jon_chaisson | Weekend Update Is Getting There But Slowly (Reply)

The start of a revision process always feels like it takes forever, doesn't it? I still feel like I haven't even made a dent on In My Blue World, even though I've been giving it a hard push over this last week. But considering that I'm now looking at the story as a whole instead of a series of 750Words sessions, I still don't have a sense of how long this story actually is. I know it's novel length, but I don't know the word count. [On the plus side, I've already strung together about 15k words, so I think I'm still on schedule.] My process here is that I've been copying a handful of those 750Words sessions and stringing them together in chapter form until I have about 15-20 pages to work with. It's working so far!

I spent a few hours yesterday fiddling with the book cover lat night, and I think I'm getting close with it. Bought the usage rights for the picture, played around with the filters, and made another attempt at the text. It still needs work, but it's getting there! Thanks to my friend and ex-roommate Bunny for teaching me a few nifty Photoshop tricks this morning that I can use for it! :) The plan here is to get the cover finished so I can create postcards in time for Worldcon.

So yeah, the first week of Revision Month seems to be going pretty well. Slow, but in the right direction!

As expected, though, I've been ridiculously busy. I'm also putting in time for the Apartment Complex story and other things, all while trying not to hide from the world. It's tricky, but I'm managing it so far!

Have a good weekend, everyone! :)