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| Grumpy, meet Grumpy |
I’m still alive! I’ve been watching playoff
hockey and writing. Naturally I was in a deep funk when my team got swept.
Swept! Apparently you can’t flip the switch when the playoffs start. I’m
cheering for my fallback teams now. Speaking of, did anyone see the HNIC opening montage starring Jonathan Toews? Who needs fanfic when you have emotion
like that on the ice? My favourite part is the penalty box scene where he’s
leaning forward and see PP the goal get scored…or maybe the part where Seabs
comes in and pats him on the head. Love it. Clearly the CBC has a sense of
humour even though they employ idiots like P.J.Stock.
And of course, I’m editing. I’ve been doing
some major revisions to ELD, including wondering if it should be two books
rather than one, because it’s sooooo long. A normal book is 70,000 words long
and ELD is 150,000. One of the
difficulties is that serialized novels have a sustained energy since they get
read in short bursts. What’s more important to serials is plot moves and
cliffhanger endings. But turning a serial into a novel is a way to add more
structure and parallels. I've edited out some parts and written brand new chapters that I love. Of
course, once I start editing though, it’s like a terrible spiral where I feel
like I need to change everything. For example, the new NHL agreement calls for
players to have single hotel rooms, so does that mean I have to change my hotel
scenes? Some days I want to
scrap the whole thing and write a new book instead.
Sorry, what could be more boring than
writing about writing? I am back on track, ELD is back to one book again, and I
hope to have it ready for my lovely editor very soon. This time I’m not making
any promises as to when it will be published, but the end is in sight, as long
as you can see really far ahead!
