Ophelia, Paul Albert Steck
Huntington Library and Gardens with Michelle today. We’re going to view the Constable exhibit and have lunch at the Tea Room. Halfway through my review of Silk River, preparing for the rewrite. Have a few decisions to make about a couple characters, specifically Glory and James. Don’t know their roles yet, except they’re a part of the supporting cast.
Thinking about a dream date to complete the second draft–they say it’s good to have a deadline. “They” must know I’m masochistic. I’m not ready to start the writing yet, but I’m thinking six months. April will definitely be a planning month. If I start writing May 1, then October 31st would be the finish. Just in time for NaNo in November, if I decide to do it again. I like ending up with another completed rough draft ’cause it’s so difficult for me to write progressively every day, i.e., actually produce words. I like the idea of having another manuscript that I can rewrite at my usual snail-like pace. I’m so sick of trying to complete a novel!
Anyway, I won’t pressure myself about an October 31st deadline to finish the second draft. I think Silk River will need a third rewrite, at least, before I’m satisfied.
As for A Lamentation of Swans, I just don’t know. This may be the year I shelve it for a long time. I want to move on to other fiction and Swans is holding me back. However, if I shelve Swans, that means I may not write the other two books set in the story world of Raeve–A Haunting of Roses and A Rain of Pearls–both of which are partially written. But their independent stories so maybe they have a chance of seeing daylight.
Red’s at the dealer’s today; I think I’m going to have to buy a new car next year. Red is showing his age, poor guy, and our lovely relationship is inching toward its end.
