Five Things Make a (Mostly) Writerly Update

[babarnett]

1. I'm pretty meticulous about keeping track of my submissions, so it came as a bit of surprise when I went to record a rejection on my handy dandy spreadsheet only to discover that I had already submitted the story to that magazine once before. Doh!  Don't know how I managed to miss that before sending it the second time.

2. Oh, writerly anxiety dreams, you can go away now.  I had one in which one of my upcoming publications had gone live and readers were unanimously agreed in their comments that the story was horrible.  Luckily, my brain made up for that dream by also giving me one involving a bunny and a cute baby pig playing together.  It was adorable.

3. Second scene of the chapter 1 rewrite? Done!

4. I never want to rewrite this chapter ever again. Ever.

5. Wii Sports Resort.  Swordplay.  You get to take on hordes.  My arms ache now, but it was totally worth it.

Comments

[jennygordon.livejournal.com]

Ha! Glad I'm not the only writer who keeps a spreadsheet to track their submissions. Excel I love you!

[bogwitch64.livejournal.com]

I am SO TEMPTED to buy a Wii just for the swordplay one. I HATE to exercise. It's so boring!!! But to get it swordfighting hordes?? That has to be fun, right?

[hildebabble.livejournal.com]

There is a swordplay game!? I am just learning this. I want to go to there.

I loves me my Excel spreadsheet. I just wish it were sentient so it could update itself. Also hear ya on the anxiety dreams. (Usually mine are about some gross netiquette faux pas)

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

4. I never want to rewrite this chapter ever again. Ever.

::pats Barbara::

Hate to break it to you...but you will rewrite it again. More than once even. The agent who signs you will want changes, and the editor who buys the book will want different changes. It's a fact of a writer's life. The book--and the revisions--aren't finished until it sees print.

You get used to it. And boy...do you become detached. This believe it or not is a good thing.

[talesend.livejournal.com]

Wii Sports Resort. On it.

I want dreams about bunnies and pigs! /pout/ We went camping this weekend, and for me the first night is always "adjustment night." Forget roaming bears, foraging coons or drug dealers hiding out from the cops. Every cracking stick is a zombie stumbling up to my tent.

Congrats on the "past revision" stage for Chapter 1! I'll drink some wine in celebration.