So I haven't been eschewing my escritoire -- in fact, that probably won't happpen until I am on my deathbed (no Mom, I'm not going to tell you the secret to the Invisible Card trick when I'm on my deathbed ... it's only when you're on your deathbed that I will reveal anything) -- but rather I have been writing like crazy these past few weeks!
What? How can I be writing so much and have so little out there to show for it?
I have been refining, rewriting, editing, reworking, massaging, and creating the manuscript for my upcoming book, I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth's Head, that I will be publishing through AuthorHouse soon.
The book will include the stories that I've published online at Triond and Associated Content -- each of those stories has been rewritten and improved -- but it also includes a whole new set of stories not yet seen by the human eye (other than by my reviewers and me). The best stories are the ones you haven't seen yet!
I'm thoroughly enjoying the process of honing this work for public consumption. The downside is that I've been doing more editing than creating for the past couple of weeks, and it's really the creating that I enjoy. Of course, I also find that I like taking an existing paragraph, realize that it's not quite there, and tune it so that it sings.
The question I have though is this: how does the writer know when he's done writing and is ready to turn in the manuscript? I think this manuscript is something I could refine forever ... maybe ...
On the other hand, I've got paragraphs, even whole stories, that I read and find myself thinking, "That's perfect." I guess when I can do that for the entire manuscript, I know I'll be ready.
Or ... the hen knows she's done when no more eggs come out. Maybe?
Anyway, as publication nears, I'll post information on where to buy the book.
If you're not familiar with the Aunt Ruth stories, you may want to take a look at a couple of them to see if they're interesting for you.
Here are a couple of samples (already published online) ... modified versions of these will appear in the book.
Enjoy!
On Apostrophes and Aunt Ruth
Aunt Ruth Comprises Surprises
2 comments:
Joel,
I was wondering where you've been.
By the way, what I see all the time is something like this: "I ate the cats's food." I see it so much I'm becoming afraid not to write plural possessives without the extra s. And I don't even have a weird Aunt Ruth with some umbrellas to bop me on the head. (Or should that be umbrella's or umbrelli? I'm so confused anymore. What ever happened to editor's? Uh...I mean editors.)
Larry E.
Good luck with your upcoming book.
Post a Comment