R.A. Heinlein used to give that advice to writers. Don't spend your time editing, he said. Spend your time selling what you've written.
I think you can get away with this better if you are the storyteller he was.
I'm working away on the second chapter of JESSAMYN.
I feel good about the outline work I did.
I'm not going to have any tag ends and hanging strings when I finish this draft.
Good.
I've pulled down McKee's STORY. I'll read a bit when I have some time to spare. I can't open that book without learning something.
What else am I reading ...
Elizabeth Lowell's TELL ME NO LIES and McCrumbs ZOMBIES OF THE GENE POOL.
A great joy, both of 'em.
But I will cease blogging and go work on the ms.
Hi Mai Thao -
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words. I'll be posting more about agents -- these are agents who represent Romance, and who have made recent deals -- in the next weeks.
Good luck with your own submission process.
JoB