| Sunday, November 15, 2009 |
| Moving On |
I've made the decision to stop doing NaNo this year. Though I think I have a plot I can work with, it's just not coming together the way I want. I'm less than a quarter of the way through when I should be well past half way through. I don't think I get that much writing done on a daily basis to reach the goal anyway.
So I've decided to A)Get the edits finished for No Going Back. B)Write the query and synopsis for NGB. C)Work on edits for Forever Home. I wonder if I can resubmit it to Samhain after the rewrites are done. Must ask my editor. D)Work on rewrites for Dreamer's Sea.
That's the plan unless I get this awesome idea in the meantime.
What a rainy day we had yesterday. And I had to choose yesterday to track all over NH. From home up to Concord and then down to Nashua then home. It poured all the way. Not fun.
Today is all about laundry, putting new tires on my van and fabric shopping. Million thrills a minute.Labels: Calling it a day and lots of rain |
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| Sunday, November 1, 2009 |
| My NaNo Collage |
Yeah, I whipped one up for a little inspiration.
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| posted by Ceri Hebert @ 9:06 AM |
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| It's Time! |
Yes, November 1st is here. It's 4:04am (though it feels like 5:04am) I should be sleeping but couldn't. So here I am, ready to start one of the toughest months of the year when it comes to writing.
NaNoWriMo
That stands for National Novel Writers Month although I'm sure everyone here knows that.
I've decided to go with the new fresh idea instead of the rewrite. I hope I've made the right choice. It feels right, but only time will tell if I'll be able to get it done. Unlike the other story I don't know everything about what's going to happen (except the happily ever after and some details in between), but that's what makes this fun, right?
I need to do 1666 words a day to finish by November 30th. I'll be posting my progress over at JaNoWriMo Fingers are crossed! No, they're not. Makes it very difficult to type.
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!Labels: It's time |
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| Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| Critting |
I'm ready to throw up my hands and go it alone with editing. I'm getting such conflicting opinions within the crit group I belong to, and while I'm getting lots of good suggestions I also hear "you have too many details, it slows down the pace." and "you need more details so I feel like I'm there." And "what is her/his tone of voice when she/he says that?" and "you don't need so many dialogue tags."
My head is spinning!
I'll admit it freely, I like details. I like knowing how things sound and smell and look, how a shadow is cast, how something feels to the touch. It's how I write. Maybe this means I'll have trouble with getting published with Harlequin or I'll just have to compromise what I want to get across.
November 1st is just around the corner and I'm still not 100% positive on what project I'll work on, the total rewrite on Dreamer's Sea or my brand new story idea. At this point I'm going to end up doing "eeny meeny miney mo" on Sunday morning. Well, we'll see.Labels: crits, NaNo |
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| Monday, October 19, 2009 |
| Craft Projects |
I don't like craft projects, I've decided. My son and I are working on his wigwam for school. Not enjoying it at all. If it involved painting I'd be good with that. Beading, sure, why not. But working with birch bark, sinew and superglue is not for me.
It snowed yesterday. Lots and lots of fluffy white snow. It stunk. I'm not ready for this. I firmly believe that the first day of snow should come on December 24th. The last day of snow should be January 1st. Anything after that is just no fun. Maybe I need to win the lottery and buy a winter house somewhere warm and snowless.
What I fear the most, though, is another ice storm like the one we had last December. That was horrendous and expensive.
I'm hoping that at some point I'll be able to get to some writing. As soon as the wigwam construction is finished. *sigh* This is not my forte.Labels: craft projects, snow in October |
| posted by Ceri Hebert @ 2:04 PM |
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| Sunday, October 18, 2009 |
| Cheating? |
I was thinking about a manuscript I have, Dreamers Sea. It's a complete manuscript but I'm completely dissatisfied with it. It lacks umph and angst (great words). So, over the last many months I've been wracking my brains as to what to do with this story. I love the characters, I love the settings and if I add in the missing elements I think it would be a really good story.
Thing is, the elements I want to add would pretty much change everything about the story. The characters would still pretty much be the same..... well, sort of, the setting would be the same, but nearly everything else would be gutted and rebuilt.
I had thought about going through the current manuscript and just changing things when they needed to be changed, but that's easier said than done. There's just too much to change.
Would it be cheating to rewrite this story for NaNoWriMo? If I don't go back and snag bits from the original and just completely start from scratch? I've been a stickler for following the NaNo rules and I don't want to bend them, but I know this story, I know the characters-and how I want them changed in this new version, I know the setting, the plot (pretty much) and how I want it to end.
If I start from scratch it wouldn't be cheating, would it?Labels: Nanowrimo, starting from scratch |
| posted by Ceri Hebert @ 5:21 AM |
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| Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| Beginnings |
I find that I have a real hard time with the beginnings of my stories. When I'm writing a first draft I don't easily jump with both feet right into the action. I'm more of a lets set up the scene and ease our way into the story kind of gal. I know that this is frowned upon by most, so I'm trying my best to change that from the time I start writing the story. I find it very difficult to go back to a story that I've already started writing and completely change the beginning. Cutting out info and trying to find a place for it later in the story is a huge challenge.
I'm facing this challenge with three different manuscripts. You'd think I'd learn by now. Sometimes I wonder if this is why I do prologues, so I can jump into action right away, then go back to setting the story up.
It's going to be a cold day. I believe I'm going to have to make some chili. Thanks Denise!Labels: beginnings, chili |
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