Good Morning, Live Journal!

Can you believe it's almost the end of the year???

Have you finished your holiday preparations?

Have you thought about your New Year's goals?

I haven't even starting Christmas shopping. I'm going to the mall with my daughter and some of her friends Saturday and hope to get a start then.

I've kinda shied away from thinking about goals for next year yet. Not sure why. I'm sure they'll hit me soon.

One day at a time right now.

Today, I shall read more submissions to OWW. Already have them printed out. Maybe I'll even get a chance to write some reviews at lunch or tonight.

Going to read more.

Going to make notes on the scenes that have been developing in my mind.

Might even revise some if my tired brain is feeling up to it.

You folks got anything exciting going on?

Hope everyone has a GREAT day!

Because Everyone Else is Doing It

On the twelfth day of Christmas, queenoftheskies sent to me...

Twelve mark_wests drumming

Eleven blackhollys piping

Ten ckochers a-leaping

Nine mizkits dancing

Eight juliefortunes a-screenwriting

Seven artistqs a-writing

Six ktempests a-drawing

Five ra-a-a-aecarsons

Four maybebabies

Three iagors

Two movies

...and a music in a fantasy.

Get your own Twelve Days:

Pretty Productive Night

I managed to get a review done for OWW tonight. Hooray!

I also managed to get more editing done on my partial. Sent it through the daughter reader and the oldest son reader. manga_queen reads the same kinds of books I do--more than I do cause she has more time--so she can judge content as well as proof reading and pointing out things that don't jive. Oldest son is a perfectionist and writes flawless essays. He's great with grammar and proof-reading.

Except for one lack of comma that I'd been waffling about (thinking I needed one...and I did), the section I worked on made it past both of them. Hooray!

Of course, that doesn't mean the pages don't need more work, but I'm satisfied for now and glad it made it past both of them. They know to be hard.

Uh...was I going to say something else?

Yes, I was, but I got side-tracked by something daughter is showing oldest son on TV.

We watched an hour of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on cable tonight. Didn't know it was on before that point. I really enjoyed what I saw. Want to see the rest.

Oh, I remember what I wanted to say (sad to be old, don't you know).

One thing I got a first-hand look at recently was someone I know editing the life out of their story. Now that I've seen that, I don't ever want to obsess to the point of doing that myself.

For me, editing is mostly fleshing things out cause the story is often lean from writing it quickly. I also edit for flow cause I am soooo picky about flow. I like the sentences to all make sense and roll of my tongue as well.

So maybe I'm making progress that I'm pleased with, which is rather cool.

Maybe I can do this.

I'm enjoying it at any rate, and that's what counts.