Friday, June 3, 2011

Rewrite and a guest post!

Friends, two crazy things happened this week.

First, I started rewriting my WIP (side note: if I'm rewriting it, does it count as a new WIP?). Not only did I start over at page one, but I'm trying my hand at first person POV. *she cries as she gazes longingly at her ~55K word third person WIP*

This was going well until, in a blog-induced epiphany, I came up with my at-this-moment-most-awesome first sentence. But it's in third person and I'm six hand-written pages into my shiny new first person draft. Crap.

For now, this isn't a big deal. The thing to focus on is that I picked up a pen and started scribbling in the first place. It's been ages since I've felt possessed to write in a mad fury, grammar and penmanship be damned.

The second cool thing that happened this week actually freaks me out a bit, but sooner or later the cat's gonna be out of the bag so I might as well tell you all at once.

My friends over at Wicked & Tricksy asked me to write this week's guest post. Eek! Not wanting to disappoint those who have shown me such support, I agreed and gave it Ye Ol' College Try. Check it out and say nice things!

Happy Friday!

5 comments:

  1. I love the "grammar and penmanship be damned" phase of writing.

    And I loved your article on mentors in Spec Fiction. Where are the women?

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  2. Thanks, LG! Doesn't it feel so good to just start writing in a mad frenzy? I was bummed yesterday afternoon when the conference I was sitting in ended. How DARE they break me from my writing trance? :) And yes, where ARE all the women mentors?

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  3. And a freaking awesome guest post it is!

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  4. I'm in the process of rewriting too. All I can think of to describe it is that it is both difficult and exhilarating.

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  5. Thanks, Margo!

    Cookie, yes. Exactly! Hard as hell and totally exciting all at the same time.

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