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Arting Harder at the Pen Monkey Toiling Pit (Celebrate Them Pages Pt III)
meg_evonne:
Well said DK. This place has been a valuable kick-in-the-butt and be-accountable-point, let alone all the great advice you guys hand out! I do use #amwriting on Twitter, but it isn't the same.
I've finally surfaced. The 2nd round of edits for Chaos Theory was sent off last night at 2:30AM. *yawning* There will be one more pass perhaps before it goes to copy editors.
I have 24 hours to finish up two pieces I have for a short story contest at WPA. They are written and polished, but I will review once more before sending off. 200 words exactly-- very specific rules to follow.
Then I'm back to revising Book II. At this point, I'm craving simple creative writing time, so I might start a short story idea (5000 or so) for an author's website Easter egg gift.
happy writing all
trboturtle:
Well, I've been working on a Novella for Battlecorps, a big risk, as it so universe-based, it can't be rewritten if it's rejected. But its time to stretch my writing muscles, and this story is the one to do it with. I'm aiming for something in the 32-35,000 words range. So far, I have 22,000 of it written. As I said, its a risk, but one worth taking.
Craig
The Deposed King:
I just uploaded Admiral's Spine (was Admiral Invincible Part One) to amazon, so book 6 should be up and for purchase in less than 12 hours!
The Deposed King
meg_evonne:
Congrats again, DK.
And good for you Trbo. For a stretching exercise, 35,000 doesn't seem like a waste of time at all. Especially if you're already 22,000 words in on rough draft. Let us know how it goes? What in particular are you finding challenging?
As for me, doing my best to simply read my rough draft for book 2. I'm tempted to duck tape my fingers to keep from revising. I've been away from it a month while working on Book 1 edits. The forced rest means a fresh view, if I don't get mired down trying to revise without seeing the whole picture.
Best writing all!
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on August 04, 2014, 09:12:28 PM ---Congrats again, DK.
And good for you Trbo. For a stretching exercise, 35,000 doesn't seem like a waste of time at all. Especially if you're already 22,000 words in on rough draft. Let us know how it goes? What in particular are you finding challenging?
As for me, doing my best to simply read my rough draft for book 2. I'm tempted to duck tape my fingers to keep from revising. I've been away from it a month while working on Book 1 edits. The forced rest means a fresh view, if I don't get mired down trying to revise without seeing the whole picture.
Best writing all!
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You can do it Meg! Stay focused and bear down! Bear down! You'll have the book done and pushed out in no time.
The Deposed King
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