01 August 2007 @ 11:51 pm
Progress report  
I'm a last minute kind of gal. I juggle writing around a full-time (sometimes more than full-time) "day" job, family, my feeble attempts at having a life, and sleep. I really, really, really like to sleep. Unfortunately, that's what I often give up to get everything done. Oh, I'm such a whiner. LOL! But that's not the point here. The point is that because I'm always doing a jillion and one other things besides writing, I tend to binge write. Meaning I may not write anything for a few weeks because I'm busy, or if I do write it's little tidbits here and there. Then, when a book deadline draws close, everything else goes on the backburner and all I do is write. I glut on writing.  My entire world turns inward and revolves solely around the story and the characters.

So...ahem...that's kind of where I am right now. I'm writing the sequel to Never Let Go. It's called Hearts & Bones and picks up Will and Ethan's story shortly after Never Let Go ended. I've got a deadline and I'm going to have to spend the next couple of weeks in writing madwoman mode. The story of my life. :)

Here's my progress so far on Hearts & Bones...
Zokutou word meterZokutou word meter
5,000 / 35,000
(14.3%)

Want to watch to see me at my procrastinator-makes-up-for-lost-time best?  Stay tuned!

XOXO,
ML  :)

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lovinthekink[info]lovinthekink on August 2nd, 2007 06:44 am (UTC)
Hey ML - Hang in there!
I can commiserate (as you know :) except for the taking a few weeks off part. It seems as though lately (well, okay, pretty much since March-ish) I spend every minute when I'm not at my day job, in front of the computer!
How much re-writing do you have to do? I really resent the revision process (*my* books should be right the first time out, darn it!LOL) but I sure seem to spend a lot of time there. (I re-write until I read it beg. to end and know it's 'right.')

Ah well - Loving Wolf went off to the CP's this morning and I've got 2 chapters left for Taming. Moving right along! (I'm excited to see how Just Friends did, so I'm watching my mail - very happy it's still on the bestseller list for July)
Happy writing!
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M.L. Rhodes[info]mlrhodes on August 3rd, 2007 01:12 pm (UTC)
Thanks for the commiseration, Anne! :)

I rewrite and edit as I go. I mean constantly. Every day when I sit down to write, I start reading the story from the beginning and tweak it until I'm satisfied before I start writing new stuff. The next day, the same thing. Over and over and over. When the story gets long enough it's impossible to start reading from the beginning (or it'd take me all day and I'd never get anything new written), I'll start about two or three chapters ahead of where I'm writing. It's kind of a pain in the butt, but by the time I finish a story it's usually pretty darn clean and I'm usually pretty happy with it. I can usually give it one last read and send it off to my editor. Which comes in handy since I'm such a procrastinator and don't usually have a lot of time between finishing something and needing to turn it in. LOL!
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