Tick... Tick... Tick...
I like what I'm writing, but for some reason it's literally taking ten times as long to write each scene as the last book did.
I know some books are "gimme" books and some books are Not, but jeez.
At this rate...
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I like what I'm writing, but for some reason it's literally taking ten times as long to write each scene as the last book did.
I know some books are "gimme" books and some books are Not, but jeez.
At this rate...
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Regency-set historical romance author Erica Ridley also loves writing gothic and paranormal romance novels. She is a voracious reader of Internet blogs and all things fiction, from thrillers to mysteries to medical suspense to romantic comedy.
Besides being a Regency-set historical romance writer Erica is also a graphic designer and web site developer.
Her first book, TOO WICKED TO KISS, appears in stores March 2010. Check ericaridley.com for more info.
A escritora Erica Ridley le encanta escribir libros románticos históricos, y libros románticos con temas sobrenaturales. Le gusta leer todo tipo de ficción, de misterios a comedias, de ensayos de mejorarse de ser escritora a los blogs de sus amigos.
No es sólo novelista de libros románticos históricos. También es diseñadora gráfica y programadora de sitios web.
Su primer libro, TOO WICKED TO KISS, se estrena en librerías el marzo de 2010. Hay más información en ericaridley.com.
6 comments--Add your own!!:
I am having the same problem with my Book 2. I think I am going to render my forehead permanently flat from banging it against yonder brick wall.
Good luck to you, too. ;)
Squee for the new laptop! And squee for writing! Even if it involves the eveeel Delete key. I so hear you about this book being hard. What Courtney said.
You can do it!!!
My writing always takes forever. The good part is that you are making progress! That's a very good thing!
I guess I'm one of those blessed with the "gimme" books, since I now have four of them completed. But it's the tweaking that takes time, in my case, and even after I think it's tweaked to death and out in print, I keep finding typos and more emendations to make.
So, as our British friends say, what you lose on the swings you make up on the roundabouts. If your scenes are "tweak-free", you're that much further ahead of the game! :)
CM: We will be forehead-scab twins. It's so weird, b/c I really *like* this story now (first version, not so much) but it's soooo haaaaard...
D: Yay new laptop! Someday I've got to set aside a billion hours to transfer all my files and software to it so I can actually use the thing...
AM: Thank you!!!
L: You're so right. I have to keep looking at it as some progress is better than no progress!
BC: Is there such a thing as a tweak-free scene???
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