Another great week! I finally like the beginning of Malek. I also had a moment of inspiration for yet another new scene that equals my best work ever, so I’m really happy! Top it off with the fact that today is my birthday, and despite the snow (four inches!!), it’s been an incredible day. I love my work. Life is good. I’m so lucky!
This was an okay week. In the past, I’ve felt very, very good about what I’ve written. This week, I just feel so-so. I’m trying to edit what I wrote last week so that it feels like it’s always been part of the manuscript, and that’s hard after the fact. So, while I worked a few minutes almost every day, I didn’t put in the hours of work I have previously. I’m hoping I can work more intensely this week. I’ll let you know if it works out!
I took a break from writing yesterday, so I’m posting this on Monday. I’ve worked very hard this week. Very hard! And I think I’ve an idea now of what life might be like if I did sell something and was asked to make critical revisions. I added three major scenes to Malek, about a chapter and a half. It wasn’t easy, and I’m very proud of myself for working through it. I spent hours and hours at the computer this week. Of course, I’m not finished, they’re just rough-ins, but it shouldn’t be too bad to edit from here. After I get my house back in order, I’ll get started!
I worked hard on Malek this week, but not exactly editing. I had to transfer the file from a very old PC to a not-terribly-new Mac. You’d think that since I’ve been using Word on both computers, this wouldn’t be a problem, but you’d be wrong. I’m sure one of my many tech-geek friends could have told me how to fix the formatting problem that occurred, but I didn’t ask. Instead, I fixed it manually, line by line, all six thousand, six hundred and thirty eight of them. Whew! It only took three days. On the up side, doing so gave me a chance to skim through the whole thing and remind myself of why I really love this story! In fact, it’s become hard for me to be away from it for very long. I no long worry if I’ll be able to write every day. Instead, I worry if I’ll be doing anything else all day! Find the balance, I hear myself say. Hopefully, I can!