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Weekend Update Preps for Vacation
Jul. 28th, 2018 09:23 amWoo! At this time next Saturday, we'll be getting ourselves squared away for our London trip. Our flight is in the early evening, so we'll most likely do some minimal grocery shopping (so we're not completely barren when we come back) and perhaps hit the gym before heading out. A. likes to be packed and ready to go a good few days ahead of time, so we'll probably take care of that on Thursday the latest. I'm definitely planning on bringing the nice camera (though I'm not sure if I'm going to bring the new lens), my tablet (for IMBW revision work) and of course my mp3 players (duh), but I'm probably going to be somewhat minimal this time out. I know we'll be hitting Waterstones so I can buy the new Becky Chambers book (yay!) so I'm probably not going to bring any books to read. Okay, maybe one. We'll see.
Speaking of IMBW... I'm still a bit nervous about it, because while there are some strong scenes and ideas, there are still some weak spots that I need to do a LOT of work on. Of course, I'm at the 'oh god this all SUCKS' point of the novel writing process, so I'm going to need to soldier through it and do the best I can. I know what needs to be fixed and how to do it, it's just a matter of doing it. At this point I've pushed the release to sometime in October to give myself enough time to finish it. [The stickers on my freebie cards will say 'coming autumn 2018' to keep it sufficiently vague.]
So what about the Apartment Complex story? Heh. I should probably get started on combining the 'what I have so far' of the story in Word form so I can gather it together, which will give me more to read during our trip. This current version is working out so much better than I'd expected, which makes me blissfully happy. The moment I'd decided NOT to force it in a specific direction and just let it flow naturally, it started to spill out of me. I believe one of the main reasons for this is that I'd decided *not* to hold back with certain aspects of the story. This one's very much about relationships: filial, parental, romantic, and communal. Every scene/chapter focuses on the relationship between the featured characters in some way. And I STILL don't have a title for it! Eesh. But the plus side is that it's evolving in a great way and I'm really looking forward to making this book one of my best. :)
Speaking of IMBW... I'm still a bit nervous about it, because while there are some strong scenes and ideas, there are still some weak spots that I need to do a LOT of work on. Of course, I'm at the 'oh god this all SUCKS' point of the novel writing process, so I'm going to need to soldier through it and do the best I can. I know what needs to be fixed and how to do it, it's just a matter of doing it. At this point I've pushed the release to sometime in October to give myself enough time to finish it. [The stickers on my freebie cards will say 'coming autumn 2018' to keep it sufficiently vague.]
So what about the Apartment Complex story? Heh. I should probably get started on combining the 'what I have so far' of the story in Word form so I can gather it together, which will give me more to read during our trip. This current version is working out so much better than I'd expected, which makes me blissfully happy. The moment I'd decided NOT to force it in a specific direction and just let it flow naturally, it started to spill out of me. I believe one of the main reasons for this is that I'd decided *not* to hold back with certain aspects of the story. This one's very much about relationships: filial, parental, romantic, and communal. Every scene/chapter focuses on the relationship between the featured characters in some way. And I STILL don't have a title for it! Eesh. But the plus side is that it's evolving in a great way and I'm really looking forward to making this book one of my best. :)
Hope everyone has a nice weekend!
