. The formatting is done. I just completed the acknowledgements. I registered my title with Bowker and set the price for the paperback so I can use one of the ISBN I purchased.
I feel like I need to do one more read-through. I found two misspelled words when I was making corrections this afternoon. Other than that, I need to get the cover completed so it's up-loadable.
And then that's it... at least for the paperback.
There's still the matter of the ebook, but that's for a different day.
I'm taking tomorrow off... well, at least from blogging. I think I'll be reading all day.
See you Monday!
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending
First of all, I won't get the manuscript uploaded to CreateSpace today.
But, I'm okay with that. I'm close.
Today, I finished the corrections. The formatting is done. I just completed the acknowledgements. I registered my title with Bowker and set the price for the paperback so I can use one of the ISBN I purchased.
I feel like I need to do one more read-through. I found two misspelled words when I was making corrections this afternoon. Other than that, I need to get the cover completed so it's up-loadable.
And then that's it... at least for the paperback.
There's still the matter of the ebook, but that's for a different day.
I'm taking tomorrow off... well, at least from blogging. I think I'll be reading all day.
See you Monday!
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
September 7, 2016
Howdy! I hope your day went well yesterday. Sorry I didn't check in.
Monday, I did not get to my 6,000 word count goal. I managed about 1000. I went for a really long walk and was sore all day. The kids, the husband and I scrubbed the house, which was sorely needed. (Apparently, writing makes house-cleaning impossible. ;) ). With the rest of the hubby's day off, we went to a small, local amusement park and played miniature golf, enjoyed the bumper boats and loved the go-carts. Afterwards, we went to have hamburgers. It was a lovely afternoon and a much needed break.
Tuesday (yesterday), I didn't even get the 1000 words I did on Monday. The proofreading is done for part 1 and I spent the part of the day with my editor talking about the issues (mostly grammatical) that needed fixed. The rest of the day, I spent as a jelly-brained slug. So, there you go.
Today, I took the plunge and purchased the ISBN! Wow, it's like... getting real now. I do plan to do some re-writing today, along with taking care of the proofreading fixes.
It's getting closer.
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending.
Monday, I did not get to my 6,000 word count goal. I managed about 1000. I went for a really long walk and was sore all day. The kids, the husband and I scrubbed the house, which was sorely needed. (Apparently, writing makes house-cleaning impossible. ;) ). With the rest of the hubby's day off, we went to a small, local amusement park and played miniature golf, enjoyed the bumper boats and loved the go-carts. Afterwards, we went to have hamburgers. It was a lovely afternoon and a much needed break.
Tuesday (yesterday), I didn't even get the 1000 words I did on Monday. The proofreading is done for part 1 and I spent the part of the day with my editor talking about the issues (mostly grammatical) that needed fixed. The rest of the day, I spent as a jelly-brained slug. So, there you go.
Today, I took the plunge and purchased the ISBN! Wow, it's like... getting real now. I do plan to do some re-writing today, along with taking care of the proofreading fixes.
It's getting closer.
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending.
Monday, September 5, 2016
September 5, 2016
The re-write is going well. I haven't made it to the changed section yet. It will be a while before I get there. I have to move some other things first, things I wanted to have happen to this character before the moved event happens. That requires shifting some stuff for the other characters, too.
When I decided to make this move, I was about 2/3 of the way through the fourth draft of part two. Since it's such a major move, I decided it wasn't worth my time to do the remainder. So, I started over. Wow, I had a lot of typos. Hopefully I'm not creating too many more. :) I guess we'll see.
I've gotten quite a bit done over the weekend. I've averaged 6354 words per day for a total of 19,064 by lights out last night. I would like to keep this pace up. Parts 1, 2 and 3 are all like a huge bolt of fabric and are better served by re-writing all of it at one time. However, that makes splitting up the book into manageable chunks more difficult. At the same time, I don't want to make my debut book War and Peace size. :) Anyway, if I can manage to keep up this pace, I should be able to re-write both parts this month.
The proofreading of part 1 is almost done and I'll be picking it up tomorrow. If there's not too much to change or fix, I'm hoping I can get it uploaded to CreateSpace by Monday at the latest. I'll keep you posted!
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending.
When I decided to make this move, I was about 2/3 of the way through the fourth draft of part two. Since it's such a major move, I decided it wasn't worth my time to do the remainder. So, I started over. Wow, I had a lot of typos. Hopefully I'm not creating too many more. :) I guess we'll see.
I've gotten quite a bit done over the weekend. I've averaged 6354 words per day for a total of 19,064 by lights out last night. I would like to keep this pace up. Parts 1, 2 and 3 are all like a huge bolt of fabric and are better served by re-writing all of it at one time. However, that makes splitting up the book into manageable chunks more difficult. At the same time, I don't want to make my debut book War and Peace size. :) Anyway, if I can manage to keep up this pace, I should be able to re-write both parts this month.
The proofreading of part 1 is almost done and I'll be picking it up tomorrow. If there's not too much to change or fix, I'm hoping I can get it uploaded to CreateSpace by Monday at the latest. I'll keep you posted!
Construct 11 Copyright registration pending.
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