Monday, April 07, 2003 Well, I realized why I havn't published Balancing Act yet. Because it's not done. Not quite. I'd been playing with a major charcater from the prequel, The Pilgrims of Night and realized the reason why the story is stuck is that one of the main charcaters, Andromeda, isn't in it yet. See, originally, this book was going to take place while 'Meda is still a little kid. So, I have to do some fancy footwork, figure out how to update the story so that Andromeda can still be in this prequel (I already know, I think) and then, get enough of it written/outlines so at least I can fix Balancing Act so that the whole course of story flows right. I'd rather finish Pilgrims first, really, then fix the other book. Thank God Blue Moon is a self contained book. Plus, since it's the second book, it is, quality wise, a better product. So I get to go back and apply all the lessons I learned writing Balancing Act and Blue Moon to, well, Balancing Act. :D Also, I break a cardinal rule, doing this...one you've finsihed the book, you don't go back except by editorial request. And, while I'm at it.... I am one of billions of people who have a common grammatical problem...the misuse of it's. I want to share a secret with you that I've used since high school, and it never lets me down. Picture this. it's = it is Now, when you go over a document, whenever you encounter it's or its, say it is. Say it out loud. If it sounds right, leave in or add the ' (It is raining...ok, it's raining.) If it is doesn't sound right in the sentence, shed the apostrophe. (it is face...nope...its face.) It throws me because everywhere else, the apostrophe s is a possessive. See? I'm ever so useful. ::rolls eyes:: Permalink Cindy scribed this at 7:24 PM 0 comments

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