I have edits for Bewitched & Betrayed! Yea!
Well, I'm back from my long weekend in the mountains. Derek & I had a wonderful time -- and I didn't take my laptop out of its case the entire weekend! (Good for me!) The rest & relaxation was much needed. I was either reading, sleeping, or sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch watching for wildlife for Amy to take photos of. BTW -- Our good friends Wes & Amy went with us. They own NBS Gym where Derek and I fence. Wes is our coach; and ladies, he's also the initial inspiration for Phaelan. ; ) Amy's promised to email some of the pics she took this weekend, and when she does (and when Blogger is cooperating) I'll post them.
Derek saw a bobcat (of course, right after Amy had gone back in the cabin). Amy got some great pics of a deer, and there was a rabbit following her around all weekend wanting to get its picture taken. Tame little critter.
Yesterday afternoon when I got home, Anne's edits (my editor at Ace Books) were waiting for me in the email. She loved the book; but as usual, she has some great suggestions for making it even better. One of the main things we're focusing on is getting it down to size. It needs to be no more than 110K words, and at the moment, is a little over 120K. Trimming it down to size will be a piece of cake (aka easy). I know you all are saying: "Noooooo, don't cut it! We want to read it all!!" Well, think of it this way, what I cut, you guys get to read as snippets. : ) If it doesn't result in spoilers, I'll post it. How about that?
So I'm gonna be a VERY BUSY girl until October 1st. Don't forget the deadline for the "Find Talon" contest (scroll down to somewhere last week for details) is this Friday. I need JPEGs of who you think is the perfect Talon -- since I have actors who I visualize while writing for nearly every other character, but I don't have anyone for Talon. And there are prizes. I'll post the winner on Saturday.
Have yourselves a great Monday!
Lisa
Derek saw a bobcat (of course, right after Amy had gone back in the cabin). Amy got some great pics of a deer, and there was a rabbit following her around all weekend wanting to get its picture taken. Tame little critter.
Yesterday afternoon when I got home, Anne's edits (my editor at Ace Books) were waiting for me in the email. She loved the book; but as usual, she has some great suggestions for making it even better. One of the main things we're focusing on is getting it down to size. It needs to be no more than 110K words, and at the moment, is a little over 120K. Trimming it down to size will be a piece of cake (aka easy). I know you all are saying: "Noooooo, don't cut it! We want to read it all!!" Well, think of it this way, what I cut, you guys get to read as snippets. : ) If it doesn't result in spoilers, I'll post it. How about that?
So I'm gonna be a VERY BUSY girl until October 1st. Don't forget the deadline for the "Find Talon" contest (scroll down to somewhere last week for details) is this Friday. I need JPEGs of who you think is the perfect Talon -- since I have actors who I visualize while writing for nearly every other character, but I don't have anyone for Talon. And there are prizes. I'll post the winner on Saturday.
Have yourselves a great Monday!
Lisa
posted by Lisa Shearin at
6:46 AM
9 Comments:
WHOOHOO!
120k? Here's for successful cutting :) I'm guessing Oct 1st is your deadline? You can make it! Yay!
Glad the relaxing weekend was what you needed. I've been doing the same (kinda -minus the weekend getaway) and I'm feeling a bit more refreshed.
Glad you had a great weekend! Hope the editing goes well! :)
Since I'm an editor in my day job, cutting copy is actually fun. Yeah, I know, I'm a sick woman.
I'm so glad I grabbed you for Writer Wednesday when I had the chance! Best of luck with your editing.
Thank you, Tia!
That sounds like the perfect vacation! And yes, I was going to say that, but the snippet thng makes it much better
good luck with the edits, and with the synops (I hope ace will like them)
glad you got to relax : )
are the cuttings from 120k to 110k the main edits?
I'm glad your vacation went so well. It sounds wonderfully relaxing. {SMILE}
Have fun with the edits. {BIG SMILE}
Anne Elizabeth Baldwin
I'm conflicted about whether I should be cheering for more cutting! :D
Looking forward to October 1st. Ask your publisher to get it listed on Amazon so we can pre-order it :)
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