Final fixes for Hunter, cutting some wordage… tonight is it. Still love the story, and I think it’s better than ever. Submission email goes out *tonight*.
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Hunter done, again
Revision was a blast. My dear sweet hubby took over kid duty at 6:30pm and I had all night to write instead of my usual hour and a half. I spent four and a half hours on the revision yesterday, and gave it a quick proofing today, and implemented the final changes. I think it’s good. I think it’s ready. 🙂 It’s awesome when things work.
Hunter again
Reworking Hunter. I received a few crits back and it was rejected from the first market I submitted it to (with some interesting comments), so I figure, why not, let’s make it better.
That pesky first scene a few someone’s commented on, turns out didn’t live up to its potential because the finale didn’t really zing. I’m adding zing. And my hero, Daymar, misses a huge opportunity to confront his commanding officer who is essentially his role model. Adding that. Then there’s a mysterious chameleon that was neat in the first version, but should’ve gone by the wayside when the griffon did about four revisions ago.
I’ll find another home for the lizard; this just isn’t it.
January Progress / February Goals
It’s been an interesting month to say the least. I lost the first week to family travel, and the next three weeks were struggles between being sick or taking care of the sick. I lucked out with a day off work that daycare was miraculously open, and I spent the day on a writing project that saved me two weeks worth of evening writing time. I have decided for sure, I’m taking one personal day off from work each month and committing myself to a day of writing. I’m pleased with my work, even though I have several “in progress”, but I did complete a story that’s been haunting me for years.
I am disappointed I didn’t get to the novel revision, but I have four short stories that have submission deadlines of March 31st, and I’d really like to get them in the best shape I can. The novel may have to wait until April.
January Progress:
* Nighthunters Bite – first draft written and a full revision done. (By evening time standards, this is a good three weeks worth of work).
* Black Violas – revision in progress. (Rewrite, actually, in regard to POV).
* Hunter’s Honor – revision in progress.
* Tiger Princess – research done, outlining and worldbuilding in progress.
* Reading – still working on Federations, and rereading some of the stories that appeal to me (and have POVs that deal with my current stories).
February Goals:
* Hunter’s Honor – revise and resubmit asap
* Fading Light – minor revision to ending
* Tiger Princess – first draft
* Black Violas – revision
* Nighthunter’s Bite – revision
black violas, cont’d
A few days off due to family and stuff, and now I’m back at the keyboard. Working on Black Violas, and it’s coming along nicely. Slow, unfortunately, as I am rewriting the story, so it’s deeper than an edit, and not quite as free as a first draft, but it’s strong. My heroine is bitter yet motivated, and damn if she isn’t going to figure this out, one way or another. 🙂
editing
Black violas edit is underway; the new opening rocks.
Received Hunter back from a submission, no luck there. I want to revise it again before I send it out, but I need to finish Black Violas first.
black violas in progress
Watering the Black Violas is in the edit process now. It’s drastic in that the pov is shifting from third to first, and while I’m keeping the events fairly close to the original, it’s easier to jsut rewrite it into a clean new file. I’m eager to get it done, but I’m guessing it’ll take a few days at my evening writing pace. Then I can send it off for crit.
my black violas… in progress
Started the edit for Watering the Black Violas. The ending is wrong, way wrong, and I might have the wrong POV (3rd vs 1st) but I have to play with it before I know for sure. This doesn’t look like an easy edit….
Dawn Bonanno 