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.

Have you seen this man?

Writer guy

There’s a whole new kind of man walking the streets at night who may sit in the cubicle or desk next to you during the day. He’s focused with his appearance, working out and taking spas, manicures and foot massages. He may dress better than his wife or girlfriend. He’s an upwardly mobile male, who buys big item goods with aspirational price tags. His idol, Brad Pitt. And not fight club Brad Pitt.

While he’s not your father in a mid life crisis, he just may be your younger brother, cousin or neighbor. He’s a product of 30 years of media messages and Hollywood workouts. He’s a…a…a meterosexual.

According to even the most conservative of periodicals, the Investor Business Daily, he may have already live in a town near you. Mind you, some of my best friends are meterosexuals. As far as my daughter marrying one, well, I need kids before stressing that. I also may need a TV first, because apparently I’m the last one on the planet to learn of this next step in the evolution of man. I’m just not with it.