Trial movement
Nov. 29th, 2012 02:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anthimeriaGot another chapter in--shortest one yet, under 1k, yay!
I'm celebrating because the chapter before this, which was a bitch to write, ended up almost 1800 words, which is 300 over my self-imposed max word count for a chapter for this book. I may have to add the last scene from that chapter to the one I just finished, which would even out the word count, but it's an alternating POV and right now I really want that scene in Eva's POV.
We'll see. That's what editing is for.
Also, the whole picture book thing is making me antsy. I'm trying to stay away from it for at least a week, to give myself perspective, but it's hard. Everything that reminds me that I wrote a picture book makes me want to poke at the MS again.
Must stay strong. Must be able to accurately asses whether this is a possible thing. I will only do more than cursory research into picture book publishing if it's worth it. I have TWO novels and a short story ready to go, if I end up shopping around a third book, it will be worth it or I won't do it. Dammit.
In Other News, I mentioned in my Thanksgiving post that I just finished Karen Healey's GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD, which was epically fantastic and everything I want out of YA (a heroine with sense, a kickass adventure story, real-life consequences, no punches pulled, girls working together, a myriad of races and mythologies, a romance story that wasn't the main part of the plot but did present a believable build-up and a solid subplot, and just--read it, okay?), and I just got my hands on the ARC for her new book, WHEN WE WAKE. I follow her blog and am so excited about this I can't even tell y'all, especially after Guardian was so fantastic. So excited!
I'm celebrating because the chapter before this, which was a bitch to write, ended up almost 1800 words, which is 300 over my self-imposed max word count for a chapter for this book. I may have to add the last scene from that chapter to the one I just finished, which would even out the word count, but it's an alternating POV and right now I really want that scene in Eva's POV.
We'll see. That's what editing is for.
Also, the whole picture book thing is making me antsy. I'm trying to stay away from it for at least a week, to give myself perspective, but it's hard. Everything that reminds me that I wrote a picture book makes me want to poke at the MS again.
Must stay strong. Must be able to accurately asses whether this is a possible thing. I will only do more than cursory research into picture book publishing if it's worth it. I have TWO novels and a short story ready to go, if I end up shopping around a third book, it will be worth it or I won't do it. Dammit.
In Other News, I mentioned in my Thanksgiving post that I just finished Karen Healey's GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD, which was epically fantastic and everything I want out of YA (a heroine with sense, a kickass adventure story, real-life consequences, no punches pulled, girls working together, a myriad of races and mythologies, a romance story that wasn't the main part of the plot but did present a believable build-up and a solid subplot, and just--read it, okay?), and I just got my hands on the ARC for her new book, WHEN WE WAKE. I follow her blog and am so excited about this I can't even tell y'all, especially after Guardian was so fantastic. So excited!
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Date: 2012-11-29 06:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-12-02 04:48 am (UTC)I've finished When We Wake and should be posting a spoiler-free review soonish, I hope.