[Laura_6 Posts: 87 Status: Offline Embrace your inner child & love yourself. WWW]

Big thanks to Pat, MGH, Ruth, and Jody and all the others who gave me support and kept me sane because I finally have good news!

The book contract my agent revised was accepted by MuseItUp Publishing. The book, a YA Horror/Romance called SOUL CUTTER, is scheduled for release December 2013. And they've assigned me an editor who promises me notes in two weeks. Then I'll be in Revisionland for REAL! Yippie! 

[PatEsden Posts: 493 Status: Offline WWW]

That's fantastic, Laura. Congratulations!! 

[mghiggins Posts: 301 Status: Offline WWW]

Congratulations, Laura!!! You must be so thrilled (and relieved)!! This calls for dancing carrots!

[olmue Posts: 4,104 Status: Offline WWW]

Yay, Laura!!

Well, June is not really getting any LESS busy, but I did manage to look at my revision a bit yesterday. The wedged-in additions need smoothing. !! Hopefully I can work with some of that today. Then I've got to figure out what to do with it. My usual CPs have seen a lot of versions of this, and so I think I might need to think up some new victims er, beta readers. I'm still not sure I'm doing enough/going down the right track--it's just hard to take something already polished and try to revise it for editor or editors unknown. Yes, there's fixing problems, but there's also an element of revising for the personal taste of someone I haven't met yet that's hard for me to grasp...

[Pons Posts: 3,297 Status: Offline]

Congratulations, Laura! That's fantastic news.   

[Ruth Donnelly Posts: 697 Status: Offline WWW]

    Hooray, Laura!  for your good news!

[jodyjl Posts: 407 Status: Offline]

Oh my goodness, Laura! 

 

I am SO excited for you. You have worked so hard and been SO patient. I am inspired!

And December 2013? Wow. That's soon. I will be looking for it.

[RaeE Posts: 179 Status: Offline]

 

Congratulations, Laura! What WONDERFUL news!!

[Jude Posts: 456 Status: Offline]

Yay, Laura! 

 

Can't wait to welcome you back to Revisionland!

[Z-cat]

  Laura!!!   

Can't wait to see the finished product!!


Yesterday and today were kind of a wash on writing. It's the first week of summer vaca, and we're all readjusting to our new routines.

Tomorrow, though, it's on.

[Vampyr14]

 

 

That's how I feel about your news, Laura!

X K8

[Z-cat]

Up to 33k today - over the halfway mark!

[Shannywriter Posts: 526 Status: Offline Believe in yourself and never give up WWW]

Finally have a minute to get on here and I get to see Laura's news!!!  .  I'm so happy for you, wow!! So are you going to stay in here?

Guys, I have nothing to revise at the moment 
Probably time for me to head back to the trench, and the fast draft thread which is what I need to be working on but I so dislike first drafts!

[Vampyr14]

That's weird...  I'd much rather draft than revise.  Revising gets SO boring.  There's nothing like letting your brain just spill out across the page in a messy, ugly first draft.

[mghiggins Posts: 301 Status: Offline WWW]

Shanny, that's exciting you're on sub! I hear you about first drafting. I've been revising for so long, it will be hard to start from scratch again. Good luck! (You can always come back and visit us.)

I'm doing a few more touch ups today then sending this revision to my agent. I hope she won't find much wrong with it. I'd like to be on sub before the August doldrums.

[thunderingelephants Posts: 1,285 Status: Offline]

Fantastic news. All of your hard work has paid off at last, Laura.

A busy few days for me. Wicked stepfather still on my back, but he can wait.
My birthday break away with mum was brilliant. If you ever want to visit Leprechaun land, go to Kilkenny. It's a real tourist trap with tact. There is a wonderful castle, plenty of small tea-rooms, hotels and much more. I had a great time without the beast of a male in sight. (actually there's only one - John and Spock are exempt).

I still haven't touched my ms as I had intended. We have our quarterly SCBWI meeting tomorrow with a guest speaker so it might spur me into working.
Hope you're more productive. I'm off to buy some cupcakes to bring the meeting as post-celebration for my birthday.

I WILL WORK NEXT WEEK!!!!
  I've never been a wine drinker, but you will join me in a drink for the weekend, won't you? :

[Joanna Posts: 174 Status: Offline WWW]

Well, I'm diving into Revisionland with a HUGE novel rewrite. Started yesterday and so far it's going pretty well! There is a long, long, long, long, long, long, loooooooooooooooooong way to go, though. Here's hoping I can make it safely to the other side!

