“Done” is such a relative term
Posted by: Finch in Editing, Writing, tags: development, TGK, TGLYes, that means the edits to The Grey Knight are done! Complete! Finito! This version, at least, is finished at last; huge structural changes blew through the manuscript, not entirely unlike how large cars blow through outdoor advertising signs during a tornado, and the result, much like with the signs, is a highly positive improvement on the original. Colleen now has it, it’s out of my hands for at least a while, so now…
…now I have a lot to do!
I’m working on the sequel, of course, as well as its own sequel, in a tangential sort of way, and by definition worldbuilding and such. I’m working pretty hard on putting other material together as well, stuff I’ll be adding here in the weeks and months to come. Not giving anything away yet, but it’s fun making it so I hope it’s at least as fun getting it.
I have to admit, though, with the last month being pretty hot and heavy on edits… it’s a little odd to boot up the laptop and NOT open up the Knight manuscript.
July 17th, 2009 at 12:17 pm - Edit
Must be nice to finally have it at a state were you can go “Finished” even if it does only last a few day.. or forever
I’m sure you’ll find something else to-do daily on the bus on your netbook. Even if its just browsing some facepalm.
You could always look out that short story about the car trunk and repost that! Cos i can’t find it and remember it being distinctly funny.
July 18th, 2009 at 8:13 am - Edit
Oh believe me, all that stuff is doable on the netbook. Now that I’ve got my writing mojo back the only thing I’m stopping for is a bit of planning and prioritization on the extra material, and a brief refamiliarization with what I’d already done on TGL (the sequel).
Hah! I just found that short story the other day. I’ll see if I can find a good place to plop it online for ya