*yawn*

The need for sleep really derails things, you know?

Hovering around page 500, editing-wise. One scene to add in Ch 28. Much adjusting and tweaking details and removing names of characters that no longer appear and inserting those of the ones that do. Need to change the POV of several scenes.

Combined two short chapters, which means I'll likely wind up with 36 chapters, not 37.

Brain is racing. All those damned instances of 'you know, this is an importnt point--I should probably mention it several times in earlier chapters.' Then you go back to the earlier chapters, and the dialogue and timing are so tightly woven that you can't tuck in anything new without it looking like A SHIRTTAIL FLAPPING IN THE BREEZE.

Sleep...

*yawn*

The need for sleep really derails things, you know?

Hovering around page 500, editing-wise. One scene to add in Ch 28. Much adjusting and tweaking details and removing names of characters that no longer appear and inserting those of the ones that do. Need to change the POV of several scenes.

Combined two short chapters, which means I'll likely wind up with 36 chapters, not 37.

Brain is racing. All those damned instances of 'you know, this is an importnt point--I should probably mention it several times in earlier chapters.' Then you go back to the earlier chapters, and the dialogue and timing are so tightly woven that you can't tuck in anything new without it looking like A SHIRTTAIL FLAPPING IN THE BREEZE.

Sleep...

Winding down

Four more chapters to go. 69 pages. So far, I've added less than 2000 words. That may go up, because the last chapter is only half written. But it's a short chapter, an Epilogue in disguise. I may save it for tomorrow.

I still have a couple of significant scenes to rework. I'll do as much as I can tonight--my eyes feel grainy and I'm stiff and blobby from sitting so much over the past two weeks. But I will get a decent amount of sleep, and finish up tomorrow. Then I get to spend an evening or two wrestling with the formatting--are the names of ships italics or small caps? Should I convert all my (--) to em-dashes? I will be emailing my editor's assistant on Monday with questions.

I will be soooooooo happy to get this book done. Words fail, they really do.

Winding down

Four more chapters to go. 69 pages. So far, I've added less than 2000 words. That may go up, because the last chapter is only half written. But it's a short chapter, an Epilogue in disguise. I may save it for tomorrow.

I still have a couple of significant scenes to rework. I'll do as much as I can tonight--my eyes feel grainy and I'm stiff and blobby from sitting so much over the past two weeks. But I will get a decent amount of sleep, and finish up tomorrow. Then I get to spend an evening or two wrestling with the formatting--are the names of ships italics or small caps? Should I convert all my (--) to em-dashes? I will be emailing my editor's assistant on Monday with questions.

I will be soooooooo happy to get this book done. Words fail, they really do.