by Charlene Teglia | Jun 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m coming up to the halfway point on revisions. There are a couple of things I’m going back to; I have learned that if I need to think about something, I just flag it with a note and move on. Otherwise, it’s too easy to bog down. Better to keep moving forward and do all the easy stuff. I’ll end up coming back to my flagged scenes, and then doing a final check to make sure I got everything.
Revision uses different mental muscles. There are all those threads to keep track of for continuity. I’m not really changing anything, just deepening, so continuity won’t be much of an issue, but I still have to watch what I’m doing. It’s easy to start making mistakes with this kind of work, so I take lots of breaks and I stop when my brain is tired. And Word’s track changes feature can be a life-saver. You can go back and reject a change if it’s screwed up and do it over.
Onward!
by Charlene Teglia | Jun 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
Since I can’t actually turn into an editing superheroine with a red pen sword, here’s Rukia from Bleach ready to kick butt. She’ll provide inspiration while I turn around revisions on Animal Attraction. Which my editor did not threaten to have me drug-tested over! Yay! In fact she said things like “sexiest book I’ve ever read” and the word brilliant was used without sarcasm. The truth is, I always turn in a book thinking I’ve gone too far and in this case I thought I’d gone way over the edge. It is a risky book. But I thought it worked and I am so relieved my editor agrees. Now to take editorial notes and make it all pretty. Rukia will help.
Bleach has an amazing cast of characters, btw. Excellent writing. I don’t know how he does it, there’s an absolutely huge character cast and they’re all fascinating. You can read the manga or buy the first two seasons of the anime on DVD and see for yourself.
by Charlene Teglia | Jun 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
by Charlene Teglia | Jun 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
I am reading Fearless Fourteen. (Thanks, Mom!) I always look forward to more Stephanie Plum because you know whacky misadventures will happen, Granny will get into trouble, and hot guys will be featured amidst it all. These books are always pure fun. I’m up to chapter 9, and enjoying the trip.
In writing news, I’m dealing with alterations and continuity as I write in changes. Meep. Not the fun part. Must be done, though. I shall pick up my red pen and sally forth. Then I will reward myself with work on The Fun Project. And more Fearless Fourteen.
The not fun-tasks need rewards. They also need breaking down into bite sized bits. Like, work through one page, take a break. Set the timer for five minutes, work until time’s up, take a break. If I just tell myself I need to do the whole task all at once, my brain has a seizure. So to prevent fragile mechanisms from seizing up, I lie to myself. “You don’t have to do the whole thing. Just do this page.” It works.
by Charlene Teglia | Jun 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
It was a tri-birthday event. Dad, myself, and my now-three-year-old. (Apparently labor and birthday cake go well together across the generations)
From fabulous SIL, this stress relief kit which includes inflatable bat. Every writer needs one. (Yes, I am wearing my All Your Base tee shirt. I am a grownup.)
Here’s the three year old, already a book junkie, who opened her Angelina Ballerina book and immediately ran off to read it.
Cheers to the year ahead!
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