Headstall Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Living on a secluded part of a country road, we have gotten numerous cats who have been dumped by their owners. One was an orange tabby we called Baxter... he had been neutered and declawed, and he was old when he got dropped off. We had him vetted because he was so thin... he was extremely wormy... he ended up fat and sleek, and happy... he lived with us for 6 more years before he passed away while sleeping on the back veranda. Who knows why people do what they do... I always figured maybe he had an old owner who couldn't look after him anymore and maybe died, and the family dumped him.... 1
ColumbusGuy Posted April 19, 2015 Author Posted April 19, 2015 Sure, I've always been a night owl, but since I started reading, then writing at GA, it's gotten ridiculous. I'm tired, yet the words keep coming! It's at a point now where I could break and go to bed, or keep going. 3600 words so far...I guess it's time for me to fall into Morpheus' arms for a while.
ColumbusGuy Posted April 22, 2015 Author Posted April 22, 2015 Chapter 23 is not quite done, but it's close--6100 words so far. 2
ColumbusGuy Posted April 22, 2015 Author Posted April 22, 2015 Sent it off to Gary, it could end at the point I left off, or go on to finish the day. Opinions on which route to take? 1
EagleIsaac Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 Sent it off to Gary, it could end at the point I left off, or go on to finish the day. Opinions on which route to take? Well I'd vote for being able to read it sooner - but you need to be happy with it. 1
Headstall Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 Sent it off to Gary, it could end at the point I left off, or go on to finish the day. Opinions on which route to take? Okay, just read it and sent it back... great job, Buddy! 1
ColumbusGuy Posted April 22, 2015 Author Posted April 22, 2015 Chapter 23 is posted--I hope you guys like it! 1
EagleIsaac Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 Chapter 23 is posted--I hope you guys like it! I look forward to reading it. 1
ColumbusGuy Posted April 24, 2015 Author Posted April 24, 2015 Chapter 24 is started...no title yet if you want to offer one I could write toward. All I have so far is 410 words after fifteen minutes, taking up after dinner on Monday...so far it's Jay's POV, but that could change later on if someone else needs to cover stuff. I thought it might be Denny again, but once he goes home, I'd have to switch to someone else. I am revealing a bit more about him as dinner conversation. I figure on getting Mikey home, then taking up on Tuesday, either the morning through lunch or maybe cutting to lunch and doing the afternoon. Thoughts? 1
EagleIsaac Posted April 24, 2015 Posted April 24, 2015 Personally I think the morning might be more important at this point - the reaction of Zane and other students to the aftermath of the fight - and gym class with Jay and Denny. 4
ColumbusGuy Posted May 6, 2015 Author Posted May 6, 2015 Okay, distractions are over, unless the stories I follow post new chapters. I see that AC keeps just a chapter ahead of me, so that's a lost cause...but Gary has paused a bit so I'm fine there. Chapter 24 still has no name, but it's added another third to its length in the past hour or so. Life sucks because when I did my meds late last night and was eating my snack, I broke a crown--well, it's intact, but it snapped off, so it means a trip to the dentist and trying to find a way to attach a new one. The only thing I know is it won't be cheap since this crown was designed to simulate two missing teeth. If I'm lucky, he won't have to implant a screw into my jaw like he did for one of my other teeth. 4
Timothy M. Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 Poor you. I hate going to the dentist. AC just posted B&B ch 35, brace yourself ! Although it's beautiful too. I sent him a prompt 412 chapter to beta, hope to get it out before Friday. I agree with Eagle about the importance of Tuesday morning. No idea for a chapter title - Gary is the master of those. Don't get distracted now.... 4
ColumbusGuy Posted May 6, 2015 Author Posted May 6, 2015 Just sent Gary 3000 words of Chapter 24, hope he likes it. I'm guessing it's a bit less than half over, and it's at a break point to start the next section as getting Mikey home or taking up Tuesday at school. Still no title. 1
Headstall Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 Just sent Gary 3000 words of Chapter 24, hope he likes it. I'm guessing it's a bit less than half over, and it's at a break point to start the next section as getting Mikey home or taking up Tuesday at school. Still no title. I am just in the middle of a scene, Buddy, but I will get to it ASAP
ColumbusGuy Posted May 6, 2015 Author Posted May 6, 2015 No rush Big Guy--I have to figure out where it goes next...I'm digesting after my bratwursts for lunch.
Headstall Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 No rush Big Guy--I have to figure out where it goes next...I'm digesting after my bratwursts for lunch. Back to you now, Buddy... looks great..
ColumbusGuy Posted May 6, 2015 Author Posted May 6, 2015 Off to see what you said about it--with luck it will inspire me to new vistas as always. 1
ColumbusGuy Posted May 11, 2015 Author Posted May 11, 2015 Chapter 24 is moving ahead...4000 words so far. Going to be multiple viewpoints, I'm afraid, but they will be separated as usual, and you will figure out within the first sentence who's speaking. Piece of cake!
ColumbusGuy Posted May 13, 2015 Author Posted May 13, 2015 Chapter 24 is at 5490 words and I sent it to Gary to look over...it's probably 2/3 done. Hoping for a title before it's finished! 1
Headstall Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 Chapter 24 is at 5490 words and I sent it to Gary to look over...it's probably 2/3 done. Hoping for a title before it's finished! Looks great so far!! 1
ColumbusGuy Posted May 17, 2015 Author Posted May 17, 2015 Sorry for getting distracted, guys--no excuse except I got caught up in reading a couple stories while thinking about my chapter, and got carried away. Chapter 24 is at 6200 words, and I hope to have it in Gary's hands by Monday, so it could be posted that evening. 1
Timothy M. Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) Chapter 24 is at 6200 words, and I hope to have it in Gary's hands by Monday, so it could be posted that evening. talk about putting pressure on your editor ! Your chapters are usually more complicated than the ones I read for Gary (particularly since your story is set in the past), but perhaps not as bad as my CC chapters (which are longer and have beta issues from my lack of US-teen-life knowledge, and a multitude of comma faults plus the odd spelling mistakes). I'm impressed if you and Gary can work out a full edit-revise-edit-finalize-post cycle in one day. Edited May 17, 2015 by Timothy M. 2
ColumbusGuy Posted May 17, 2015 Author Posted May 17, 2015 Commas are my curse, and dashes...they are so haphazard and are supposed to represent pauses, but which one do you use at the time? He mostly gets me on exclamation points, though I've gotten better about that. Other than that, he makes suggestions to clarify text, and I follow them without question--he's been 100% right so far. What's tougher is the plot discussions as I write and send him sections. 2
Timothy M. Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 Ahh, so he betas as you write and edits at the end, makes sense. 2
Headstall Posted May 17, 2015 Posted May 17, 2015 CG and I are a great team... it's easy because he is very talented... we are in sync about most things... and we both care about the story he tells... 1
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