I'm So Late

I'm so sorry I abandoned the blog for so long guys! All these tests have completely clogged my brain and I feel like I'm really close to just going insane from the size of my to-do list.

I have finished edits completely up to chapter five. Chapter six and eight are written down so I need to transfer them over. I'm afraid chapter seven needs a complete overhaul. I must have been half-asleep when I wrote because it's awful. At least for my second draft standards.

There is great news however! After about a month and a half of ripping my hair out because my muse was not helping me in the story spark department, I think I might have my next book, which I will stick with until the end. But I have a feeling that it will be another novella. I hope when I actually go after one of my epic book series, I'll have enough words.

More good news; my last test is this Tuesday so hopefully I will actually finish MarNoWriMo.

More bad news; for my birthday I asked for a box of gum, because I'm obsessed with gum. Sure enough I got a whole box of different gums, some I hadn't tried before. Needless to say I was in heaven. I had the Trident Vitality, which I've never had and loved it. Until later, when I had a really bad allergic reaction.Underneath my tongue and on the sides was all raw and sore and kept rubbing against my teeth, making it worse. I didn't know the gum triggered it so I continued chewing the whole pack. Until today I realized I didn't have a cold sore, my tongue looked like someone cut it on the bottom. In addition to the rather painful reaction, A couple days earlier I was eating something like chips that scraped my throat really bad up near my uvula. So my mouth pretty much sucks right now.

And I also apparently thought you needed to know all that. I knew I was too tired. Anyway, I'm going off to write a informational post rather than one of me just complaining which I feel like I do entirely too much.

-Jessie

MarNoWriMo Update

I have officially finished edits up to chapter six, though I need to transfer the chapter six edits onto the document. I edited it in between tests today and finished it, though it is absolutely covered with highlighters.

Editing is confusing. On one hand I love the characters and the plot lines and I'm getting all giddy and excited, thinking that someone might actually like it enough to try to get it published. But then the mistakes get in the way. I don't know if it's awful. I suppose I won't until I get betas latching onto it and tearing it apart. I just have pressure to get it perfect first try. I want it to be done, I want to be published so badly! I want to walk into B&N and see my book. Better yet - see someone buy it! But I have to take it step by step and it's just inching along.
I'm almost halfway there.

-Jessie

Editing Update

I have finished basic edits on chapters 1-3, and all it's doing is getting me alternately depressed and excited. On one hand I am loving the plots and characters even more. But the more I edit, the lower the word count gets and both chapter two and three are already really short. Not only that, but I'm getting more and more worried about the quality of the actual writing. How am I supposed to show not tell, when I also can't have too much dialogue? And character's thoughts can be confusing...

There are just more don'ts than do's in editing. First draft; anything goes. Now? Rules, rules, rules. And I'm only doing basic edits! (basic edits: sentence construction and flow. Not focusing on grammar or punctuation too much)

I'm also trying to fix plot points, but I'm so close to the story it would be way easier for my betas to tell me if I'm missing anything. I can't remember if I explained something in real life or in the actual story or both! My brain needs to be way more organized but I just always feel like I'm running out of time!

I have to finish at least chapter four and hopefully chapter five as I have testing all week and major studying to do for it. Then I'm busy almost all  next weekend and testing next week as well. I cannot wait until March is over but I have so much to do!

-Jessie

Editing Month

March is here! And what a perfect time, as I get to start the month with great news. Being Evil is one hundred percent finished AND typed up (even ch. 2). I just got so tired of being lazy and not doing I forced myself to. And what do you know, it worked.

So I have dubbed March editing month. By March 31st all 18 chapters will be edited and ready for beta readers. The only problem is I chose the busiest month of the year to do it. For the next two months I have a bunch of testing, and I'll be studying every spare moment. Not only that but it is also my birthday month, along with my grandma's and my father's. This month is crazy busy. I'm almost looking forward to April.

So I will hopefully be posting updates as each chapter is finished. So far, not even ch. 1 is done. I need to get focused!

-Jessie