Sunday, August 16, 2009

Book II is done!

I don't know at what point I moved beyond the simple arrogance of "I am writing a novel" to "I am writing a trilogy" but I did. I don't know how I made the leap, but people should understand, it is not the arrogance of "I am writing a trilogy because I am such a stud," it's the insecurity of "I don't know if I have it in me to write a trilogy, let's start writing one, and not query or move on it until it is done." I've taken another step towards that goal, because on Sunday, August 16th, I finished book II! I am so stoked.

It's a tempered, happiness (really - please, I don't need all the Absolute Writers who saw me cavorting in every thread, scampering like a drunk in Vegas, laughing and drowning out my seriousness, here!) I know I have serious work to do. The first book doesn't stand alone, or have an excellent summed-up stopping point. It just sorta flops around and runs out of breath. I'm already thinking about tweaking, and I know I have the mother of all rewrites coming. However, who said the unwritten page can't be edited? Well, I have 1002 pages to edit. Yay me! (that's two books of pages... I did not write one book that's a 1000 pages... just for to clarify!)

In celebration: I give you pictures of my Cricket. I loves mah kitteh...

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"I'm cuter than Faireh! See?"

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"Mama, what you do with my ears?"

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"Sure, take undignified picture of me. Just cuz I don't have thumbs. I seen you naked. And I have claws."

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Her majesty, displeased.

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"Sure, stack books. Rest of your crap in piles. Have you changed the litterbox yet? Get to it. I don't have all day. I have sleeping to do, and later, I gotta scratch up the screens."

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shhhh..... the beast... it slumbers...


10 comments:

  1. First up, you rock so very very hard that it ain't even funny. *Hugz*

    Secondly, CRICKET!!! *Hugz*

    Much love,

    Adam

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  2. *tickles the beast's nose with a feather then runs laser pointer across Bettielee's desk--Mayhem ensues as papers fly*

    There now! Much better!

    Awesome blog, awesome pictures, awesome lady! (but I was just a bit disappointed that your pic wasn't here with the Cricket's) :(

    No matter--in my mind you're still a fairy princess :)

    ~S.

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  3. So cute! I just feel in love with the kitteh! CONGRATULATIONS on reaching that goal!!! I just started writing a novel. Harder than I thought. So huge congratulations and lots of chocolate! (Meanwhile, I've written one sentence.)

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  4. Adam/Spam - I command you to form a comedy duo call S'dam! That would S'dam funneh! Thank you for both for your support and kind comments... and I wonder who S is.... it would seem I have a secret admirer....
    bettielee

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  5. Congratulations! Don't temper your happiness, enjoy every second of it - you deserve it!

    Your kitten is adorable! *But don't tell my cats I said that 'cause there's five of them and only one of me and they get jealous . . .*

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  6. Congrats!!!
    I'm so excited for you!
    And your kitteh is adorable. :)
    You rawk the big one, Bettielee! :D

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  7. Whoo hoo! Thank you both for showing up ! And fear not, I know the dangers of tattling to the kittehs...

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  8. Fantastic, babe! I am so happy for you! And your kitty is cute, too. Now...back to writing, you! (kidding) Celebrate. You earned it.

    Nancy

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  9. Wow, I really miss having a cat.

    On the subject of trilogies... I know it's a bad thing to write in that vein. It's obviously bad. But I can't help it, I just tend to make those connections beyond a point where the sane would stop.

    I've got a novel that has (I would like to think, it's probably more of a delusion) a beginning, a middle and an end, but that novel is just a slice of the totality of everything that is going on. I can't help thinking things through to a point where a full accounting of the story would be a trilogy at the very least--there's just something very realistic (to me) about complexity. Not profundity or being convoluted, but complexity, sure.

    I guess this is all to say: I completely sympathisize with accidentally birthing something bigger than a novel. I still think it's possible to shape the ungainly thing into something that stands alone.

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  10. Thank you Nancy! Whooot!

    I planned this to be a trilogy all along, but didn't think I could write it all without going back and making changes, so it wasn't an accident. I know the story needs tightening up, though, more focus. And I write fantasy - I mean... stand alone fantasies are hard to find, period! So I'm not worried about selling it. I mean, every new author I've found has a trilogy, at least. I don't think it's bad at all. I say, if you having something with serial potential - go for it! But if you feel it can be a single, go for that too.

    bettielee

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