Tag: synopsis

  • 2 pounds, 13 3/4 ounces

    That’s how much my Golden Heart entry weighs. It’s 36 pages of 6-page synopsis and 210 pages of the first 42 pages of my MS. How do I know how much it weighs? Easy — I put it on my trusty kitchen scale. (I knew there had to be a use for it besides weighing […]

  • Down but not out

    Today I thought I was ready to print my full MS for the GH entry.  Unfortunately, it was the first time I’d noticed that all my pages were 1.5-spaced instead of double-spaced. That’s ALL the pages — in the full MS and what I thought was getting close to a perfect GH entry. When I […]

  • Limping along

    That’s what my blog is doing … I haven’t been giving it as much attention as I should, I guess. Unfortunately, I haven’t been giving the NaNo the attention it needs, either. After a great write-in with friends Wednesday morning (at which the MS topped 10,400 words), I was woefully lazy on Thursday and Friday. […]

  • Still plugging away

    No, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth … even if it might seem like I did. I’ve been busy, busy, busy trying to balance my writing life with the day job and my attempt to hit my goal weight (which I’m still 15 pounds away from, darn it). I still wonder if […]