Over the last few days - there's been a fire under me that I cannot explain. Last night I wrote the last chapter of this draft of Strange Angels... This morning I woke up and threw out that chapter as that's not how I want this to end but fact is - for those few hours - this draft was done... Tonight or tomorrow night this rewrite of this last chapter will be done and she'll be done again. I'll post this last chapter to my Critique Group... and open the next project on my list of priorities... I've been anxiously waiting to get to that list. I have a novel, a novella, and several short stories on that list. I don't put poetry on my priority list anymore - it just is... poetry is my constant - I'm always writing it, always editing it. Of course - it makes up the bulk of my publications so far too so - I might actually be doing something right in that respect. Part of my list of priorities - as far as the short stories go - I've made a list of ten target markets to shoot for over the next six months. I'm going to try really hard to write something for each of them - something new and perhaps a bit tailored to what I see as their preferences...
I'm thrilled to have Strange Angels in this next phase - the second rewrite. It means I'm one step closer to sending it to market. I've dreamt of that step for a long time and to be so close to it now is not the least bit daunting. I just have to wait for the critiques, find a way to add in 25,000 words of description, mood, and atmosphere, and polish her up. Then I'll focus on the query letter... bleh.
So I guess it's been a big few days for me... Maybe the push is coming from within me - trying to get at least this much done before I have a new life to care for.
~S
Posted by Shade53 at July 17, 2006 09:54 AM