January Update

For those following along, I offer up this update.

I have begun the first major round of revisions between draft 1.1 and draft 2.0.  I do want to know when using the computer programmer jargon of “version” with numbers became commonplace.  Seriously who ever thought we could say that we’re working on draft version 2.3 and someone would know what we meant?

Do accomplish this I have axed the last 6,000 words and will be picking up where that leaves me off.  Most of my revisions to the first portion of the book are still pretty solid, but I plan to keep revising them, providing more depth etc etc.

Check this space for more updates but my ultimate goal is to declare the work “complete” by April of 09.  There is a point of diminishing returns on editing and I do want to free myself to consider a new project for Nanowrimo 09, or to just spend time with my little guy.

And for those that want it, here’s a short snippet from my 2.0 draft, chapter 2:

Where did it go?

If you’re just now finding this blog and you’re expecting to find a mostly finished 50k novel here, I’m sad to say but it has been removed.  With the hopes of this someday being published, a full copy of the manuscript posted online would most likely qualify as an “initial printing” in the publisher legaleese so I have removed the book.

For now….

Here is what is happening:

I will be launching a new website/ blog, probably, within the next week.  I will use that blog to update progress on revisions, efforts to find a publisher when it’s truly finished and to share snippets of the prose as I find them fun and exciting. 

I have no idea what my timelines will be, and what is both possible and doable within my schedule.  I’d like to see a copy of this available for purchase in one form or another by Dragon Con 09, but that might be overly ambitious.

So please check this space again in a few weeks for another update.  Friends that have offered to act as Beta readers and editors feel free to send me an email or to comment here.