The Next Circle of Hell

Good luck, everyone, on those Sept. subs coming up! I had to pop in to share this link my Aunt forwarded this morning. Trust me, it's worth a listen (maybe even two) ... Enjoy!
http://www.charlierose.com/view/content/11590

YAY - another 6409 words done - edited - redone...
must rewrite first chapter, then off to Mr. Agent Man, it goes. Dear Writing Gods, please let him fall madly and deeply in lust with the new pages and revisions.

Congrats Sweet Tea!

This weekend I dove into my revisions...cut three chapters, added one chapter, picked apart every sentence...and still somehow only ended up 1k shorter than the earlier version. There's still so much to do (that was all in the first five chapters!) but I am so, SO excited about the new direction, I don't even care. I didn't do much writing all summer and it feels amazing to get back into it. And, if it's possible, these revisions are making me love this ms even more.

Sweet Tea said:

YAY - another 6409 words done - edited - redone...
must rewrite first chapter, then off to Mr. Agent Man, it goes. Dear Writing Gods, please let him fall madly and deeply in lust with the new pages and revisions.

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Write, ST, write!

By the way, hellions, did you see any of Julie and Julia on t.v. last night? It was my first viewing. The Julia part was a very nifty writer's story. Julia Child struggled for years to write and publish her ground-breaking, unique, wonderful cookbook. She stumbled at times -- proposed an unwieldy encyclopedia, had problematic partners, got rejected when her hopes were highest -- but she loved her project and kept faith. And she had a very supportive life partner.

It happens! Lean on your loved ones, keep the faith, and work on your craft.

Did I mention she also did it all on a manual typewriter?

My mind still boggles at the thought of writing a complete anything on a typewriter, Miss Plum.

Hi everyone...(back from short hiatus of too much work and traveling). It's nice to come back to all this good news. Good for you, Tracy, for falling in love with your MS again and excited about the changes. I know the feeling! And good luck, Sweet Tea, with the revisions.

Thanks so much for the support, Tracy, Miss Plum, and Cate. Kick my ass to the finish line, ladies! And hugs all around!

Congrats, Tracy and Sweet Tea!

Miss Plum -- the part of Julie and Julia that stuck with me was when (spoiler alert!) Julie had a bazillion messages on her answering machine -- all editors calling to ask her to write a book.

I was in query hell back when I first saw the movie, and was floored by that part.

Em

HorsebackWriter said:

Miss Plum -- the part of Julie and Julia that stuck with me was when (spoiler alert!) Julie had a bazillion messages on her answering machine -- all editors calling to ask her to write a book.

I was in query hell back when I first saw the movie, and was floored by that part.

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It must be the writer in us - I got the quivers at that part of the movie...

Another holiday weekend = more waiting.

Funny, that most folk are ecstatic for holidays. But writers on submission? All we hear is that clock ticking even more slowly, knowing the crickets have just multiplied.

It's nearly winter here, Chelsea. What will I listen to when the crickets freeze???

callalily61 said:

The moose frolicking in the woods?

Over here, we listen to the dubious music of snowblowers. It plays in a continuous loop from November through April.

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Crashing, more than frolicking.

We put in a fence this summer, so I will no longer be scared out of my wits by moose staring in the window while I'm writing late at night.

hillaryjacques said:

It's nearly winter here, Chelsea. What will I listen to when the crickets freeze???

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LOL! Hey, maybe that's my problem. Here in the Deep South, the crickets never freeze (nor does anything else - we've had record temps of 106, 107, 108 for the past month. Our "cool front" today is a balmy 95.

As God is my witness, next year I WILL go to Dragon Con. And I WILL wear a costume.


hugs!

YA, that is AWESOME NEWS! huge congrats!!

Best of luck to folks on September sub!

My book is going out on the next round of subs this week and I swear, I'm more nervous now than ever. Crazy, crazy stuff!

dgrintalis said:

My book is going out on the next round of subs this week and I swear, I'm more nervous now than ever. Crazy, crazy stuff!

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Fingers crossed for you! Did you hear back from all editors in round one, or is just time to move onward and upward?

hillaryjacques said:

Fingers crossed for you! Did you hear back from all editors in round one, or is just time to move onward and upward?

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Nope, not all of them, but it is time.

dgrintalis said:

Nope, not all of them, but it is time.

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Same here! I'm still waiting on about three responses from the other 2 rounds, but Super Agent says it's "time," and is sending Round 3 next week. Ack! Fingers and toes all crossed...

I believe we're still waiting on two from round one as well. I suppose that's normal. *squints at calendar*

Sending lucky hugs to DGrin and CW - do you want your speznas straight up or on the rocks?

Oh man, I totally forgot that we were going to do spezna cocktails. Anyone still up for a virtual spezna night?

Luck to all on the latest rounds!

Peggy--I too forgot. Yep, we should reschedule. In fact, I could use a spezna right about now.
ETA: I saw you on forensics4fiction. Cool site.