Category: WORLD GATES
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Slogging Gods Revisions
I’m about to the end of the revisions for Gods Old and Dark — at least that’s what the ever-shrinking pile of paper to my left would attest. I’m doing a new scene right at the moment, setting up Raymond Smetty and Louise Tate for their eventual just desserts. (I left their fate hanging in…
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In A Quiet House
Over the last couple of days, we moved Becky into her own place, then shifted things around here to make use of what had been her room. Mark is still visiting with relatives. I’m working at getting my feet back under me, realizing that things have changed for keeps this time; I’m getting up early,…
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Gah! Revisions!
Know how I said I liked to do revisions? How I enjoyed being able to go in and fix up the stuff that was already down on paper? Lies, foul lies, all of it. At least this time. I’d say that editor-requested revisions on Gods Old and Dark were proceeding apace, but then we’d have…
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In spite of everything, the book is almost finished
The schedules of the rest of my family have been nearly impossible to work around, my mood has been grim and crappy, but Midnight Rain is close to completion. I’m hoping that the five-year-old will play quietly for a while so that I can work on it today — I’m within striking distance of wrapping…
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Soundtracks for Novels
There’s a discussion about the music writers listen to while they write. I put together soundtracks that help focus me on the story, but that I think may influence the mood and shape of the books, too. But I thought this might be of interest to readers as well as writers — to have the…
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New Agent, After Eleven Years
Well, it’s done as of today, and some of the private stress I’ve been carrying around since November of last year is done with it. I have changed agents; Robin Rue of Writers House now represents me. Saying goodbye to Russ Galen after eleven years was tough; however, I’m changing my direction, my goals, and…
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Edited, Printed, Wrapped and Ready
Finished the edit at 11:00 AM on the nose. Finished the print-out (my daughter had 3/4 of a ream of 25lb bond paper in her room — on of the OTHER advantages of living in a house full of writers. The book is packed, I’m waiting to hear back from Diana Gill with a send…
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Almost done with the fixes
Some of the questions raised required some immediate thought and a little reworking — mostly, however, this line edit has entailed trooping backward through the manuscript fixing cases where, when I really get going, my fingers choose spellings that my brain doesn’t bother to notice. I’m hell on too/to errors, and its/it’s, and their/there/they’re. Also…
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The details of beta reading
Joel asked how someone becomes a beta reader. I’m trying something different this time. Used to be, I didn’t ask for the help of outside beta readers. The only people who saw the manuscript before I sent it off to my editor were the people in my household and me. But the people in my…
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“That you have no Drunk of Death …”
I’m doing the revisions and corrections gathered up for me by my superb Fast Turnaround beta readers. And just hit my favorite of my screw-ups so far. I’m eventually going to have to do something with it, I think. It’s the phrase “that you have no drunk of death”, which would seem to be a…