Sunday, March 23, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
Not what I expected
This manuscript is really making me work to fine-tune it. I knew it was rough, but I didn't imagine it would need this much work!
Part of the delay was trying some ideas that didn't work for certain points of the subplots, so I had to change some things back. In other aspects, the smaller plot holes revealed themselves from behind the curtain that was pulled away during previous big edits. I feel like this will never end. The problem is that it's improved so much that it makes me wonder what else I'm missing. I hate that feeling.
I'm midway through round four of edits, and Book 19 is finally having the fat trimmed. I'm at the point of being ready to be done, but these changes are more than a few words here there as I had expected at this point. Unfortunately, it's still in the stage of major trimming. Copyedits will require one more round.
Help! I feel like I'm stuck in editing Groundhog Day!
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Happy Catturday... animals
This weekend is a weekend of reading. I hope this is the last round of edits on Book 19 of Forgotten Worlds.
While I'm doing that, I often end up now with two cats. And when the weather is nice (not this weekend), I've been getting out to ride my horse. So I have a bit of that too to share.
First up is a video of Buddy sucking his tongue, a weird thing he does once in a while. He was shedding when I was last out too. It's that season, when I start wearing a fur coat on my way home. I trimmed his hooves to start and was so sore afterwards (think power squatting for long periods of time with weights and pulls!) that I just did a little trail riding on the boarding property. He was good for that.
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"My bucket is empty, Mom!" |
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Big yawn |
And the old man is accepting Bilbo better. These were taken earlier in the week when I was editing. Dargo curled up next to me and Bilbo wanted to be there too but respected Dargo's space. They laid next to me for an hour without any issues and Dargo was more and more comfortable with being close to Bilbo and by the end stretched out as much as he could. Bilbo has always been respectful of his elder housemates--not an ounce of aggression in him!--but they've taken time to accept him.
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Not sure about this, but a good start |
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Getting more comfortable |
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Completely comfortable |
Suki decided to enjoy her corner of the dining room rug this morning too to satisfy an itch on her back.
That's it for now. Time to get back to editing.
God bless!