Why KH is shilling for QE3

[Elok]

Well, I generally keep two books "in progress"--I pound away at one for a while, then when I get tired/run out of inspiration, I switch to the other. I've yet to produce anything I was satisfied with, but I have made a lot of words in electronic file. About 1,200 pages all told, and I hate most of it. I recently churned out a rewrite of a book I wrote earlier but wasn't satisfied with. So I tried rewriting from a different point of view. The idea was sound, but 8K words in I'm not at all satisfied, I think I have to rethink my approach. My other book is at 129K, two-thirds done and I don't hate it yet, but it's got major inconsistencies and errors to fix and I don't have the enthusiasm to try it.

Damn.

[Lorizael]

I'm editing a 132,000 word rough draft of a novel at the moment. Or rather, I'm waiting for the girlfriend to finish her read through of it, at which point I'll rewrite about a third of it.

This is an unusual threadjack.

[self biased]

i may actually be in a place to do that novel-writing thing this year.

[Cort Haus]

Whatever you do, if you don't hate your readers as much as you hate us, refrain from writing the ****ing thing in those damn italics.

[self biased]

just for that, cort haus, i'm going to send you a copy hand written in skunk feces.

[Cort Haus]

Sending excrement is not a very pleasant thing to do. I'm sure you don't mean that.

[Guynemer]

Two of Galnemer's published novels (so far) have been NaNoWriMo books. It's a great motivational tool.

[Lorizael]

Two of Galnemer's published novels (so far) have been NaNoWriMo books. It's a great motivational tool.

How many of the words written in November did she actually end up keeping?

[MikeH]

I'm not sure it matters, even if it's 0.

[Hauldren Collider]

Two of Galnemer's published novels (so far) have been NaNoWriMo books. It's a great motivational tool.

How many has she published so far? Based on what you've told us it seems like she's cranking them out like a machine (which is not supposed to sound like a bad thing).

[Lorizael]

I'm not sure it matters, even if it's 0.

I'm merely curious. My rough draft is the same novel I started last November and the way things look now I expect to keep about 0 of the November words.

[MikeH]

[Guynemer]

How many of the words written in November did she actually end up keeping?

Pretty much all of 'em, IIRC.

[Guynemer]

How many has she published so far? Based on what you've told us it seems like she's cranking them out like a machine (which is not supposed to sound like a bad thing).

Four so far, waiting on contracts for more, she's always got one or two cooking.

[Hauldren Collider]

Cool.