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lagilmanIs it feed a cold, or starve it?
No matter. I cooked up some elbow pasta, chopped some fresh garlic and tossed it into the pot with a handful of pignoli and some olive oil and black pepper and toasted it, then tossed all that with the pasta, some grated parm-reggiano, and a sprinkling of crumbled flat-leaf parsley. Tasty.
Anyway, am less in bed than on the bed, lapdesk on my lap and cats at knee and shoulder. Have been working on the chapter-by-chapter breakdown of Retrievers 4. If my proposal is the soul of the story, the breakdown is the skeleton: what goes wheree, when, and how one part moves the other. This is actually, for me, the toughest part of writing a novel, and one that's not finished until the book goes off to the editor.
At some point during this process, I expect to discover what book 5 is going to be about, as well.
And somewhere in all this, my editor is telling me, I need to come up with a title. Ulp.
So far we have
STAYING DEAD (a ghost and a vow)
CURSE THE DARK (long-ago hatred reheated)
BRING IT ON (family love and conflict)
In this book? The price and pain of responsibility, I think. Losing the good fight; winning the dirty war.
If anyone comes up with some brilliant quote, as per the series style (if you don't know how the titles are introduced by now, never mind...), feel free to sing out. I find ways to reward creativity...
No matter. I cooked up some elbow pasta, chopped some fresh garlic and tossed it into the pot with a handful of pignoli and some olive oil and black pepper and toasted it, then tossed all that with the pasta, some grated parm-reggiano, and a sprinkling of crumbled flat-leaf parsley. Tasty.
Anyway, am less in bed than on the bed, lapdesk on my lap and cats at knee and shoulder. Have been working on the chapter-by-chapter breakdown of Retrievers 4. If my proposal is the soul of the story, the breakdown is the skeleton: what goes wheree, when, and how one part moves the other. This is actually, for me, the toughest part of writing a novel, and one that's not finished until the book goes off to the editor.
At some point during this process, I expect to discover what book 5 is going to be about, as well.
And somewhere in all this, my editor is telling me, I need to come up with a title. Ulp.
So far we have
STAYING DEAD (a ghost and a vow)
CURSE THE DARK (long-ago hatred reheated)
BRING IT ON (family love and conflict)
In this book? The price and pain of responsibility, I think. Losing the good fight; winning the dirty war.
If anyone comes up with some brilliant quote, as per the series style (if you don't know how the titles are introduced by now, never mind...), feel free to sing out. I find ways to reward creativity...
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Date: 2006-01-13 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 09:32 pm (UTC)Singing out:
Down Not Out
Still In Charge
Brought to Task
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Date: 2006-01-13 09:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 09:49 pm (UTC)Oh and the first title that springs to mind is:
Paying the Piper
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Date: 2006-01-13 10:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 11:16 pm (UTC)Good luck with your quest (and with feeling better!)
Off to search for my own title...
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Date: 2006-01-14 02:43 am (UTC)I suck at titles, so.... I suggest something with a verb in it. Ha.
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Date: 2006-01-14 11:45 am (UTC)I'm so glad I trained you to be so helpful... *grin, duck*
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Date: 2006-01-14 11:46 pm (UTC)Losing It
Fighting Dirty
Crossing the Line
-- Katherine
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Date: 2006-01-17 01:26 am (UTC)Even In Chaos
A Shadow Touch
In Chaos, A Shadow
The sentiment was ... touching. I never had the opportunity to meet her, but everything I've heard makes me believe I missed a unique individual.
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Date: 2006-01-17 03:06 pm (UTC)everything I've heard makes me believe I missed a unique individual.
Oh yeah. Unique was kel.