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I revised The Molting.

It is now in the hands of the Great and Terrible @NadiaLee.

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Contemplating starting something new.

Maybe the companion novel to Hurricane Forever.

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Kaz’s Summer Camp Week #3:

I finished my draft zero of Hurricane Forever – not the real title FYI – yesterday.

It is an awful draft. I’m so desperate to fix it that I sent it to two kind souls – Maili and Liz – who can store a copy so I can temporarily delete it off my hard drive. If they decide to peek, it’ll probably make their eyes bleed.

Hmm… Not sure if it’s a good idea to let people have blackmail material. But it is done.

Today, I started the short story, The Molting, that I was planning to write next month. I’m now hoping to finish it by 2^nd of July, as there’ll be wedding madness (thankfully not mine) from 3^rd-11^th of June, entailing flights and gowns and stuff.

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Extract:

“You are very difficult, you know.”

“Coming from you? Who hired me to manage you so other people would find you easier to deal with?” 

His mouth dropped open. “What did you just say?”

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I already had a draft of the first section – so I’m now just revising what I had as I go along. That’s about 1300 words of revisions, and I’m about ready to take the leap into new material.

I only have new material because I had an epiphany this morning. But I’m pretty sure it can carry me through to the end in one draft, so that’s okay.

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I talked to Elise Matthesen, who has kindly given me permission to use some of her beautiful work in The Molting.

I had an epiphany about it. It entails tossing out all the worldbuilding I did for it, but that’s okay.

I suspect it’s not quite fantasy any more though. Or SF, which might be an issue as I was going to use to ‘audition’ OWW.

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So, I have a draft of Hurricane Forever.

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It doesn’t actually feel like an accomplishment.

Right now, all I wanna do is revise it.

And yes, I did finish it less than 24 hours ago. Actually, maybe less than 12 even.

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I’m actually itching so badly to revise it that I’ve actually had to send a copy to two wonderful, wonderful friends (@LizUK and @McVane) so I can delete it off my hard drive for the time being.

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The thing is, it feels like it’s just the first step. I suppose it IS just the first step. I mean, it’s going to need at least two rounds of revisions before anybody gets to read it.

Or before anybody SHOULD read it. If I send it out before that, I’d be an idiot to let anybody, and I do mean anybody, see what a terrible writer I am.

Now, if only it didn’t give me this Insane urge to revise. NOW.

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And it is done.

I would roll over and go to bed, but I’m not tired.

I didn’t expect to finish quite this quickly though.

But then, I wrote the last sentence and realised that the rest of the planned chapter would be superfluous.

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I may actually unpack today.

To prevent myself from attacking Hurricane Forever with a red pen. That would serve no purpose here.

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