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After my whinging last night, the Esteemed Program Coordinator of ArmadilloCon squeezed me into the BU RFR. Evidently, she was in the midst of a power outage and was outside in her car working on a laptop....that's dedication! I'm always impressed by how hard the FACT people work on their Cons.

I spent another day working on the re-write of Shared Dreams. I discovered that I have a very illogical bias in my head that says writing a 10K story shouldn't take more than 1 day. Where I got this incredibly stupid idea, I don't know. After all, a 150K novel seems to take about 6 months to get through the first draft---not 15 days.

Still, that prejudice is there, and I feel bad that I'm about to launch into the 3rd day of working on this...and it's a re-write, for Heaven's sake! The October story (now entitled "Inheritance of Fire") keeps popping into my head and suggesting plot twists.

Got 7 more critiques this morning on AMOD. Go Critters! Because I'm doing something else, I'm just printing them, popping off a thank you e-mail, and sticking the e-critiques in my oubliette. I'll look at them later when I'm not so involved with SD, although one person who critted me mentioned that she is a friend of a friend on LJ....I'll have to look into that. (I glanced at the printout).

Date: 2007-08-01 04:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
7 to 20 days...sounds far more reasonable. The first draft of this went pretty quickly, but I'm changing the POV in this draft, which means I'm pretty much writing a different story. I was hoping to havee a first draft finished today....still hope so. But that's just a first draft.... ;o)

Date: 2007-08-01 05:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spielmadchen.livejournal.com
when you get to ArmadilloCon ask Louise and Sharon Shinn how long it takes them to write a chapter. It is a vastly different number. :)

Date: 2007-08-01 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
::jotting a note::

The odd thing is that for me some chapters go really fast, and others drag along....I'll have to ask around. ;o)

Date: 2007-08-01 05:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melissajm.livejournal.com
Let me know what they say, wouldja? And tell Louise I said Hi!

Date: 2007-08-01 05:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Well, if I ever get a chance to talk to her....

Date: 2007-08-02 12:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] melissajm.livejournal.com
Have you met her? Nice lady.

Date: 2007-08-02 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-cheney.livejournal.com
Sort of in passing...this is LM, Hi, I'm JKC....yadda yadda

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