Words I Overused Writing This Book

 I make a list of all the words that start annoying me during my edits and go through to remove/spice things up in the 4th draft, in addition to a list of passive/clunky words/phrases I always keep an eye on.

Here's that list for EVERCHANGING DILEMMA.

1. deadpan
2. know
3. assured
4. tease
5. even
6. ever
7. grumble
8. growl
9. cackle
10. gulp
11. watch checking
12. blood
13. surely
14. puke

Make of it what you will...

When Your Planned Long Term FM Save Goes WAY Too Well

 Usually you do Scotland and it ends in misery, try Norway this time, at least you'll have fun with Haaland for a decade on the National Team and Bodo/Glimt has some fun prospects, so you really have something to work...wait, what?!?!?!?!?

Right On Time

We are now in the I HATE MY WRITING AND WHY DO I DO THIS stage of the edit.  I also can't even look at another piece of fiction or narrative based entertainment without wanting to tear it apart...

This happens every go around and is part of the process, but my spine troubles turning what should have been a one month job into two months and counting is not helping.  But we ARE making progress, just...slow-like...

I've outlined the ending rewrite and have 800 words into it.

3rd draft is 135/160, with 100 pages entered into the computer.

After that is all done we have formatting, 4th draft, and the beta read.

So...end of February or beginning of March?

Assuming the back doesn't blow out again, obviously!  Pain's better, just an endurance issue at the moment.

Most difficult edit EVAR!!!

Update:  160/160, 105 typed in, and working on the rewrite

Everchanging Dilemma Tease #2022

 Last one before release?

*crosses fingers*

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“Now’s the time to use the restroom if you need it,” Ceinwyn might be enjoying herself too much.

No one moved.

“Or change your clothes…”

“I don’t have any other suitable wardrobe to change into,” Evelyn hissed, “I haven’t had time to wash my work clothes with the sedative sucker over there going into overdrive.  So unless you think me doing this in a dusty maid of honor gown from the back of the closet or one of my As-Slutty-As-Evelyn-Strange-Gets-Just-For-Vegas dresses is a good idea, you’ll have to keep smelling me.”

Ceinwyn was quite mystified by this.  “We have laundresses, don’t we?  And tailors…my laundry always does itself so we must…”

 “They’re mostly on vacation during the summer, Miss Dale,” Eva supplied without judgment.

“They are?”

Typing-As-Fast-As-I-Can-Before-Back-Rebels 2022 Update

So...

2nd draft is done except for the ending rewrite, of which I've got one hand-written page and some sparse ideas and outlining.  I know the last line...so...there!  VERY IMPORTANT!

3rd draft is 90/160 for the printed pages so far and 10 of those have been entered into the computer.  10 point font, wide margins explains the number difference from the 2nd draft by the way.  Very happy with this novel.  Should start hating it next draft, good sign!

4th draft will take place on the kindle after I format and do all the typing, etc.  That will probably be the last one and mostly be copy-editing and hate-filled cutting.

I'm finding that maybe I don't need as many edits as I used to, because I'm so aware of my first draft bad habits (you get an ellipsis and you get an ellipsis and everyone gets an ellipsis!), because the 2nd draft is so complete, and because the 3rd draft is so cut throat with cutting material.  I've already cut over 5 pages worth of stuff here or there, including some damn fine jokes you'll never get to hear, but they got in the way of the action, how dare they!

So, we make progress, release somewhere post Super Bowl in Feb seems possible.

Back is "better" but I still have a lot of trouble sitting or standing for long periods and reaching or lifting the arms up.  But the pain is tolerable with Tylenol and my trusty Biofreeze, especially if I take a day off once a week and get a solid 8 hours sleep every night to let it rest.

They want me to do physical therapy before any MRI gets done, so that's going to be some hours out of my schedule and I have 4 other appointments/procedures following up from the stomach surgery since we're hitting the 18 month mark.

As far as that goes, I'm down to 212 pounds and I'm no longer considered obese, just a normal fattie, so...yay?

After all that's done and EVERCHANGING DILEMMA gets out to you lot, I'll start hitting up the next couple books and if things go well you'll get one of those before the end of the year.  Or if I go goldfish brain you'll get both of them next year followed by FM7...finally...shut up!!!

Speaking about FM7, a while back I had a bit of an epiphany (which I casually mentioned) and it will no longer be "Runaway Rumble" which is now FM8 and "The Last True Dale" or FM10 will be moving up and also be renamed "The Most Obvious Trap".  I'll go into more detail on why later, but it's really smart stuff and also...you should B happy about it.

And that's my back's limit still, love ya'll, let's have a great year and fuck Covid!!! 

Again...

Last time?

Please, 2022?