It Holds Up

[pjthompson]

Yeah!  After not reading chapter one of Shivery Bones since Feb '03 I read it today.  It fricking holds up.  Sure, it needs language twiddles, but it works!  Huzzah! 

I'm sure there will be troubled days ahead.  Every novel I've ever written (3) has had a boggy middle in desperate need of landfill, and there are plot thingumies which need straightening out, but as of today the future is golden.  (Okay, maybe that looks more yellow than golden, but you get the point, I'm sure.)

I may actually be able to pull this off.  I may actually be able to send this sucker out by the end of summer.  Hey, fall's always been my time of year and since summer solstices and autumn equinoxes play an important part in that novel, there's something rather symbolic about doing The Rewrite at this time of year.  Maybe it's a sign?

Maybe I shouldn't get ahead of myself?  Yeah, that's a good idea.

Comments

[maggiemotley.livejournal.com]

I may actually be able to send this sucker out by the end of summer.

Well now you've said it, and in print, too. Guess what I'll be reminding you of on August 29th.

I'm glad the opening holds up for you. Although I knew it would.

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

That rocks. Don'tchya love the giddy feeling a revelation like that instills?

[pjthompson]

>>Well now you've said it, and in print, too. Guess what I'll be reminding you of on August 29th.<<

You're so strict! :-)

>>I'm glad the opening holds up for you. Although I knew it would.<<

You're a pal.

[pjthompson]

Yeah, it's waycool. I felt like, "You mean I actually knew what I was doing???"

[melinda-goodin.livejournal.com]

Yay solid beginnings!

I'm feeling slightly envious, as the beginning of my rewrite keeps sucking me in like quicksand. But it's worth the slog, and the delight when you come to a chapter you haven't read for yonks and you say "Wow this is good!" followed by "I wrote this (insert ! or ? as appropriate)"

Good luck with the rewrite and be sure to back up your files daily, Pam.