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YES. YES I HAVE IT. YES!!!
*is so happy*
Willow's new name is Linden, and it suits her perfectly.
*goes to edit it into the final draft*
*is so happy*
Willow's new name is Linden, and it suits her perfectly.
*goes to edit it into the final draft*
Where's Phil and the Amazing Bathmat when you need them? I want my million dollars!
Yes, that's right, I have finished Knife. And I am very happy about it.
*cries and hugs fellow authors*
Only a few last-minute edits, and this baby's off to New York. Then I'll start querying agents.
Phew! Thanks to everyone who's taken an interest.
Yes, that's right, I have finished Knife. And I am very happy about it.
*cries and hugs fellow authors*
Only a few last-minute edits, and this baby's off to New York. Then I'll start querying agents.
Phew! Thanks to everyone who's taken an interest.
So I was making up business cards for the SCBWI conference I'm attending next weekend, and somehow I ended up putting a URL for Knife on the card, in spite of the fact that I didn't actually have a page set up for it yet.
But now I do. And besides the Prologue it also includes a link to Chapter One, for anyone who might be interested.
But now I do. And besides the Prologue it also includes a link to Chapter One, for anyone who might be interested.
Except my aim isn't nearly as good as Mary Russell's, so you may want to duck...
Anyway, further to my last entry, I've been trying to follow![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alg's suggested format in writing up a pitch for my manuscript. Here's what I've got:
( Title, status, subgenre, word count, style, brief description of the plot including character motivation )
( Why I wrote this book, what else I've written, and what I expect from my writing career )
Well, she did say it helps to have a sense of humor...
BTW, "Crowded House Radio" on Pandora is BEYOND AWESOME. I've listened to about twenty-five tracks now and only come across one that I didn't like.
Anyway, further to my last entry, I've been trying to follow
alg's suggested format in writing up a pitch for my manuscript. Here's what I've got:( Title, status, subgenre, word count, style, brief description of the plot including character motivation )
( Why I wrote this book, what else I've written, and what I expect from my writing career )
Well, she did say it helps to have a sense of humor...
BTW, "Crowded House Radio" on Pandora is BEYOND AWESOME. I've listened to about twenty-five tracks now and only come across one that I didn't like.
Inspired by lizbee's recent adoption of a meter for her own novel project, I proudly present one for Knife:
This is assuming the book actually does end up at 100,000 words. Depending on how much more I cut and the length of the new stuff I put in, it may well be shorter.
Chapter Nine is going swimmingly so far, which is nice for a change.
lizbee's recent adoption of a meter for her own novel project, I proudly present one for Knife:
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39,000 / 100,000 (39.0%) |
This is assuming the book actually does end up at 100,000 words. Depending on how much more I cut and the length of the new stuff I put in, it may well be shorter.
Chapter Nine is going swimmingly so far, which is nice for a change.
Well, I've just finished rewriting the Prologue of my original fantasy novel, most of it from scratch, using the previous draft as little more than an outline (and changing any number of details along the way). I've taken a lot of information that was infodump before, and worked it into the dialogue and narrative instead; I've changed the dynamics between the characters and beefed up the atmosphere and mood; and I've cut out a couple of scenes that were either unnecessary or belonged elsewhere in the book. I don't know how many of you recall reading the original version a couple of years back, but here's how the new draft's shaping up:
KNIFE - Prologue
I'm having way too much fun with this all of a sudden. Somebody stop me before I rewrite the entire novel!*
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*Just kidding. I won't really do that. At least, I don't think...
ETA 06/27: First two paragraphs revised to cut down on the wordiness noted by, well, just about everybody.
KNIFE - Prologue
I'm having way too much fun with this all of a sudden. Somebody stop me before I rewrite the entire novel!*
--
*Just kidding. I won't really do that. At least, I don't think...
ETA 06/27: First two paragraphs revised to cut down on the wordiness noted by, well, just about everybody.
It's been a long time since I made a public post about the status of my original fantasy novel Knife, and a few of you have expressed curiosity as to how the manuscript has been faring.
First, for those who joined my LJ late in the game, ( a brief recap of the book's history: )
Now you're caught up, ( here's the rest of the story: )
So that's where things stand at this point. Thanks to everybody who's read the manuscript, helped to edit it, or just expressed an interest in its welfare over the years. I appreciate your continuing faith in my abilities as a writer, and hope to prove worthy of it one day. But right now...
I still have work to do.
First, for those who joined my LJ late in the game, ( a brief recap of the book's history: )
Now you're caught up, ( here's the rest of the story: )
So that's where things stand at this point. Thanks to everybody who's read the manuscript, helped to edit it, or just expressed an interest in its welfare over the years. I appreciate your continuing faith in my abilities as a writer, and hope to prove worthy of it one day. But right now...
I still have work to do.
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