Saturday, thus far

kinzel and the cats let me sleep in. It was wonderful.

I'm reading Gunshy prior to leaping into the revisions/expansion, which is pretty much what I'll be doing for the rest of the day. Tomorrow should see me down in the guts of the thing, wrench, hammer, and tomahawk to hand.

In the meantime, a couple of pointers to Fun Things to do.

First: If you consider yourself a member of the Friends of Liad, a fan of the Liaden Universe(R) or other work by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, or a Fellow Traveler, please feel free to make yourself a pushpin on this Frappr Map.

Second: The Science Fiction Rangers and the Friends of Liad groups in Second Life have announced an in-world science fiction photography contest in celebration of Second Life's Third Birthday. This contest will showcase the width, breadth, and depth of innovation in images that are possible using Second Life.

Interested? The ( Rules are behind the cut )

...and now, back to work for me.

The Glamorous Life of a Writer

I've finished reading Gunshy and it's pretty good. I have revisions in hand from Mine Editor, notes from the kind police officer who allowed himself to be imposed upon, my own notes from this cold (actually, frozen -- I haven't looked at this book in a couple years) reading, and also the chapter outline that I produced after my reading was done.

Tomorrow, I get to start taking things apart.

The notes from Mine Editor call for expansions of certain points. The notes from the police officer elucidate a couple of technical points that I got Dead Wrong. My own notes identify the place where the plot takes a sudden and unnecessary detour and needs to be brought back into line.

Left to myself, I write reallyREALLY tight, so all this expansion, explanation, and straightening out is going to be something of a challenge. That'll learn me. Next time, I'm going to write squishy, yessir.

Or not.