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- surprisingly tricky, aren't they? Getting the character back in your head is a bit of a challenge; trying to get the speech dynamics all authentic and free-flowing again.

I'm glad she hasn't requested anything major - and it's probably helpful to bear in mind that in the event that she does sell the thing to a publisher, there might well be still more to do.....

sigh

Oh, but I'm so thrilled to have her :)
 

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Hi Mccardey,

I understand what you mean. My book is extra large so even minor changes can cause a big headache with continuity.
I got an agent the same day as you did. He gave me a couple of suggestions to improve the novel but didn't specifically ask me to change it. Anyway, hope it works out for us both. See you at the booker prize ceremony in 2013.
 

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Congratulations on the agent, Siddharta!! An agent is a lovely thing - (yes, a bit of blatant agent-suck-up there.....)
 

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ARRRRGGGGHHHHHH~~!!

I'd hoped to get finished today, and I'm *this* close!! But truly I've been here since about 8:30 am and now it's 5:00 pm and I'm HUNGRY and TIRED and I NEED A WALK - so I guess it'll be tomorrow... :(

But I'll tell you what, I love my characters all over again :)
 
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I'd hoped to get finished today, and I'm *this* close!! But truly I've been here since about 8:30 am and now it's 5:00 pm and I'm HUNGRY and TIRED and I NEED A WALK - so I guess it'll be tomorrow... :(

But I'll tell you what, I love my characters all over again :)

That's the fun part about editing. You get to remember what you loved so much about the story in the first place. :)
 

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Just killing time for the next 15 minutes...

... while I try to forget what I just wrote so I can write it all over again.

I didn't get finished yet - had a Proper Job Emergency just after my last entry here, which involved leaving at once to drive three hours to pick up some graphics and drive back home (with a stop by the side of the road for a 90 minute sleep) and then - blech - more Proper Job work and didn't even get the weekend off, but nil desperandum - I got back here again at 9:00 this morning and I have been powering along like a little powering thing ever since.

Now I'm off to make a cup of coffee. And it would be delicious if someone wrote something bolstering here for when I get back :)

mwah!!!
 

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QUICK! QUICK!!

Something Bolstering!!! I have to start work again in 7 minutes!!!
 

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"A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the Bush!"

...am I late??....
 

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Oh dear...

this whole thread's in the wrong place.

*tsk*

Can somebody move it?
 

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'Tis fine here, but I'd be happy to move it. Where to? Conquering Challenges? Goals & Accomplishments?
 

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Oh - if it's ok here, that's fine. I'm not entirely sure of my way around yet :)

Thanks!