Finished the first draft of Shadow Spy’s Wife. Pretty happy with it. Now I’m into edits, but this week I’m going to catch a few days of good fall weather and get out for a hike. Sometimes it’s great to refresh the brain before doing the second pass.
Editing again
The week has been devoted to editing a client’s novel, and I’m well into it–I’ve read the book, taken notes, outlined my response, and started the letter. I’ll be finished this week. However, because it interrupted my novel, and I am so close to the end (I am a planner, and I know exactly what happens from here on), I decided to be sure to do a little bit of writing on the WIP every day–even just a scene or two–so I don’t lose momentum when I get back to it. It’s working well!
New editing project
I’ve been doing a deep dive into a wonderful new novel by a new editing client. Amazing world and compelling story. Definitely things to work on to bring it up to snuff, but this book has a creative central idea. I’m looking forward to finishing the first read / note-taking!
Busy summer, busy fall
Busy, busy! I have one more full day tomorrow and 8 scenes to write and the WIP gets to the FINAL BATTLE! All the pieces will be in place! I hope! Then I’ve scheduled 15 days for a client’s edit, and will be working the WIP in the evenings. Exciting!
Plugging away!
Continuing to work on the WIP–making some good progress into Act III, but still a long way to go. A co-editor offered to do the lion’s share of slush reading on one project, freeing up some of my time, and an editing client got back to me (I was glad he gave me the summer off!) looking for my availability after September, so I need to get more words down before I do Book 3 of his trilogy. But the ideas are flowing and I got an unexpected 5 days (a cancellation) to get the words down!