Man did THAT take a long time. I still have about ten handwritten pages to type up, but I'm not to concerned about them. I still have about 100 pages to do edits to before I get to them.
Yes, edits. I've printed out the first half of the novel, three-hole punched it and have it in a binder where it's all set for edits. I've already done the first three chapters and then because of Irene I had to put a hold on it. I've been trying to clean up the yard from all the branches and leaves. It's kinda tough because it's just me and it's an acre of land. If my husband didn't get injured at work a few weeks ago it'd probably be done already, but it's not. Plus it doesn't help that it's been raining non-stop the last few days. Kinda getting old.
So anyway… edits.
I'm thinking of taking my binder out to a library or coffee shop or something so I can concentrate on them more. I get really distracted at home from the internet, my husband (who's been stuck on the couch) and my furry babies. So I'm hoping if I can get out for a few hours a day, I can get the edits done quickly. If I do two chapters a day, I'll finish in ten days and I'll have plenty of time to make them on my computer. The one thing that sucks about having no laptop.
By the end of September, my manuscript needs to be cleaned up because I'm sending it to a Critique Partner. Hopefully she'll be able to give me some good pointers, because I'd love to start querying some agents soon.
Then it'll be November and that means NaNoWriMo. I'm kinda really excited for this because I have several ideas for stories that I wanna work on. I just need to pick which one it's going to be. But if none of them work out, I know I can write the sequel.
One last thing…. I've decided that I really need to start using my blog more. Instead of showing up once a month, I'm planning on starting a weekly post. I'm thinking of either Writing Wednesday, where I'll post a short story, something that's inspired me to write, or how I actually go about my writing. If not that then I'll do a Book Review sometime over the weekend. I read plenty of books and that'll be good for me. I really don't like just showing for "HEY I know I was missing, but I'm still here posts!" This way I'll be using this more! Yay!
