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Just having a crazy day trying to get some stuff crossed off my to-do list… More like to-DOOM list! Har har.
Do you ever have those days when you know you could literally be busy from the moment you wake up until bedtime? Today is one of those days for me. I have errands to run, things to pick up, drop off, exchange, buy, mail, and write. Not to mention that the husb and I are sharing a car because mine is in the shop, so I’ve had to drop him off at work and pick him up, too. I wanted to vlog this week, but it wouldn’t be kind to subject you to me in my current disorganized state.
Book 2 is coming along pretty well these days. I hit a hundred pages yesterday, which is a little behind where I wish I were. What happened is that I totally backed myself into a creative corner and got stuck for about a week, a few weeks ago. I had to go in swinging, pulling stuff out pretty mercilessly. But the good news is, doing that “unstuck” me, and I got to use some of it later in a way that didn’t totally derail the story.
I’ve never written to such a detailed outline before. It’s a really different an interesting process for me. I’m typically more of a “fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants”er, but in this case, since we do want to get these books published before the start of the next decade, we decided to really nail down the story in advance of the writing.
The Delightful Editor, for all her delightfulness, is also a bit of a tough cookie, so she really asked all the hard questions until the story stood up on its own. As a result, unless I take wandering digressions like the one I tried a few weeks ago, the story is moving right along in a very clean manner, and I’m having a very good time writing it.
I keep expecting something to jump out and ruin my progress, but it’s starting to dawn on me that maybe that’s not going to happen.
Hallelujah!
Hope you are all well!
k.
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That ’someone breathing down my back feeling’ would be the thing that nightmares are made of, for me. I have a love/hate relationship with pressure. On the one hand I really need it or I get nothing done, but on the other hand, I hate waking up in the middle of the night to find every one of my fears having a party in my brain. I’m glad you’re making progress and I hope that someday waaaay in the far off future, your name evokes the same nostalgic feeling, for many readers, that I have for Beverly Cleary.
Why the strict deadline, Katie, when N2 doesn’t debut until 2011?
I canNOT wait for BGDD 2! I know it’s a lotta work and I’m definitely sure that it’s gonna be TERRIFIC! I got a bunch of my friends to read BGDD at the same time. They love it, too!
My good intentions of spreading your wonderful work may have spawned stalkers. They are infatuated with the book. If you see three girls that are thirteen-ish peeking through your windows, don’t call the police! The big house isn’t right for them!
Good luck with your writing!
Is the release year for BGDD 2, 2011? I can’t wait!
Hi Katie!
I’m glad you like my “Read-View” of Bad Girls Don’t Die. I saw your book on Free Book Friday’s Teen site. I didn’t win it, though, but I did find a copy at my local library. I would have to say I was absorbed into it from the start (I would estimate the time spent reading it to be a couple hours).
I am looking forward to the sequel when it come out.
<3,
Ashlyn
P.S. If anyone wants to check out my site, it is teenread-views.blogspot.com. =)
I was wondering how hard is it to write a sequel. How much info from the previous book do you put into the second?
An idea for another blog.