I'm in the home stretch
I'm in the home stretch to have a complete manuscript for The Trouble With Demons -- I'll get to the end of Chapter 28 today, and then I only have two more chapters to go (I think). Notice that I said "complete" manuscript, not "finished." Believe me, it ain't finished. I'd hoped to have all of the chapters written by April 1. Well, it's gonna be a few days after that. There's a thing about last chapters -- they write slowly, very slowly. I've been doing a chapter on average every three days. I'm on my fifth day on Chapter 28. (Sigh of exhaustion.) All of the action is culminating in these last chapters, and it's getting just a wee bit crowded.
Though when you're writing a climatic battle between demons and mortals with basically the fate of the world in the balance, you can't be all that surprised when things get complicated.
My deadline to my publisher is May 1.
Apparently my muse thinks that I'm doing just fine without her. She's doing the same thing that she's done on all of my books -- left me to finish up while she skips ahead and starts work on the revisions. She's been waking me up at 3:15 every morning to give me a progress report (whether I want it or not) -- and to tell me what I have to add, delete, and change.
Tomorrow I'll tell you why you shouldn't listen to your muse (or any other little voice in your head) at 3:15 am when you're trying to finish a book. And then I'll tell you how I do my revisions before I turn in a manuscript.
Contests: I have at least one more advance reader copy (ARC) of Armed & Magical, and since a lot of you have been telling me that you've read Magic Lost, Trouble Found multiple times, your copies might be getting a little on the ragged side. How about a fresh, new one? Signed and personalized. ; ) I've got a couple of those to give away.
And in the next few weeks you'll be able to buy Raine stuff (and Tam, Mychael, Phaelan, Armed & Magical, and Raines's Rangers stuff) through our very own Cafepress store. My designer is now working on the items that you all requested. BTW -- My publisher has given me permission to use the exact font that appears on the book covers in anything that we produce. Yea!
I have some REALLY EXCITING Magic Lost, Trouble Found related news that I can't tell you yet, but as soon as the official announcement is made, I'll be shouting it from the rooftops here. *humongous (and stunned) grin*
Lisa
Though when you're writing a climatic battle between demons and mortals with basically the fate of the world in the balance, you can't be all that surprised when things get complicated.
My deadline to my publisher is May 1.
Apparently my muse thinks that I'm doing just fine without her. She's doing the same thing that she's done on all of my books -- left me to finish up while she skips ahead and starts work on the revisions. She's been waking me up at 3:15 every morning to give me a progress report (whether I want it or not) -- and to tell me what I have to add, delete, and change.
Tomorrow I'll tell you why you shouldn't listen to your muse (or any other little voice in your head) at 3:15 am when you're trying to finish a book. And then I'll tell you how I do my revisions before I turn in a manuscript.
Contests: I have at least one more advance reader copy (ARC) of Armed & Magical, and since a lot of you have been telling me that you've read Magic Lost, Trouble Found multiple times, your copies might be getting a little on the ragged side. How about a fresh, new one? Signed and personalized. ; ) I've got a couple of those to give away.
And in the next few weeks you'll be able to buy Raine stuff (and Tam, Mychael, Phaelan, Armed & Magical, and Raines's Rangers stuff) through our very own Cafepress store. My designer is now working on the items that you all requested. BTW -- My publisher has given me permission to use the exact font that appears on the book covers in anything that we produce. Yea!
I have some REALLY EXCITING Magic Lost, Trouble Found related news that I can't tell you yet, but as soon as the official announcement is made, I'll be shouting it from the rooftops here. *humongous (and stunned) grin*
Lisa
Labels: finishing a novel
posted by Lisa Shearin at
7:55 AM
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I'm writing the final chapters to Starcaster as well, except I don't have a deadline. I should probably give myself one. I estimate I have two chapters to go, some of which is already written.
The Drill Sergeant (my muse) isn't actually yelling at me about any of my previous scenes, except one. I think I hit them all during this last rewrite. But he's hollering at me for the crappy ending I already wrote, and he's convinced me that it needs to be tossed.
I had to completely rewrite the last five chapters of Armed & Magical. The ending the first time around just didn't feel right. The rewritten version hit the nail on the head. ; )
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