I should be calling this 'Spymaster's Lady' line edits, since that's the title. I think.
I'm on page 280 of the line edits.
Since this is the easiest part, I save it for when I'm too zonked to do anything else.
I get zonked doing these line edits. It's hard.
I have two major things I gotta do.
One -- I'm trying to plausible the central transitional plot device. I've backtracked and filled in some foreshadowing. Now I'm buckling down to the scene itself.
More work there.
Other -- I need to add backstory for my McGuffin.
I wander through the manuscript crying plaintively 'Where can I put in backstory?'
I can spend three hours fitting in 50 words.
In other news ... the Forum marathon starts tomorrow. I must gird my, like, y'know, loins
Hi, Jo--How was the marathon?
ReplyDeleteI plugged your name into Amazon and discovered that The Spymaster's Lady is already up for pre-order, with a release date of Dec. 4. Yay!
Also, did you co-write a children's book, Grandma's Christmas Cookies, published 1997?
Hi Beth --
ReplyDeleteYep. The Christmas Cookies is mine.
I'm amazed that Amazon has it up so soon. So very efficient of them.
I talked to the editor yesterday and mentioned that the Spymaster was up on Amazon and she was a bit surprised as well.
It's a good slot, isn't..? That slot just before Christmas. I'm just delighted.
A fairly quiet marathon. I don't have your touch with a marathon, I'm afraid.
Shoot, all I did was start threads that said "Post progress here." It was probably just a hectic time for people.
ReplyDeleteDid I ever tell you what an incredible job you've done with the Exercises section? You breathed new life into it. I hope it hasn't proven to be too much of a drain on your time and energy, because I'm also hoping you'll want to keep doing it for awhile. :)
Why thank you. (smile)
ReplyDeleteYep. I should stay with the Exercises section a while. Though I panic a bit at the beginning of every month working up the exercise .... and I'm afraid I leave everybody on their own when I get busy.