This weekend was a productive one for me. Originally, I wasn’t going to begin final draft revisions until Sunday night, or perhaps today. I was wrong.
I got a bit of a kick in the butt on Friday night (read: panic stricken hyperventilation), that I wasn’t expecting and proceeded to start TDP-1’s revisions on Friday night. And this included getting my very basic and crappy query tightened into an actual one.
I would like to state for the record, that I despise queries. Like most other people on this earth, I believe they’re a form of torture meant to turn my hair white. But I did it. Many thanks to my crit buddies Becca and Jami for putting up with my neurosis during the process. Not to mention my husband who doesn’t have a site, but is still awesome and supportive – and amazingly insightful when it comes to edits.
Query is done. As are the first six full chapters. I’ll have the rest of the MS done by Sunday night. *collapses*
So – my #writemotivation week got off to an amazing kick start. Not only did I make the 50 entries for Operation Awesome’s Monthly Mystery Agent, but I also made it into the judging round at March Madness Agent Pitch run by Brenda Drake, Cassandra Marshall, and Shelley Watters. Cross your fingers for me that my pitch and first 150 make the cut to be looked at by the awesome agents they have lined up!
Like I said – my first few days of #writemotivation March have been very positive. And even though the kick in the butt I mentioned earlier will probably come to nothing – it definitely made my weekend damn awesome.
So my goals for this month are well underway:
1. Do (hopefully) final pass on TDP-1 – up to Chapter 6
2. Revise TDP Query
3. Enter the farking contest
4. Write and revise TDP Synopsis – yeah… me and another torture device
5. Start TDP-2 transcription
6. Complete Crits for H & M
7. Outline A.I. – 2
It’s very scary to put your work out there. I still don’t think it’s almost ready for it.
Every day is the day I think one of the more than a dozen people who’ve crit or beta read the book for me will let me know they didn’t really like it. Or that the next person who reads it will tell me everyone else was just being nice.
I love that my crit partners are amazing – that they’ve torn it apart, suggested changes to give it better cohesion and even copy edited for me. If nothing else, you’ve all helped me grow as a writer and I adore each and every one of you. You know who you are <3
Enough sap for now! I have work to do.
If you need support or cheering, or want to cheer others on – head over to #writemotivation hashtag 😀 (Yes, that is it in the sidebar). I want to thank the #writemotivation weekend crowd who made my weekend so much more positive than my panic wanted to let it be.
And don’t forget to check up on the goals over here – and let me know if some need crossing off already.
How was your weekend? What did you do? Have you ever had a surprise that made you need to rearrange your revision/editing schedule?
My weekend mostly consisted of birthday celebrations and gardening. I did manage to get some writing done, though, so the weekend wasn’t a total ‘waste’ on that front. Congrats on the contests, my fingers and toes and eyes (okay, maybe not eyes) are all crossed for you to do well!
I’m glad you got some writing done.
And yeah, don’t cross those eyes… lol
I almost participated in the March Madness Agent pitch but didn’t feel ready since I’m still doing first revisions on MINGLED. But I wish you the best as you go along. It is hard to put your work out there but, heck, how else are others going to get to the stories we want to share? Go to love it.
Sadly… I maybe shouldn’t have. I mean I knew there’d be a delay on posting it and needing to have the final pass done. And my final pass will be done by the 12-14th… but I’m feeling a little overwhelmed haha
Query letters are tough! Based on some advice I received a while back, I actually tried writing my pitch paragraph before starting the novel. That has different issues, of course, but I found it kind of helpful.
Query letters are EVIL! However, I have received good feedback on this one, so, here’s hoping haha
<3 D'Awwwwwww!! We really have the #mutualadmirationsociety going today, don't we? *laughs*
Shush you. I’m right 😛
Woo hoo – you’re on fire! Great start to the week indeed, and you’re riding high on all that lovely wonderful excitement! Keep up that awesomeness. And thank you so much for providing this great arena of awesomeness. It has made a difference! And I’ll happily kick your butt…I mean…give you a swift kick in the butt if and when needed 😉 lol.
Way to go and good luck!! Rooting for you all the way 🙂
Haha all I did was create a hashtag to cheer people on hon – everyone else is what makes it awesome <3 but thank you - for the butt kicking too!
i hates quesries! i hates the evil synopsies even more. congrats on actually completeing that awful task. blech.
Yeah, writing a query is like leeching life from your soul HAHA! Thank you – so far, so good 😉
*queries. ugh.
A synopsis. Ugh. You have my sympathy. I spent the better part of the last half of January getting a synopsis together for a contest, and I’m still not happy with it.
And congratulations on already marking two of the goals off the list! That’s awesome!
Yeah – I’m putting off the synopsis. Those agencies that require one will likely slip to the back of my list, I just… don’t GET them lol
Well, look at you getting stuff done so quickly! I’m jealous of you, girl! Keep up the fantastic work.
Hehe – awww. Sadly, my revisions may take a bit longer than anticipated so I’m not entirely sure about achieving everything on the list now. But as long as the final draft is something I’m happy with, I don’t really care lol
Awesome progress! :0)
I sent out 51 queries on Monday. It took forever . . . lol I’m so glad it’s done though. Here’s to hoping.
Visiting you at last from the campaign trail…I keep seeing little bits of you things at ROW80, but life intruded.
I will be checking out #writemotivation, but it may not be till after this ROW80 round winds up….I’m pouring forth words, just now!