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Wonderful Monday
Jun. 9th, 2008 08:42 amApparently, I am on programming at Duckon. I offered to do something on self-publishing, but never got a confirmation as to what or when.
In other news, I had my writers' group meeting Tuesday. Jackie Powers convinced me that I really needed to make a second pass at Space Rescue before I tried to sell it. She was right, of course.
Now, John Scalzi is famous for, among other things, being a writer who doesn't own a printer. I know John Scalzi. John Scalzi is a (virtual) friend of mine. I'm no John Scalzi. So, I printed out the entire novel and stuffed it into a three-ring binder, then read it over the weekend, pen in hand.
Few indeed are pages that don't have some chicken-scratch on them, noting something to fix. There are two advantages of editing in hard copy. First, the different medium helps you see mistakes that you miss on the screen. Second, because you can't make changes right away, you're able to get through the whole thing first, rather then getting bogged down actually making the changes. So, the word count is back, but the "percent complete" will stay at 100%.
Word Count for Space Rescue
Complete (62,209) Goal (80,000)
100% complete
Since Last Post = 900 words
Things accomplished in fiction: First re-write, got to the end of Chapter 2.
In other news, I had my writers' group meeting Tuesday. Jackie Powers convinced me that I really needed to make a second pass at Space Rescue before I tried to sell it. She was right, of course.
Now, John Scalzi is famous for, among other things, being a writer who doesn't own a printer. I know John Scalzi. John Scalzi is a (virtual) friend of mine. I'm no John Scalzi. So, I printed out the entire novel and stuffed it into a three-ring binder, then read it over the weekend, pen in hand.
Few indeed are pages that don't have some chicken-scratch on them, noting something to fix. There are two advantages of editing in hard copy. First, the different medium helps you see mistakes that you miss on the screen. Second, because you can't make changes right away, you're able to get through the whole thing first, rather then getting bogged down actually making the changes. So, the word count is back, but the "percent complete" will stay at 100%.
Word Count for Space Rescue
Complete (62,209) Goal (80,000)
100% completeSince Last Post = 900 words
Things accomplished in fiction: First re-write, got to the end of Chapter 2.
