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How NOT to Skate Through Revisions

06 Sunday Jan 2013

Posted by Elizabeth Fais in Animation, Perspective, Writing

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Bambi, Elizabeth Fais, NaNoRevMo, Revisions, Thumper, Walt Disney Studios, Writing

This past year was a whirl wind of firsts, including a new job and blogging for the first time ever. I also started the final revision of my Work In Progress (WIP) — a Young Adult (YA) supernatural mystery. All good. It’s been terrific, really.

Bambi-on-ice2But… there was an itsy-bitsy snag  in the midst of the newness. With all the new shiny things in my life, progress on my WIP revisions slowed to a negligible crawl. Which is why come November, when everyone else was NaNoWriMoing, I lead a NaNoRevMo Charge on revisions for my WIP.

It was great tapping into the NaNo synergy. I got back in the groove, and the revisions were going well.

And then … life happened. What’s that they say about “making plans is the best way to make the universe laugh. In your face.”? Well, the universe was rolling around on the floor laughing at me…

Because it played out something like this…



Well… ALMOST… I won’t bore you with the deets, but here’s the general rundown:

  1. I had to trap and relocate an entire colony of feral cats, when the property where I’d been feeding them went up for sale. No small task, and especially stressful since I’d cared for these cats every day for more than 9 years.
  2. All the while, I had to keep on top of deadlines at the day-job. Nothing new there. But trapping the colony of feral cats in my spare time left no bandwidth for revisions. Zero. Zip. Nada. Zilch.
  3. To top that all off, a killer cold knocked me flat and bronchitis shoved me head first into the proverbial snow bank. Luckily, after the cats made it to their new home. Deadlines at the day-job still had to be met, and I got the job done! But progress on the revisions? None what so ever.
  4. Finally… I started feeling better. And now…

I’m back in the groove & skating on through…

Bambi-and-thumper-on-ice1I’ve sailed well past the half-way mark of the WIP revisions, and can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yay, me! Since I’m driven by deadlines, real or self-imposed, to keep the momentum going I drew a deadline for final completion on the calendar. Then I started realigning priorities. I’m confident I’ll be able reach the finish line in a relatively short time. But that means … something’s gotta give.

Sadly, this blog has to go dark … for awhile

Only for a few weeks folks… And  that’s not to say I won’t post a funny video somewhere along the line. *wink, wink* Just no substantial content, as I need to focus my full attention on my WIP revisions … for now.

I’ll be back after the revision break. Promise!

I have a great series of posts planned for the coming year. But before I can dig intoSteamLocomotive_Wikipedia writing those awesome articles, I have to finish this WIP, so I can hop on the Literary Agent Submission Train.

I’ll see you all in a few weeks on the other side of the deadline! I’ll miss you guys, but this Revision Interlude will pass before we know it! [Image credit: Wikipedia]

The NaNoRevMo Charge!

03 Saturday Nov 2012

Posted by Elizabeth Fais in NaNoRevMo, Writing

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Elana Johnson, Elizabeth Fais, NaNoRevMo, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Revising Month, National Novel Writing Month, Revising

Some of you may know that I’ve been slugging my way through the (hopefully) final revision of my Work In Progress (WIP). I’m hip deep in ripping-and-revising, but progress has been slow going (for lots of reasons).  I knew if I stopped to dash off a new project for NaNoWriMo, I might never complete this WIP, and I wasn’t willing to take that risk. So, what to do? I needed a dose of serious inspiration. Then I realized…

When revising gets tough, the tough do NaNoRevMo!

I learned about the National Novel REVISING Month cavalcade from Young Adult Author, Elana Johnson’s recent blog post. My immediate reaction was, “Sign me up!”

I’m late to the NaNo starting gate so I’ll have to charge ahead to catch up. Especially considering how much work still needs to be done on this revision. It’s borderline insanity. But that’s ever stopped me before.

So, here it goes. From this day through the end of this month, my goal is to revise the following until they shine:

  • Young Adult supernatural mystery WIP
  • The query letter for this project

The Charge of the Write Brigade!

As I embark upon the Charge of the Write Brigade, my blog posts may be less frequent. But with so many folks participating in NaNoWriMo, I know everyone will understand. My motto for the rest of this month is going to be:

Sleep when you’re dead!


Is Anyone else focusing on revising this month?

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