I was all set to offer up a short post about the progress of my Day-Glo revisions. And I will. But first…
A few moments ago I received an e-mail from an editor describing one of my not-yet-sold projects as “the bomb.” THE BOMB!!! (Take that, Ursula Nordstrom!) This, of course, will make it a little harder to get to sleep tonight, which is unfortunate since I need to be up at 2 a.m. (okay, 5 a.m.) to work more on Day-Glo. Sleep deprivation never felt so good.
So, about that Day-Glo, and the title of this post. Since I hadn’t touched the manuscript in over a year until I received my revision notes, I’ve had to approach my old research files almost as if they were for a brand-new project. And I’m loving it. I’m falling in love with the story all over again. If there are writers at this point in a project who discover that they hate their story, or are just lukewarm about it, I feel really, really sorry for them.
And probably because of the other nonfiction projects I’ve worked on in the meantime, I have a better sense than I did a few years ago (I started working on The Day-Glo Brothers in 2001) of where I need to dig deeper in my research. Hence those 1,300-odd pages of history about the Signal Corps (nothing there for me, as it turned out), and a fresh interview with the 80-something younger brother of my title characters, and the dozens of pages of 70-year-old handwritten notes that I should have by this time next week.
Oh, and I’m also reading How I Live Now. Wowee.
Over a year! I sometimes wonder if I will have the patience for writing. I’ve always worked in jobs with fairly quick turnaround, so I am used to immediate results. I’d pull my hair out one patch at a time if I had to wait a year for someone to give me direction.
Over a year! I sometimes wonder if I will have the patience for writing. I’ve always worked in jobs with fairly quick turnaround, so I am used to immediate results. I’d pull my hair out one patch at a time if I had to wait a year for someone to give me direction.
Over a year! I sometimes wonder if I will have the patience for writing. I’ve always worked in jobs with fairly quick turnaround, so I am used to immediate results. I’d pull my hair out one patch at a time if I had to wait a year for someone to give me direction.
“The Bomb”?! Did you (I hope) ask how much they were willing to shell out for BOMBs these days? ;)
“The Bomb”?! Did you (I hope) ask how much they were willing to shell out for BOMBs these days? ;)
“The Bomb”?! Did you (I hope) ask how much they were willing to shell out for BOMBs these days? ;)
Chris, good news on your project!
Chris, good news on your project!
Chris, good news on your project!
Hey Chris:
I just found your blog yesterday. Great news on your book. “The Bomb?” That rocks!
Kelly
Hey Chris:
I just found your blog yesterday. Great news on your book. “The Bomb?” That rocks!
Kelly
Hey Chris:
I just found your blog yesterday. Great news on your book. “The Bomb?” That rocks!
Kelly
Congrats! I’m looking forward to more scoop on THE BOMB! Way cool!
Congrats! I’m looking forward to more scoop on THE BOMB! Way cool!
Congrats! I’m looking forward to more scoop on THE BOMB! Way cool!
Congrats on “the bomb”! I can’t wait to read it!
Congrats on “the bomb”! I can’t wait to read it!
Congrats on “the bomb”! I can’t wait to read it!
Thanks for the congrats and kind words, everybody. (And Kelly, welcome to Bartography!) Let’s all stay tuned and see what happens…
Thanks for the congrats and kind words, everybody. (And Kelly, welcome to Bartography!) Let’s all stay tuned and see what happens…
Thanks for the congrats and kind words, everybody. (And Kelly, welcome to Bartography!) Let’s all stay tuned and see what happens…
Yea for “DA BOMB!” May the editor get it to acquisitions soon!
Yea for “DA BOMB!” May the editor get it to acquisitions soon!
Yea for “DA BOMB!” May the editor get it to acquisitions soon!