Hello, hello- what a long time since I've shown up here.
I couldn't face the story- it had gone so far off course. Jumped the shark, they say.
I hear over and over again- just finish it and revise later but I didn't enjoy it anymore. It was too terrible; it was a chore to sit down.
I sent it to my sister and I reread it myself. My sister loves it! Loves it.
She hasn't made it to the last 10,000 words yet (the jump the shark part, I mean)- but all that beginning stuff that I love too- she's enjoying it.
And I loved it too. And then I got to this newest 10,000 words- yuck. So bad. So horrible.
But now I have distance.
I went through almost all of it and revised it. The scene now ghosts/mirrors what I see in my head.
I'm so happy and energized. My sister keeps saying, "I can't believe you're going to be a published author." :D I'm so glad I had her read it. And I'm so glad I jettisoned the true crap and revised the mini-crap.
