Lately, at the end of the day, I feel like I've run out of words. I spend my days either writing or thinking about writing while I do other things, and then my brain is just plain done, and all I can manage is an hour or so of Top Gear before I fall asleep. Everything else just kind of bounces around in my head. It's not an unpleasant thing at all, but it means I owe some friends a phone call or an e-mail, and it also means that there are some things I've been meaning to share that I haven't gotten around to yet, so here goes.It's pretty sunny in Rochester today, but we've got lots of rain … [Read more...]
Here, there, and everywhere
- I've been busy editing my book as per my amazing editor's suggestions. This doesn't just mean I'm putting commas in the right place. I'm taking my book apart and putting it back together again to make a better book. I really enjoy editing (because I am strange), but it requires me to keep an entire set of "rules" for this story in my head. Move a scene, and you have to remember to adjust the impact it will have throughout the book. For example, you can't have a character drive away in their car if they didn't drive to that destination in the first place. I'm finding that I'm very happy … [Read more...]