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Today I had three projects going…well, I had three projects I was supposed to be working on at once, but I really don’t have a three-track mind anymore.
Trying to find a new title for an old omnibus was one of them…I had it perking on the back burner until my agent emailed with another suggestion, while first-drafting on K-III. I shifted to the title problem. Then, before I could sink my mind into K-III again, got some email that sent me back to K-II. It seems clear that I may have to rework all of one POV in the first half of the book. Since for once I don’t have separate chapters for all three main POVs, this means crawling through the monster file and finding all of POV “A” and then staring at it until I figure out what to do.
Naturally that skunked work on K-III. Until now. Late as it is, I think I’ve got a handle on what to do with POV “A” of K-II (of course, I thought that before…) and I’ll put in a couple of hours on K-III tonight.
What gave me the new idea? Going for a longish walk on the land, which forced the worrying, fretting part of my brain to concentrate instead on not walking into cactus, not falling in the water, ducking and weaving through the thickets, etc. Finding (as usual) a lot of beautiful things to notice, from lichens to rocks to leaves still holding color to a dragonfly or two.
Comment by Adam Baker — December 15, 2009 @ 9:56 pm
Wow, and I thought my day was complicated, haha.
Its always amazing how just going for a nice walk through the country (takes me a little longer to get to the country than it does for you I think, haha) and seeing all the beautiful sights nature can can provide, can just make all your problems and issues just dissolve away. And then once you came back to them, your able to start fresh.
Comment by elizabeth — December 15, 2009 @ 10:15 pm
If you want to see some of what I was looking at, take a look at the 80 Acres blog.
Comment by elizabeth — December 15, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
If you want to see some of what I went out to enjoy, take a look at the 80 Acres blog.
Comment by Adam Baker — December 16, 2009 @ 12:16 am
Yes ma’am, I had the pleasure of looking through it some awhile back. Very beautiful land. I live not too far from a couple state parts and a Revolutionary War battleground that are great for walking through. Havent had a chance in quite awhile to do it, and its too cold now to do it comfortably, but come spring I’ll probably do it again. But yours is definitely closer & easier to get to, haha
Comment by Gerd — December 17, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
Does the Deed need a new name or is it some other omnibus that will be renamed?
Comment by elizabeth — December 17, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
A different one–the Gird/Luap pair. And we’ve agreed on a name but at the moment I’m unable to remember it (eek! Brain burp!) I’ll report later, when all’s confirmed and locked down.
Comment by filkferengi — December 22, 2009 @ 8:34 pm
Will the Gird/Luap omnibus be coming out in hardback?
Comment by elizabeth — December 22, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
I don’t know…sorry. My guess is it’ll be trade paperback, but you’d have to ask Orbit.