For whatever reason, the bus continues to be my best mode of revision and writing. The story revisions are almost done, thanks to the commute to and from work today. They go to the editor Monday.
Entering the changes tonight or tomorrow should be a piece of cake, but I worried briefly because the story has ballooned from 4300 words to almost 6000. The new verbiage is all good and useful and supports the narrative, I swear. Everything has gone from "good and funny but obscure" to "finely honed yet over the top." The story's resonances are a lot tighter. Yes, it's a longer, but what the heck, it pays by the word. Dickens and Dumas were verbose bastards for a reason.
Anyway, to top off the week, my genius wife bought a digital crock pot. I didn't know quite what to make of the purchase. I mean, the thing has a label that reads Smart Pot™, and that just seems a little too close to the Internet-connected fridge for comfort. Well, consider me a believer. Tonight I came home to a house smelling of slow-cooked onions and paprika, and let me tell ya — a house with a chicken in the pot is a happy house.
Entering the changes tonight or tomorrow should be a piece of cake, but I worried briefly because the story has ballooned from 4300 words to almost 6000. The new verbiage is all good and useful and supports the narrative, I swear. Everything has gone from "good and funny but obscure" to "finely honed yet over the top." The story's resonances are a lot tighter. Yes, it's a longer, but what the heck, it pays by the word. Dickens and Dumas were verbose bastards for a reason.
Anyway, to top off the week, my genius wife bought a digital crock pot. I didn't know quite what to make of the purchase. I mean, the thing has a label that reads Smart Pot™, and that just seems a little too close to the Internet-connected fridge for comfort. Well, consider me a believer. Tonight I came home to a house smelling of slow-cooked onions and paprika, and let me tell ya — a house with a chicken in the pot is a happy house.
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I did hand out my in-progress novel to my local group of writers. You remember "Empire Ship"? I plan to get back to it!
Chris
Who's the editor for "Synergy"?
The editor is George Zebrowski, a writer I've admired since I was a teen. Interestingly, the novel of his I first read, Macrolife, he wrote as a teenager and later sold once he was old enough to revise it as needed.
Chris