Well, I'm done! Woo-hoo! I finished the rough draft of Book II on Monday! Yeah!!
At this point . . . I'm in downtime mode. No writing. I'm reading a book. Yes, just reading. No writing. Did I mention no writing?
I'm on a writing break . . .
Okay, it's a very brief break. I don't want to immerse myself in any other writing project because I'm about to immerse myself in revision mode on a project I'm thinking of submitting to a contest.
I have a very narrow window of time to get the edits complete. The rough of that project is out to beta readers. Their deadline to finish is fast approaching . . . like this coming Saturday.
So, once I hear back their initial thoughts/impressions/whatnot, I'll delve into edit mode and whip the manuscript into fighting shape to submit to the contest.
Then . . . I'm not quite sure what I'll do. Will I finish up another project I set aside so I can finish Book II? Will I edit other rough drafts? Will I write something new? Will I work on that query I've needed to work on for-like-ev-uh?? Who knows? Only the shadow knows . . . Ha!
Seriously, I don't have a clue. I just know, here and now, I'm gearing my mind toward the edit phase. I sent off for the guidelines - haven't heard back yet, but should soon - they do have my SASE envelope, and I'm not going to be happy if I don't hear back. I'm just saying . . .
On that note . . . what are you up to? Where are you, dear readers, on your current projects?
S
2 comments:
I called in sick to the day job today (really I am a little sick) and I have been sending out more queries for DISTILLATION. I am now (with today's 5) up to thirty total. DISTILLATION has been revised 3 times and I am still tweaking here and there. After one full and one partial ms rejection -I overheauled the first 100 pages for pacing. I now have three more Fulls out there and the waiting is soooo hard. So...I am writing book II and trickling out more queries now and then.
Congratulations by the way!!!
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