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Weekend Update Is Getting Caught Up
Sep. 2nd, 2018 04:02 pmIt's a three-day weekend here, so we've been a) sleeping in for once, b) taking our time doing errands, and c) relaxing. That of course doesn't stop me from wanting to Get Everything Done Today though! Nothing big, just a lot of small irritations that needed doing, like getting the car washed (first time since November when we bought it!), grocery shopping, and so on. We've interspersed that with A's binge-watching of various shows and a few college football games. Right now I'm in Spare Oom, having just culled a considerable amount of boxes and bags from the back closet that needed tossing. A took a big slice out of the mass-market paperbacks (I should probably do the same), and cleaning out my emails and catching up on blog entries.
So yeah, busy but relaxing weekend. Can't complain.
Writing update: I've finally reached the halfway point in the revision of In My Blue World, and it's actually the same exact point where I realized I'd needed to go back to the beginning and make some serious revision notes before doing any rewriting. It was a plot point that had always irritated me and stuck out in a bad way, but I've figured out how to fix it and surge forward. I think the rest of the novel should be a bit clearer going for me, and I"m hoping I'll get started on the Big Rewrite in a few weeks. If I'm not mistaken, the remaining half of the novel is much more on par with what I was aiming for, so hopefully there won't be any major surgery to do there.
Writing update 2: It's funny, but when I got to the point in the Apartment Complex story where the Big Life Changing Event In Act III begins, I suddenly found myself not writing my original idea, but instead came up with an even better one. It fits so much better alongside the rest of the novel, and I've been kind of hinting at it throughout. No spoilers, but I'll just say I'm glad I came up with it, an I'm really looking forward to releasing this one. In fact, I'm so excited and proud of this one that I think I might actually submit this one somewhere instead of self-publishing it. Not bad for a novel that I'd almost ragequit in frustration multiple times a few months ago!
Hope everyone's having a nice long weekend!
So yeah, busy but relaxing weekend. Can't complain.
Writing update: I've finally reached the halfway point in the revision of In My Blue World, and it's actually the same exact point where I realized I'd needed to go back to the beginning and make some serious revision notes before doing any rewriting. It was a plot point that had always irritated me and stuck out in a bad way, but I've figured out how to fix it and surge forward. I think the rest of the novel should be a bit clearer going for me, and I"m hoping I'll get started on the Big Rewrite in a few weeks. If I'm not mistaken, the remaining half of the novel is much more on par with what I was aiming for, so hopefully there won't be any major surgery to do there.
Writing update 2: It's funny, but when I got to the point in the Apartment Complex story where the Big Life Changing Event In Act III begins, I suddenly found myself not writing my original idea, but instead came up with an even better one. It fits so much better alongside the rest of the novel, and I've been kind of hinting at it throughout. No spoilers, but I'll just say I'm glad I came up with it, an I'm really looking forward to releasing this one. In fact, I'm so excited and proud of this one that I think I might actually submit this one somewhere instead of self-publishing it. Not bad for a novel that I'd almost ragequit in frustration multiple times a few months ago!
Hope everyone's having a nice long weekend!
