IWSG: Plotting Again, revising again
It's the first Wednesday of the month again already, and time for my IWSG post! I got home last Friday from a 3-week road trip and backpacking adventure, so I've not done a whole lot since last month :)
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June 3 optional question - Do most of your story ideas come from one place (the news, dreams, etc.) or do they hit from all over the place?
The Question:
The short answer to the June question is, all over the place. I'm not sure I can usually even pick up where an idea comes from, and lately I've been going after ideas more than having them come to me--a sure sign I'm not writing enough (because when I'm writing a lot, the ideas flow more).
My Own Important Question:
When it comes to the title for the new book, I've been using Logged Off, which is snappy and goes well with Edited Out (the last book). But the title in my head has always been Logged Off at the Library. So vote below--which do you like? Is the second too long? Either way it's a play on words because there are both computers and loggers involved :D
Writer's Report:
Most of my beta-reader feedback is in for Logged Off, so I'm ready to start the next round of revisions, but I'm also starting to look ahead, planning and plotting what the next book may be. This is in my leap-frog style, so I've also been looking over the book that follows Logged Off, which is already drafted. I stuck that on my ereader so I could read it, or at least skim it, while on the road last month, which predictably I didn't do. (In case you are wondering how that works, I save the file as a PDF, which can be read by my Kobo reader. But--there's a caveat: PDF doesn't play nice with variable font size. You can enlarge it, but it doesn't redo the line breaks, so lines don't fit on the page. My work-around was to use a large font (16 pt, but it could and probably should have been larger), save the PDF and transfer. That produced something large enough to read). I did start to plot out a short story I'd like to get up and running as a freebie for my newsletter subscribers.
Submissions:
No submissions; 1 rejection, no acceptances.
That other writer stuff:
I did an interview with AEN leader Guy Morris, being aired on Bremerton (WA) Public Access TV--not exactly national coverage, but I hear it's a good interview (I've been reluctant to watch myself--anyone else hate to see/hear themselves?). If you're interested, here's the link. I'm also starting the event season. I'll be at the Kingston (WA) Sunday Market on the 14th, at the Fremont (Seattle) Festival on the 20th, and at the Northwest Book Fair in Vancouver, WA on the 27th, with more to come in July.
Finally, my photo of the day: a most beautiful and sensuous cottonwood tree.
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