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I wish you were here

Goal 1) Revise TAP 2

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 20 complete
Where I am: Lesson 20 complete, starting Lesson 21
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
The type-in is here! I have 9 weeks before I have to send the MS to Audrey, but I’ll be surprised if I take half that long. This is the easy part.

Every little piece you took of my soul

Goal 1) Revise TAP 2

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 20, roughly halfway
Where I am: Lesson 20, definitely more than halfway
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:

We’re getting there.

On a personal note, I’ve been working through some stuff with my psychologist regarding my last relationship. I’ve learned some things about him, things he did to other people, the other side of the story from some folks he had falling outs with. And I’ve come to some… not so pleasant conclusions. But I’m still here, I still have my friends and family. I can’t change what happened, but I’ve accepted it for what it is, and all I can do is move forward.

And on the plus side? I have a killer line for the climax of TAP 3.

But would Guy Fieri eat it on a flip flop?

Goal 1) Revise TAP 2

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 19 complete
Where I am: Lesson 19 complete
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:

One more read through, and then the type-in. Woo!

I’ve already got the content edit lined up with my previous editor, Audrey. She only did the copyedit last time, but she’s far more available than Matt. She also had wonderful feedback, even for a simple proofread, so I’m looking forward to having her read this.

Gotta keep ’em separated

Goal 1) Revise TAP 2

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 19, roughly halfway
Where I am: Lesson 19, 130 pages in
On Target or Behind: Behind

How’s It Going:

Whoops, forgot to post yesterday.

These last few lessons are so difficult. It’s hard to pay attention to making edits and not get sucked into the story.

Your heart’s not broken, it’s just growing

Goal 1) Revise TAP 2

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 18 complete
Where I am: Lesson 18 complete
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
I think for future novels, I should give myself more time for this lesson. I’m at 333 pages, and dividing that over three days is… a lot. Didn’t think that one through.

On the plus side, I love how this has turned out. May still need to do some tweaks on transitions between scenes, but otherwise, I’m not seeing much more I’ll need to do here before type-in. I’ll still go through the next two lessons anyway, just to be thorough. This is only my third revision, after all. But I can definitely say that going through the revision process has improved my first draft writing significantly.

Also, I’ve been running Amazon ads and some promotions to kind of test why I’m not getting sales. And uh… I’m going to redo the cover for TAP. It also gives me the chance to label it as Book 1 (not that I couldn’t just slap that on the current one, but yanno) and make it jive with the cover for 2. Which I have yet to determine a title for. Or even create. Working on it.