HARD MAGIC status report
May. 19th, 2008 09:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lagilmanWriting the end of a book is like falling off a log. Yes, because it's relatively easy compared to staying on said log, but also because, as you're falling, you have just enough time to think "damn it, I should have..." before you go splat.
Thankfully, if you plan it right, or get lucky, you have time to crawl back and do it right.*
For now, though? I am officially face down in my Wheaties.
It's a rough as hell draft, with three pages of notes to go back and deal with, and a subplot to expand, and at least 1.5 iterations to go before I let my editor see the damn thing, but...
Draft!
*splat*
(next up: remembering and reminding myself that the first book in a series is toughest to write because I don't know it yet, and it will take me a while to kick the mauscript into a form I'm happy with. Staying Dead went through five different revisions before it became Staying Dead. I must remember this...)
*the book's not due until August 1st. 10 weeks to revise! A luxury! Oh, except that Other Book I'm supposed to be working on, too. And the revisions for DAUGHTER OF THE SEA. And...
Thankfully, if you plan it right, or get lucky, you have time to crawl back and do it right.*
For now, though? I am officially face down in my Wheaties.
It's a rough as hell draft, with three pages of notes to go back and deal with, and a subplot to expand, and at least 1.5 iterations to go before I let my editor see the damn thing, but...
Draft!
*splat*
(next up: remembering and reminding myself that the first book in a series is toughest to write because I don't know it yet, and it will take me a while to kick the mauscript into a form I'm happy with. Staying Dead went through five different revisions before it became Staying Dead. I must remember this...)
*the book's not due until August 1st. 10 weeks to revise! A luxury! Oh, except that Other Book I'm supposed to be working on, too. And the revisions for DAUGHTER OF THE SEA. And...
