tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post2998325266188633432..comments2024-02-14T13:04:30.499-05:00Comments on Good To Begin Well, Better To End Well: The Best Laid Plans...Amalia Dillinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-91792175606866477512009-12-19T11:32:25.430-05:002009-12-19T11:32:25.430-05:00Thanks Stephanie! Yeah-- this is challenging, sett...Thanks Stephanie! Yeah-- this is challenging, settling down to it. But not entirely a situation within my control, so I feel a bit less guilty about it than I would otherwise. Disciplining myself to write is one thing-- disciplining myself to edit appears to be a whole different ballgame.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-47013340660575445482009-12-19T01:10:24.106-05:002009-12-19T01:10:24.106-05:00I have a new story idea that wants to be written, ...I have a new story idea that wants to be written, but I refuse to work on three stories simultaneously. <br /><br />Good luck editing! I had a heck of a time on one round of editing when I could only get a few pages at a time done.Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-73544111192538221892009-12-18T19:15:02.497-05:002009-12-18T19:15:02.497-05:00on or around page 118 in CoL, for your records.
I...on or around page 118 in CoL, for your records.<br /><br />I miss Thairon.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-86971059367339185652009-12-18T18:43:32.357-05:002009-12-18T18:43:32.357-05:00Now I have to go dig through the manuscript and fi...Now I have to go dig through the manuscript and find out-- I'll get back to you.Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-52946676704705046802009-12-18T18:21:50.945-05:002009-12-18T18:21:50.945-05:00That would be fantastic.That would be fantastic.Sqrt(D)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16529024423641622930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-12851070957272740442009-12-18T16:48:23.265-05:002009-12-18T16:48:23.265-05:00I love that you just called her Lady Eve.
It'...I love that you just called her Lady Eve.<br /><br />It's like a superhero codename. Wait. Maybe I put it into Cost of Living as a superhero Codename?Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-58988178022561204542009-12-18T16:46:38.619-05:002009-12-18T16:46:38.619-05:00I don't either. Creation was exciting to me, ...I don't either. Creation was exciting to me, as a reader and as a fan, because I was aching to know more about this mysterious and dangerous Adam character as well as the Lady Eve.Sqrt(D)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16529024423641622930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-17479707820797338282009-12-18T16:44:42.059-05:002009-12-18T16:44:42.059-05:00Maybe you're right-- I don't think it woul...Maybe you're right-- I don't think it would have worked nearly as well as a stand alone though, as it does distributed through the book. What do you think?Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-17853084780772833562009-12-18T16:40:34.423-05:002009-12-18T16:40:34.423-05:00I think that a lot of what makes creation exciting...I think that a lot of what makes creation exciting to the readers is just that: background. It's one thing to have thought out a background and then write the rest of the story with that understanding, and another thing entirely to read part of a story and discover the things behind it. That's part of what drove me to see the Star Wars prequel trilogy, even if I didn't like it Sqrt(D)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16529024423641622930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-51657570454654773012009-12-18T11:33:49.111-05:002009-12-18T11:33:49.111-05:00Speaking from experience?
I just wish I could cra...Speaking from experience?<br /><br />I just wish I could crawl inside their head and understand exactly why...Amalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-47171837975131287852009-12-18T11:27:01.159-05:002009-12-18T11:27:01.159-05:00Yeah, that can be a bit frustrating when your read...Yeah, that can be a bit frustrating when your readers like the part you like least (or think is weakest, etc.). Most of us writerly-types are second guessers by nature and these sort of things only further fray the psyche.Joshua McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367262185912463258noreply@blogger.com