And then, This!
Thats my proof I ordered. I’m not so keen on the margins, but they aren’t ‘that bad’. You don’t have an issue reading at the spine, they just seem too close to the edge of page. the New cover looks damned nice as well (thanks Sidd!) And thats is likely the only hardbacked copy that will ever see print LOL. But all three formats are live and ready for circulation.
I won’t lie, I’ve been a bit lax on the sequel this week: been krazy bizzy with Property and all of the other stuff going on. Being a Pantser, I MUST see the scenes in me head, rather like a dream state, and I essentially just record them. Editing later for clean up of typos and grammer and those run ons where I skipped ALL puncuation trying to keep up as the scene unfolded. Knowing that now, I bet you can go back and find where the Pantser was in full mode, and other places where author was in the seat trying to force the story forward. No spoilers ;-P
But that’sa why no movement on the sequel this week. SO daggum bizzy with the other stuff, that T, G, Tammy, and Roberta are hiding under cover in the Stacks of my brainium, waiting for things to settle down so they can take the stage and drive my nights silly.
Betcha when the nights get longer than the days, and its too damned cold to be playin’ with twucks and mowers, they come out in FULL FORCE and my reality and theirs start to blur. That in mind, I am sort of giving myself a goal of pre-release by June of Next year. Figure Sept-Feb for writing, and then comes the real work: Editing (sigh) The Writing is easy, its all the fiddly little details that eat me alive (and were I, like some of the big boys/girls, should hire that out,,, I ain’t, I couldn’t, but I now have a not so secret weapon called LLM’s, that do quite a job of such. At least in catching the typos, they excel. I don’t take their wording suggestions, as they wanna re-write my voice: NOPE, its mine, mine, mine,,, leave it be. I might listen to their suggestions of ‘hey, this sorta sucked, think about how you placed X before Y and see if it works better’. Like that ending I re-wrote. The suggestion was ‘This part hits, this part bores, and then you drop a bomb in their lap and toss ’em off a cliff. Try easing up to the bomb, then close the scene with something hinting at the future. Still a cliff hanger, but won’t piss people off as bad.” (paraphrased, but near enough to what was said as to be accurate.)
That! Thats the sort of feedback I was looking for. and it opened up the valves on the sequel. Once I had changed 100 words, (added and cut) the next book started popping into my head; whereas before, I kept trying to force it into existence and it fought and fought and fought. 6 years of that little war and all it needed was a negotiated ceasefire with better terms.
I do believe they call that a “Learning Curve”. First true fiction peice in publication, and I don’t think it was that bad. Characters were believable, action might have been sparse, but there was needed build up of background. Second round should be less conversation/tech driven and more “lets do this”.
No Spoilers 😀
BUT, theres still much to be done in the reality that I can’t shake: gotta clear that fridge out and shut down electric. Gotta seal a busted window in the room where the Mains are located. Its obvious somene could slip in that way and turn them back on (at least until the Utility company pulls the meter) Don’t want to give temptation room.
Y’all take care out there, stay hydrated. Stay curious. Love y’all.
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