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May. 6th, 2013 10:41 pmProject: Royalty novel that needs a title now it is a FIRST DRAFT
Market: Whoever wants it
Deadline: None
Word Count: 120,707
Mean things: Very little this weekend, because they're getting their happy ending.
Fun things: Coronations. Tiaras. Proposals. Kilts!
Research: TIARAS. Also lots of things for the Coronation - seating plans and the order of service and the BBC commentary of the ceremony so I could get time stamps, etc, etc. But today I remembered TIARAS, and fell down the research hole looking at ALL OF THE SPARKLY THINGS.
I realised on Friday that having three days off in a row would mean I could theoretically finish the novel.
And I did!
I haven't been updating here, but I've been plugging away steadily. I had to do Lottie and Vivien's wedding, a polo game and the coronation this weekend. The wedding sort of fell apart, I literally could not remember what should be there. I think it's a product of some members of the family I never intended to be big parts of the story being louder than they should be. I'll fix it when I edit.
Because my GOD do I have a lot of editing to do. It needs to lose a minimum of 20k words, for a start. But I'm not going to worry about that now. I'm walking away from it for the rest of the month at least. It needs space. I already miss my babies, which is silly. Mostly I'm just giddy and happy to have finished it, though.
Market: Whoever wants it
Deadline: None
Word Count: 120,707
Mean things: Very little this weekend, because they're getting their happy ending.
Fun things: Coronations. Tiaras. Proposals. Kilts!
Research: TIARAS. Also lots of things for the Coronation - seating plans and the order of service and the BBC commentary of the ceremony so I could get time stamps, etc, etc. But today I remembered TIARAS, and fell down the research hole looking at ALL OF THE SPARKLY THINGS.
I realised on Friday that having three days off in a row would mean I could theoretically finish the novel.
And I did!
I haven't been updating here, but I've been plugging away steadily. I had to do Lottie and Vivien's wedding, a polo game and the coronation this weekend. The wedding sort of fell apart, I literally could not remember what should be there. I think it's a product of some members of the family I never intended to be big parts of the story being louder than they should be. I'll fix it when I edit.
Because my GOD do I have a lot of editing to do. It needs to lose a minimum of 20k words, for a start. But I'm not going to worry about that now. I'm walking away from it for the rest of the month at least. It needs space. I already miss my babies, which is silly. Mostly I'm just giddy and happy to have finished it, though.
