When you have spent over a year working on the same book, things start to burn. Some of them include: Your patience. Your will. Your love for the manuscript (but not as in “burning love,” more like “I wanna print this pile of shit and BURN IT, MAN!”). Nobody told me that it will take…
Category: Editing
Editing again
I haven’t posted much because of two reasons (maybe three): I spent three weeks on vacation. I’m back inside the depressing editing mines. Some important personal stuff involving a potential relocation I don’t really want to see happen, but it’s starting to look like a choice between the continent I love and the man I…
Thinking days, writing days, all days
I wrote and edited so much during November that, as a consequence, I burned out a little and thus have written/edited way less during December. Naturally, I’m starting to freak out about it. But I also feel glad for unwittingly taking some time off. Why? Because thinking days are writing days: even when I don’t…
Editing is overwhelming
Many say it, but they are quick to play it down. Are we all afraid of seeming 1) hard to work with? 2) Lazy? or 3) Weak? Because addressing the fact that an activity is challenging (or even frustrating) might (according to the most critical part of our minds) negatively impact how we think…
NaNoing, editing, rewriting
November always looked like that chill, unsuspecting month between ordinary life and the end-of-the-year festivities. Or the end-of-the-year rushing through the stores and buying overpriced presents for demanding family members. Anyway, November never equaled busy for me. If anything, I dreaded it for standing between me and my vacation somewhere where the sun was doing…
Writing is hard; editing is worse.
So, hi guys? At least hi to whoever ends up reading this mess of a blog. Sometimes I don’t wanna tweet. Other (many) times I don’t feel like talking (especially with myself). But I always feel like writing. Do I always feel like writing my book(s)? Nope. Mostly, I’m in the mood for ranting, whining,…