Author: Writer guy

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Writer guy

I try and lift weights and jump rope regularly. Think jumping rope is for sissies, huh? Give it a whirl for 5 minutes and get back to me.

The goal is to get the heart pumping a bit because writing involves next to no physical effort. In fact, as I’ve come to understand it writing is mostly about sitting in a chair for long time and without blowing the day surfing the web, talking on the phone, cleaning the house and otherwise not writing.

Lately the fatigue has been so acute that the targeted body parts shake uncontrollably halfway through the workout. But I found a cure.

Eating a baked potato 30 minutes before the workout holds the tremors back. Who would have thought? And they say carbs are all bad.

Remember the files!

Writer guy

Look out! Editor person is back on the case. This time they made in line edits to the Ridge Runner.

Having suffered through the hard copy edit era, in line edits directly in the electronic document are the only way to go. It’s easier to read red or blue comments in context than it is to look down at a piece of paper and then back at the screen. A lot gets lost in those seconds looking up, down and then up, because I forgot what the comments are half the time. Also Editor person likes to draw nifty circles and arrows which make perfect sense to everyone but me.

So if you’re out there looking for your own Editor person make sure “will do in line edits” is on their resume. Insist on it.

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Where we at?

Writer guy

Below is the up to the minute query to agent response ratio for The Ridge Runner thus far.

Rejections : 42.50%
Requested Chapters : 14.50% – then rejected.
Never Responded: : 43.00% – more than 6 months no reply.

Perhaps I should follow up on the never responded hmm?

Brain freeze

Writer guy

It’s been awhile since visiting the subject of writing in this blog. This is ironic since I’ve been writing a lot instead of writing about writing. Confused? Yeah, me too.

Anyway, the sixth draft of The Ridge Runner is looking good. The beginning 120 pages are tight and the last 100 pages even tighter. Alas, the quest to fine tune an engaging middle continues. Middles are the hardest part for me, because every page must respect the conflict from the page before, stoke the flames of the larger conflict and set up the next situation.

Perhaps some day this will all be second nature. At least I hope it will.