Posts Tagged ‘ doomy summer of editing doom ’

I’m done. I can’t edit any more right now. I hate to drop the Doomy Summer of Editing DOOM (I hate to drop anything ever!) but I just can’t edit. The arson-urges are too strong. Need to stay away from the flammable stuff for a bit. Part of it’s stress. As July goes on,...
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All the edits I made are in. My muses are now tempting me with delightful scenes that don’t make sense in the context of the story. I would be willing to toss pretty much everything written if they’d show me in what context those scenes do work, but noooooooo… Stupid muses. So now here...
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You thought I forgot, didn’t you? Nope. Though I tried. Spent two days poking at proofs, and now copies of Taro’s book and of Rafe’s book are winging their way towards me. I used mostly the same cover for Rafe’s book, but the pic of Eve wasn’t appropriate, and I didn’t have a blurb...
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This post isn’t really for you. It’s for me. Friends to whom I whine about my lack of progress: you know what to do. Two years ago today, in my quest to avoid whatever I was working on, I added up what I’ve written over the years. Talking about Ray Bradbury’s million words, it...
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So…quitting the Doomy Summer of Editing DOOM didn’t actually happen. When I backed off my guys for a bit, they came up with some answers. They waited till we were halfway through the frakking book because they’re assholes, yes, but…answers. Along with stumbling about trying to fix the implausible plot in this book, I’ve...
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