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Down on his knees he sees the devil weeping/whinging his tongue…

Releasing the Demons revision status:

282 / 362

Eighty pages left! EIGHTY!

I do plan on blast reading my MS again and adding/changing a few things beta readers have pointed out to me, but it shouldn’t be too much longer. Then QUERYING! I have to go through all of my favorite places (since I’ve added a million agents and publishers to them) and tailor a list along with finalizing my query (obviously). This is one of the bright spots in my life right now and I have a lot of hope for this story. I don’t know if this is the greatest timing, but hell, when is?

Went to my local RWA chapter meeting today and it was great talking about writing and publishing again with the ladies. I’ve definitely decided to join (until I have to move away, anywho) and I’m excited, even if I won’t be able to make all of the meetings. It’s just nice to finally talk about writing with people face to face and to learn about the industry from experienced authors. They’re all very supportive and I’m glad to have met the group.

I can’t wait to start writing again—it’s been so long! My head is bursting at the seams with this series and I hope I can finally get it all down on paper someday and out to the world.

And finally, I leave you with this, ‘cause we all need this in our eyeballs. 😉

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Oh, Jensen, stop denying your feelings for him. 😛

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Wash the sorrow from off my skin, show me how to be whole again.

Releasing the Demons revision status:

35023 / 107195

I’m reaching the point where I’m getting extremely obsessive compulsive and nitpicky about word use, tense, punctuation, and grammar. I’ve slowed down considerably because of this and it makes me want to yank my hair out. I don’t know how people can become copy editors, SRSLY! I might have to do another blast read when I’m through just to make sure I didn’t screw it up worse than before.

In other news, I recently picked up the new Linkin Park CD Living Things and I am LOVING it. Although, there isn’t a Linkin Park CD I don’t love, so this was expected. 😉 And OMG, the music videos they’ve released! HEART! Let me share them with you!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!

/fangirling

They definitely ease my revision pain. 😉

Hope everyone is doing well and achieving their goals!

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Maybe we’ll show some mercy, maybe you’ll get what you deserve.

Releasing the Demons revision status:

19900 / 106850

I rewrote a scene, and I’m not sure if I’m quite happy with it, so I’m going to read it over again tomorrow. Sometimes giving it a few days helps me figure out if it works. I had to revamp (ha!) my big baddy into a whole new man (not Cyrus, Mathias for those who have read it). He has a new name, new face and a new story–I like him a whole lot better. Still has an “old world” attitude with a more modern edge. And he’s Russian. 😉

I also had to rename my heroine. Her name was Olivia, but then a friend of mine pointed out that there’s an officer Olivia on the CSI show (which I’ve never watched) and that Rachel Vincent has a cop named Liv in her Blood Bound book. Considering my heroine is an NYPD detective, well, that wasn’t going to work out. So now her name is Valerie, but everyone calls her Val.

I realized I had a lot of tense issues throughout the draft, so I’m glad I’m going through this with a fine tooth comb. I’m cutting all the pop culture references and anything that could make the book age. Granted, it’ll age no matter what, but I can try to keep it as fresh as possible. I’m also cutting the medical jargon…sometimes I cannot control myself, lol.

I’m really happy and excited about this though. It’s good to feel that way again. 🙂

I leave you with some of my musical inspiration for this book. Trent Reznor is my musical god, I swear.

Hope everyone is accomplishing all of their goals. 😀