More thoughts on editing & more characters cast

As I'm digging in to the edits on The Trouble With Demons, I've been rather forceably reminded of the right way for me to do this. Every writer has their own way to dismantle their book, take out the stuff that no longer belongs, and then put it all back together . Fortunately TTWD's edits won't require a chainsaw, more like a scalpel. The big thing I'll be doing involves growing the relationship between Raine/Mychael/Tam, as well as deepening the background and revealing more about the pasts of both Tam and Mychael.

But for the nuts & bolts of getting edits done, I absolutely must do the small things first and work my way up to the big stuff, starting at the beginning and working my way through the book. By doing the small edits first, I get the sense of accomplishment of checking these items off of my list (actually checking them off the printout of Anne's editorial letter which is presently living in my purse for ease of access at any time). And by doing the minor edits first, it gives my subconscious time to ponder. Pondering is important. If I try thinking about everything at once, I get overwhelmed. And overwhelmed doesn't make for quality work. So I'm trying to take it one step at a time, and keeping the next book in the back of my mind where it belongs.

Today's "Cast My Characters" are Archmagus Justinius Valerian and Sedge Rinker (the chief watcher). I don't have anyone in mind for Sedge, but I like Anthony Hopkins as Justinius Valerian. Does anyone have a suggestion for Sedge Rinker?


Coming up for tomorrow and Thursday: I'll post pics of my choice of actors to play the characters that appear in both MLTF and A&M. Plus, as I continue to go through the editing on TTWD, I'll post where I am, what I'm doing, and how I'm going about doing it. For example, tomorrow I'll let you in on a cool questionaire I found on how to create emotional intimacy between romantically involved characters.

Lisa