Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Melrose Plant being offered a Sobranie and answering, no, thank you, I don't smoke crayons.
By the madly flaming antiques dealer, yes. I miss the mystery writer who was having the somewhat relationship with Plant. Everyone's relationship dysfunctions got boring, too, though. Which is why I don't like soap operas. I just want to yell "Grow up, all damned ready!"
Sometimes I like that, sometimes I don't.
It got to the point where I just read them for Melrose Plant and Jury's actress neighbor.
Totally.
Cruel Sister, with the exception of the four or five page epilogue?
Done!
My desired minimum was 72,000 words. Desired maximum was 80,000. At the moment? 76,078 words. 370 manuscript pages, probably around 375 and 77,500 at the end. Perfect length.
Please DO NOT LET IT SUCK.
Can't you generally tell on your own if it sucks or not? Not the typical "that could use a tweak here for clarity" stuff, but the Big Suck. If something of mine sucks, I get a creeping sense of impending catastrophe as I write, which I then have to track down and hack at with a machete.
Normally, yes - in my sleep. But this one's had some unusual circs attached to it: my own distaste for the jerking around the publishers gave me. The burning desire to work on the Kinkaid Chronicles, not this. The fact I walked away from it for four months while they decided whether they wanted it or not.
Slightly different sitch, here. Rereading the bit I just wrote, I don't think it sucks. But I want feedback.
Yay, Deb. You might always feel it's a little weak, but I bet it won't show.
Hell, I thought Matty Groves was a little weak - I still think FFoSM is the best of the series.
But I don't think my tastes match the mainstream, anyway.
Just so long as the editor doesn't think this one sucks, I'll be happy. And then I can collect the rest of the #$%# advance.
Lalalalala
DONE!
Cruel Sister is frickin' done.
Final word count: 77,276 (I wanted a 72K minimum, 80K maximum)
Final manuscript page count: 375
Being beta-read by my lovely list. Any changes will be incorporated. It goes to Nic at the office so that he can print it out tonight. Then it goes to Jenn. Then it goes to my editor at St. Martins Minotaur. If it sucks, it sucks.
And tomorrow?
I get to start London Calling.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW!
Over a month ahead of deadline.
YAY DEB!!!!!!!
(more Bree and JP for mememememememe)