Barb - but Agent Kate is a nice lady, go ahead open it up. If it is rough, we are here.
Okay-- I opened up the file. Goddamn but there's a lot of red in there. I knew up front that her main beef was that she feels I tend to repeat myself and that I should allow the reader to fill in the blanks. i.e. streamline. Of course, she's also good enough to acknowledge that her idea of streamlined and mine probably differ just a wee, so that it's not as much my taking her every suggestion as it is finding a happy medium.
::sigh::
At least she didn't say it sucked.
oh, hey, Sam just sent me his chapter nine. It's called Foxy Ladies, and about two flying foxes.
Named Bev and Barb.
Heh.
Things I Have Looked Up On Wikiepedia This Morning:
Jean-Marie Le Clezio - because he won the Nobel prize.
The Legend of the Condor Heroes - because it's the most popular wuxia novel of all time (or so it's claimed in the Chron) and it relates to Wong Kar Wei's re-release/re-edit of Ashes of Time.
Rajasthan - a state in India. Prompted by Jon Carroll's column this morning about how amazing it is there. It was the traditional home of the great Maharajahs so it is filled with incredible palaces and temples. (Wow, it's population is 56 million. I don't know any of them! I feel like I'm missing out.)
msbelle, did you know that Jaipur is known as The Pink City? (owing to the pink tint of the sandstone used in its buildings)
That NYT article had such an annoying pop-up for TimesPeople that I couldn't read it. I thought that was strange.
Security has still not found my cell phone, but someone called my friend Katie, but they were cut off. Now we cannot get my phone to ring, it just goes straight to voicemail.
oh, hey, Sam just sent me his chapter nine. It's called Foxy Ladies, and about two flying foxes.
Named Bev and Barb.
Heh, indeed. That's so sweet.
I just got the art from Dave Dorman!
EEEEEE!!!
My wee bat!
At least she didn't say it sucked.
Of course she didn't. Because it doesn't suck.
Sam! Going home! Awwww.
My editor emailed me today to let me know that she's almost done with her edits, and will be sending me her notes and the manuscript in the next few days. This is where I hide under my desk, right?
I just got the art from Dave Dorman!
Wanna see! Wanna see!
Pete sent off all the art for the GCS book on Tuesday. I think he did a fantastic job.
This is where I hide under my desk, right?
If they had a problem with the book they wouldn't just be sending you edits. They'd be asking for a rewrite.
So you know what this is? It's edits. Just tightening and correcting and fixing.
How do you get a hoop skirt under your desk anyway.
How do you get a hoop skirt under your desk anyway.
Hoop skirts are for club-going. Nowadays I wear knee-length fluffy petticoats, and they're easy to fit under a desk.
So you know what this is? It's edits. Just tightening and correcting and fixing.
twitches
I know, but ... gah! My close relationship with insecurity about my writing, let me show you it. Or not, and I'll go back to hiding under my desk.
