Friday, April 28, 2017

Wrote the remaining poems for the poetry book I wanted to finish writing this month. This book is now DONE!

Thursday, April 27, 2017

The other day, I started typing up character descriptions of characters in short stories I am putting into a book which my daughter will illustrate. I finished up this list today.

Wrote a poem for the poetry book.

Monday, April 24, 2017

Wrote two poems for poetry book. Found two other old poems for this book. So now I only need 4 more poems to finish this book.

Typed out the handwritten character sketch for the character in my vampire horror novel. I did not type up the sketches while I was revising the book. Now that the book is complete, I am typing up all the handwritten stuff to save in a file folder.

Removed all pages in my notebook that were notes and outlines for the YA novel. Also printed articles I used for research. Will be creating a file for this one too.

Friday, April 21, 2017

Yesterday, I spent some time going over the poems I have in an unfinished poetry book so far. I made a note on how many more poems I need to write for this book. (This is the book I plan to finish writing this month.) I wrote one poem for it today.

Started working on the Massachusetts section of the new version of the haunted houses book. 

Worked on a chapter for the nonfiction book, TLBTH.

Downloaded more stuff from Martha for the book, End Game.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Novel revisions again! I thought I was finished revising the novel yesterday but I guess NOT! Did some more revisions on it today. Had to do research on guns and concealing knives because I have characters who use such weapons. I also changed the ending -- again! Decided that it was time to submit the manuscript before I made anymore changes. Don't want to fall into a revision rut with it! So I sent it off and now I can stop obsessing over vampires for a while.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Got a response from Millie about the train sound info I needed. (Thanks, Millie!)

Gave the manuscript a final read-through. Caught typos and some grammar mistakes. As well as gender confusion in some parts!

Did some last-minute double-checking on a location in Liverpool, England and made necessary changes.

I had thought about changing the ending again earlier in the day but after reading the whole story from beginning to end, the new ending I have works.

I am currently reading a novel that has a sequel. This is not noted on the book or the book’s Amazon page. I noticed a review from a reader angry that this information was not made clear with Book 1. So I made sure I cleared up this story and answered questions to make sure it will work as a standalone novel. It will NOT have any sequels.

Satisfied with the read-through. The novel is ready for submission.

April 14-17, 2017

Friday, April 14, Saturday, April 15, Sunday, April 16, 2017:

Novel revisions: Wrote new chapters and introduced the other new character. Had to do some research on how to use a crossbow.

Monday, April 17, 2017:

Novel revisions: Did some last-minute fact-checking and wrote the new ending (which also involved a new chapter). For some strange and BIZARRE reason, I was not 100% sure on how hearing people use cell phones to make calls with or how to hold the phone during a call and where to talk. (I became deaf before cell phones came out.) My kids helped me out with that. And I also saw a young man walking and talking on his cell phone and that sort of reinforced what they said about how to hold it for calls. (I have seen people using cell phones to make calls hundreds of times in real life and on TV and I don't know why I was all of a sudden not 100% clear about it.) My kids could not help me with the train sound part, however so I have texted my sister, Millie, to see if she can help me out with that. However, there was one piece of train info that I needed and my son, who loves trains and knows a lot about them, was able to give me the info. Besides that, I finished the revisions today. The novel is ready to submit! Yay! I am so glad that I finished revising it. The last page was the hardest for me to write. I only rewrote the last paragraph and the last line a hundred times! My son got impatient because I kept changing a word and he said, “Just finish it, already!” So, I did.

Thank you, Jesse and Trevor, for your help today!

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Responded to an email from Martha about stuff for the book, End Game. Added her extra info to my files.

Novel revisions: Finished writing a new chapter that I started writing yesterday. Wanted to write some more but too sick.

Monday, April 10, 2017

Worked on novel revisions. Changed a character's name and introduced the new characters. Rewrote a chapter.

Saturday, April 8, and Sunday, April 9, 2017

Novel revisions.

April 8^th: Worked on character sketches as well as creating information sheets about the Vampire Guilds in both England and Ireland, as well as info about the clans. Wrote up history of the new characters I have to introduce. Was surprised to find a website devoted to sharing the timeline of Cardiff. Worked out issues in the story that needed some background and explanation. Revised a scene.

April 9^th: Rewrote a chapter, did some revising in other chapters and changed a scene. The ending needs to be changed. Think about a new ending!