Catching Up

I've been away from my blog for a very long time. I apologize to everyone. I've been so busy lately that it's been hard to find the time to fit everything in. I've started school and it's been exciting, tiring and ... well, educational. I'd forgotten what writing for school was like. It's very different than writing for publication. I'm not sure I like school writing. It seems so limited and rule bound. I'm pretty sure I didn't make a good grade on my last essay because I broke too many rules. Ah well, as long as I pass the class I'll be happy. I've been revising my nano story as well. It's slow going because my time is so divided but I think I'm making some good progress on it. Thanks to Greg my crit buddy who is kindly hanging in there with me through my sporadic writing and crazy wild schedule. He has some really great ideas for tightening up my writing. I have a tendency, as you all know from my blog, to be a bit wordy. Greg is on top of that for me. Still, there's a lot to do. There are times I wonder why in the world I bother. I feel like I'm losing my focus on my book. There is really so much to do. It gets overwhelming. I have to take a step back and look at the work as objectively as possible. It's never completely objective because it's mine, but, I step back and try to make my revising fit into logical steps. I've been told I do it all backwards and it's totally possible I do but it works for me for now. I'm hoping I'll learn a better way before I'm done with school but until I do, I'll just keep on slogging away in my own way.