A friend of mine tried to tell me yesterday that, as a writer, I should spend as much time editing as I do writing. (WHAAAAT?!) I read a Scott Meredith (from the Scott Meredith Literary Agency) book about writing to sell and he suggests that you should write tightly enough that you don't have to DO that much editing. I haven't found that I have had to do an extensive amount of editing, I just have a few little things to fix logic-wise. On the other hand, completely unrelated to theories and ideals, market standard demands that a "good" romance author write approximately 1.5 novels a year and publish at least 1 per year. That would mean I would spend FOUR months writing (I took about a year for this one spread out), and FOUR MONTHS editing (OH. M. GEE.)... and it would be horrible. Anyways. I just don't think that's a profitable way to write at all. In other news, it's Rex's birthday today. And Bronwyn is my magikal dream horse! (She farts butterflies and rainbows!)
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Monday, Apr. 07, 2008 ~ 3:20 p.m.