[Jude Posts: 456 Status: Offline]

Okay -- I'm cruising toward the end of this revision. I was about to write a scene I knew was needed, but didn't know what would really happen between the two characters. Instead, that boy stopped off at home and got involved in a scene with two other characters. It seems I have no more control over my fictional boys than I do over the real ones!

[Laura_6 Posts: 87 Status: Offline Embrace your inner child & love yourself. WWW]

Thank you so much Pat, MGH, Olmue, Laurel, Ruth, Jody, Rae, Jude, Lindsey, Vampyr, Shanny, and Thundering! I love all those happy, happy emoticon celebrations! 

Jody - Yeah, December is soon, but little publishers move faster than big ones. :

Shanny - Good luck with the fast draft and we'll see you back in here when you're done! Uber good luck on the subbing - it's so exciting! 

MGH - Good luck with the touch ups. I'm sure your agent will love it! 

Thundering - I hope you have a lovely vacay and visit with your mum. 

Joanna - I love your enthusiasm. You're an inspiration. 

[Shannywriter Posts: 526 Status: Offline Believe in yourself and never give up WWW]

Thanks guys! I'm off to hang in the ol' trench!

[thunderingelephants Posts: 1,285 Status: Offline]

Pat: I hope your cat gets better. My SCBWI meeting was good yesterday with a small group of and a guest speaker (an author, but his name escapes me). It's kind of given me the spur I need to get back to work.  I got some excellent birthday cupcakes too. Rotten day so I'm stuck with the boys. Work tomorrow.

[Laura_6 Posts: 87 Status: Offline Embrace your inner child & love yourself. WWW]

Pat - That was an exciting bunch of events. I'm glad the stomach bug is gone, the nail didn't require surgery, and good luck on the -y progress!

Thundering - Yay for inspiring meetings! 

[Z-cat]

well, we survived the first week of summer break!
Whew!
Revising time has been few and far between, but I made it past 40K.
The end doesn't need quite as much attention as the beginning, so hopefully I can get through the last 20K this week.
Then there is a very, very short list of little things I have to go and tweak in the first few chapters (those little changes that have a ripple effect on the rest of the story.)

Good luck in the trench Shanny!

Hope the old puppy is feeling better soon, Pat!

Jude - boys are just trouble, even when they only exist on paper! You should see the shenanigans my characters have gotten into.

Joanna - You can do it! I myself love revising and rewrites - sometimes it can be hard for me to stop and leave it alone, though!

thundering - get back to work!  And I'll gladly join you  after we get through a few pages!

mghiggins -  that they like it!! Very exciting!

[AmandaSue Posts: 196 Status: Offline Believe, Give, Trust WWW]

Well, completely rewriting my first chapter from scratch has resulted in needing to write the next chapter or two from scratch. And then maybe after that there will be less from-scratchiness, but somehow I'm doubting. Too many good ideas and too much to add. This will be my third go-round with this story. But maybe after this time I will feel like it is ready for just finishing touches? I can dream, right?

[Laura_6 Posts: 87 Status: Offline Embrace your inner child & love yourself. WWW]

Lindsey - Characters up to "shenanigans," huh?
AmandaSue - "from-scratchiness" ROFL!

You guys are hysterical! 

[mghiggins Posts: 301 Status: Offline WWW]

Awesome website, Pat! I love it!   

[thunderingelephants Posts: 1,285 Status: Offline]

Mike: I obeyed your orders, of sorts and wrote about a page. The sunny, sunny sky might have inspired me. Spocktacular is still demanding his fetch quota which proves difficult when attempting to do any other type of work.

Pat: John is drooling over your website! (that sounds gross, but he has just finished his first year in website design)
Speaking of him: he's rather proud of himself. He just received his results: 3 distinctions and 1 pass for his course and an automatic graduation into the second year. I'm dead proud of him.

My SCBWI membership card arrived today!
It might encourage me to work: if I can peel Spock away.
Enjoy the sun, guys. It's a glorious day over here. For once.

[Jude Posts: 456 Status: Offline]

Pat - love the website!

It's freakin' be-oo-ti-ful here today, and should be all week! Finally! 

Here's to revising on the deck!

[dewsanddamps Posts: 2,760 Status: Offline]

Oh, Pat--pretty, pretty!

[Z-cat]

Pat, that site is gorgeous!


It's been sunny and cold here. Weirdly cold, but husband and son have been gone for the last day and a half (one on business, one on an overnight at grandma's) and so I've had Quiet Writing Time!!
Which meant I got up to 60k on this pass. Whew! Only a couple of chapters to go, and this revision will be d.o.n.e.