Okay, it’s been a while so I’ll get started…wait…I need a friggin’ cup of coffee…
…There, that’s much better.
My last entry was about taking action – which I have and is why I haven’t made entries to my blogs for a while. I have first and foremost been busy trying to find work as unemployment checks don’t go very far. Secondly, I completed the first draft of Makin’ a Killin’ not long after my last blog entry. I ended up with 85,619 words which translates to 396 pages.
I know I should have let is sit more than two weeks but I couldn’t help getting into the revision process. What a goddamn mess. I promised Dave Callan, a writer himself and my First Reader, that he’d get a look at my raw first draft, but I just can’t let something this shabby out of my hands just yet. Half way into the story, I changed some things about my main antagonist and did not realize the ripple effect that change had. If I let Dave read it now, he’d be off the rails wondering where the hell I was going with the story.
So, I have been busy doing a high-level revision/re-write before letting someone else’s eyes sees my story.
On top of that I have been putting the finishing touches on an outline for another thriller novel. As soon as I get done with this first revision, I’ll start on the new book. If I can wait that long…
