I survived July 2020 and if you’re reading this, you did too. Congratulations! So how did I do on my July goals?
Finish addressing everything in the first round of line edits for SHIFT HAPPENS and do an automated read-aloud to catch any other problems.- Write the acknowledgements section for SHIFT HAPPENS.
- Get the heist novel ready to submit for developmental edits in August.
- Get the next chapter of IMPULSE out to YWC.
Write 30k words on the new space opera novel.
I sent the first round of line edit changes off about an hour ago. Honestly, I’m happy with what I got accomplished in July just because of that. It was a huge amount of work, but between my editor’s suggestions and listening to the prose read out loud, I feel the manuscript is a lot stronger. (No, it’s not perfect. It will never be perfect.)
Plus… there’s a pandemic going on, and the pace of my country’s self-destruction seems to be increasing. Maybe I should have moved to New Zealand last year.
But time keeps marching on. Here are the August goals:
- Write the acknowledgements section for SHIFT HAPPENS plus all the other bits (about the author, copyright page, etc.).
- Get as much done on SHIFT HAPPENS as possible to move it toward publication. (This depends on other people, so it’s a goal that is a bit flexible.)
- Get the heist novel ready to submit for developmental edits in September.
- Get the next chapter of IMPULSE out to YWC. (I need to rewrite the next chapter from the other point of view, so this isn’t trivial.)
Stay safe out there!
