I’ve been neglectful. Very neglectful. It has been over a month since I last updated, and my posts were sparse before that. I’d like to say it’s because I’ve been churning out volume after volume of prose. Not true.
In reality, I’ve been battling time goblins every step of the way. Work hasn’t let up yet — in fact, it’s been busier than ever. One of the other attorneys is stuck in Federal jury duty, meaning that the rest of our workloads jumped. That’s on top of the heavy load we’ve all been carrying the last few months.
I’ve also had some busy times personally. Mind you, these aren’t bad things — I got engaged and my fiancee and I have been out looking for a condo. There have been obligatory family visits, and a bevy of birthdays. Most of those days I’ve had to deal with work as well.
So I’m still working on step one of the revision process. Specifically, I’m still working on TBTWNE. I’ve tried to rewrite it in several different ways, none of which work for me. I’ve tried putting it aside, but that hasn’t worked either.
So I’m trying one more thing. I’m going to rewrite it, start to finish, breaking up the passage with the changing of narrator. I’m then going to slide it into the appropriate spots of the book, around the intervening chapters. Hopefully that’ll take care of it.
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Congrats on the engagement! that’s so exciting 🙂 Sometimes lifes demands can get a little much to allow time for writing – don’t beat yourself up over it. Good luck with working on the revisions! Have you had anyone else take a look at it it to help give you some ideas of what might make it work better?
Thanks. I haven’t had anyone look at it yet — that’ll be step three in the revision process. Right now, I’ve decided that whatever I end up with after the full rewrite of TBTWNE stays and I move on to step two. My beta readers will then have to let me know what they think.