the Wheel

I'm re-writing parts of chapter two of Catherine's Wheel and scrapping chapter three entirely. I almost wrote myself into a bad spot with a minor character, but I think I can safely avoid that pitfall now.

While I'm thinking about it, I really have to sit down with my map and completely delineate this wheel thingamajig. My little tiny pieces of Post-It on the aged map of Europe I have taped on the wall over my desk just aren't doing the job!

More website ruminations

I've finished the final editing pass on Sacrifice, and I've set the prices (finally, for the last time, really) for the PayPal pay-it-now buttons. I'm not going to wait much longer for the copyright office. My application is duly noted and dated in the official system, so I feel moderately protected. Once my webmistress can finish the corrections to the book and get the coding details worked out (I'm clueless), hopefully the website will go live. I'm excited and impatient, but then, patience has never been my long suit.

Last night I saw the photos that were taken of me for a long-ago press kit that never really happened. They were taken, oh, I don't know, ten years ago... it was the first time I'd seen them. I hate seeing pictures of myself, and although these were well done technically, I really dislike my image. This is why I shall henceforth be the Unknown Writer and resolve to do any public appearances with a bag over my damn head.

Jerk.

It's very hard to get enthused about writing when your "hero" is acting like a total tool.

Final editing

After a lot of delays, I'm back to the final editing pass on Sacrifice. I've gone through the first eleven chapters, so I'm just a little bit shy of halfway through. It's not as good as I'd hoped it would be, but it's all right. I'm rarely happy with what I write. All writers are their own harshest critics.