I found printed out chapters in all in disarray on my desk. Apparently my daughter has been into them. I need to make sure that chapters 31 and 38 aren't anywhere to be found.
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Early ,'Objects In Space'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Gudanov - Feb 17, 2010 5:16:21 pm PST #3087 of 6734
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Gudanov - Feb 18, 2010 5:09:28 am PST #3088 of 6734
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Aside from some minor corrects, it looks like I've gotten through 54. Things have changed a lot from the rough draft, especially with me not worrying as much about the word count aspect. OTOH, this means I'm not quite as close to the end as I thought.
I changed the ending of 54 because of listening to an audiobook on the way home. Things were going well for Lyra and I expected them to continue going well and then bad stuff happens (though I actually think the bad stuff scene was unnecessary). Well, I realized that I was going to build up to a character making a decision that will a major bearing on what happens to the main character. The decision was going to be good for the MC and likely expected. I changed the decision to bad and hopefully unexpected. I'm much happier with the chapter now.
Gudanov - Feb 19, 2010 6:04:29 am PST #3089 of 6734
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I'm done with 54, now I've got to fix things up again, but I have a plan.
Gudanov - Feb 19, 2010 7:24:18 am PST #3090 of 6734
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Hey Liese,
You mentioned being willing to beta read the book as a whole. I have what is now Book One pretty much done for this revision. Would you still be willing to do that? Reading as a whole at this revision could be helpful because I want the next revision to be last one where I'm making plot changes.
Atropa - Feb 19, 2010 9:39:08 am PST #3091 of 6734
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I sent the proposal for the second Gothic Charm School book to my agent yesterday. I am now trying not to shake the laptop like an Etch-O-Sketch in the hopes that it would make a reply appear.
Gudanov - Feb 19, 2010 9:43:10 am PST #3092 of 6734
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You need to shake it more like a magic 8-ball.
Good luck!
Liese S. - Feb 19, 2010 2:57:54 pm PST #3093 of 6734
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
YUP! I have data limitations, so it`d be best if I could get the file after the 23rd, but I`d be happy to.
Gudanov - Feb 19, 2010 3:42:21 pm PST #3094 of 6734
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Thanks!
I'll make sure to zip it up before I send.
Gudanov - Feb 22, 2010 5:40:45 am PST #3095 of 6734
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I working slowly on 55. Taxes got in the way this weekend, but at least they are all done.
I got a chapter back from Beta Exchange person two. One of the comments is that it all (the manuscript) reads more like an outline than a draft. I'm a bit like, it's not good enough even to be a draft? Maybe it just means there are too many places where scenes could replace narrative, that doesn't seem unusual for a draft.
Gudanov - Feb 22, 2010 8:04:57 am PST #3096 of 6734
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I just got an e-mail asking for my opinion on a query. I'd like to help, but I'm not to the point where I've even researched how to write one. I think I'll just have to say, sorry, but I can't give you anything useful.