I’m still busy revising like mad. I’ve only got some twenty pages left to revise. Something tells me they’ll be some of the hardest twenty pages to revise, right up there with the former Chapter Seven (I think it’s now Chapter Nine – either way, it was a bear to fix). And now that I’ve checked in, I must put the screaming one to sleep and get myself back to work. To the Writing Cave! 🙂
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It’s been a week of ups and downs here in my neck of the woods. Â Thumper is now walking…when he feels like it, which frankly, isn’t that often. Â Stubborn little guy. Â He and Cricket are working on molars, so I’ve got two cranky little guys running around my house. Â Seymour’s grandma passed away yesterday after years of health problems, so we’re dealing with everything attendant with that as well. Â We’ll be seeing a lot of the family over the next few days, as the visitation is Friday, the funeral Saturday, and the family reunion/40th anniversary party for Seymour’s parents/Thumper’s birthday party is on Sunday. Â Going back to work on Monday will feel like a vacation at this rate.
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Revisions continue. Â I’ve added over 10,000 words and more than 30 pages in the last 27 days, and I still have about 90 pages left to go before I’m finished revising.
Hey hey hey, I’ve been interviewed again! Â This time I owe my thanks to Ed Evans, proprietor of Sisters Noire. Â Because apparently I can’t shut up, this will be the first part of a multi-part interview, so if you’re interested in hearing more about me blathering on about Lokana and books and writing and such, stay tuned for updates!
Also, check out Sisters Noire. Â It’s seriously cool stuff.
And now, back to the writing cave. Â I’ve passed the halfway point of my revisions, so there was some happy dancing done the other night. Â I’m really looking forward to being done with the edits (or at least with this round of them, anyway) because between the heat, a killer week at work, and all the critical thinking I’m doing in my off hours, I feel like my brain has transformed into a big gray puddle of goo. Â Said puddle of goo must now think I’ve gone pond-hopping because I’ve been spelling things the British way all day.
And with that, I’ll leave you all with this:
Happy Thursday!
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We can be the heroes and heroines in our own lives. Â We can set out upon a quest. Â We can write our own stories, and within those tales, discover something extraordinary. Â We can have an extraordinary life. Â -Tricia Drammeh
I read that about an hour ago and was inspired. Â This post almost didn’t get published today, but I’ve still got ten more minutes to go before the weekend is officially here and I think I can make it! Â Anyway, Tricia is a wonderful lady and I highly recommend visiting her blog, where you can find the rest of the post that I quoted above.
Anyway, it’s late, I’m tired, I’ve got boatloads of work to do, and I’ve recently become addicted to Pottermore. Â If you’re there, let’s be friends! Â I’m SkyKey6037 and just got sorted into Hufflepuff tonight, so that was pretty cool, although I have to admit I was hoping for either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. Â Oh, well.
And now, to the writing cave! Â Happy weekend, y’all!
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The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense. –Tom Clancy
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Today is Friday the 13th, day of terror and superstition and scary movie marathons. Â It’s also International Zombie Day (or so I’ve been told) and in celebration of the ooey and gooey, I’m here to tell you about a new book just released by Taylor Street Publishing.
I’ve Been Deader, a near-perfect blend of comedy and horror by Adam Sifre (also known lovingly as Splinker to his adoring fans), is a story about Fred, a zombie in love with a girl. Â The chapters read like flash fiction, and when it comes to the undead, you gotta read about Fred. Â Splinker is quite insistent about that. Â So without further ado, behold the first chapter, entitled…
I am sooo not a morning person. I’m even worse when I’m sleep-deprived and required to be up early. Take this morning, for instance. This morning we had to be up at 5:00 a.m., but we didn’t get to bed till almost midnight and I’m pretty sure it was after that by the time I fell asleep.
I was already exhausted after the weekend. Now I’m more exhausted. And I get to drive two hours home. Yaaay. But it could be a whole lot worse. And I finally finished the edits on chapter five, so there’s that. 🙂
I’d love to just go home, take a nap, and spend the rest of the evening working on revisions, but I know that won’t happen. I wonder if I’ll ever have free time to myself again, like I did when I was a “crazy busy” teenager.
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After a weekend spent mostly offline, I have finally almost caught up with everything that happened online over the weekend. Â I still have a ton of reading to catch up on, but other than that, I think I’ve managed to update myself on all things social. Â Maybe.
Zzzz.
I seem to be suffering from some serious sleep deprivation, though, as I can barely keep my eyes open.  I barricaded myself in my room over the weekend with the a/c, my writing supplies, no internet, and plenty of caffeine so that I could get some work done on The Lokana Chronicles.  My wonderful Seymour kindly took care of Cricket and Thumper and left me alone for the better part of 48 hours, but sadly, I didn’t accomplish nearly as much as I wanted.  I made lots of progress, I just didn’t meet my goal, which was admittedly steep.
But! Â I feel like the progress I did make will vastly improve the story and it really felt wonderful to be writing again. Â Aside from blogging, I haven’t done much writing lately and I’ve missed it. Â It was mentally exhausting trying to figure out how to flesh out my story without making it seem like I was just throwing in a lot of filler, but the results are worth it, in my humble opinion (at least, I hope so).
And now, I must be getting back to the grindstone.  My posts may be a bit more sporadic over the next couple of weeks; between revising The Lokana Chronicles and preparing for our next family camping adventure (coming this weekend to a campground near you!), I will be offline quite a bit for the next little while.  But don’t worry – I’ll make sure to fill you in on all the adventures we have, as I’m sure there will be plenty!
Have a great week!
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You know, I’ve had something brewing in the back of my mind for quite a while now as a blog topic and some of the posts I’ve been reading lately on T.L. Tyson’s blog have more or less cemented the idea in my head.  However, I’m not sure it’s fully fermented yet and at any rate, I received an email over my lunch break that pretty much blew said idea sky-high.  Any thoughts I might have otherwise entertained posting about today were blown to smithereens when I read the following words:
…I’d love to see the whole thing…
It’s a bonus post! Â That’s right, as a special treat from that all-around wonderful author, Lisa McKay, I’ve got another guest post for you! Â As I’m sure every writer out there can, I totally relate to the pain that comes with the necessity of “killing your darlings.” Â Sometimes it’s quite easy, but sometimes it really is murder. Â Today, Lisa shares her thoughts on killing your darlings.
Last week, after a string of awful nights, I decided to write a children’s story. The fun I had writing this little story did not make up for the exhaustion and aggravations of the previous week, but it helped.  As I rhymed my way through verses about dogs, roosters, mosquitoes and various other midnight misadventures I even found myself laughing.
Suddenly they all died. The end. 