Just typed END on the revision of THE NOVEL FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOUND FOR GLORY, now titled PEOPLES’ SONG. One more copy-editing pass, and it’s out the door. A friend has given me a referral to an agent, so we’ll start there and see how it pans out.
I have a good feeling about [...]
So, tagged me.
These are my favorite PG rated anagrams. Some of them were downright obscene, which you can check out yourself if you want to anagram “thunderchikin” at http://www.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/cgi-bin/anagram.cgi .
KITCHEN HID URN
CRUD HEN HIT KIN
HECK RID HIT NUN
INDICT HER HUNK
HICK DITHER NUN
I tag anybody who mentioned Opryland in a post during the last [...]
I’m 123 pages into the revision, and it’s going pretty well. I know I’ll have to do another pass to remove some of the monologue I’m adding because it will be repetitive in places. After that, I’ll do a copy-editing pass and be done.
The next big question is, what will I do with [...]
Is it a bad sign when you keep nodding off while reading your revisons aloud to yourself? Am I the only who does this?
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After much procrastination, the rewrite of BOUND FOR GLORY/GLORY BOUND/DEVILS AND DUST has begun. Armed with the suggestions of seven top-flight editors (i.e. the folks who rejected it the first time around), I’ve decided on a course of action to make a character more likeable, events more plausible, ghosts more acceptable, and reunions more [...]
1. Opryland. Been there, done that, regretted it both times. The photos of the place don’t do it justice. Think: Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy Build a Hotel. “Hey, let’s add on the to ho-tel and slap a roof on it and how about we run us a creek through [...]
If you were one of the thousand-plus folks who attended the ALAN Breakfast/Workshop and took photos, I want your pictures! For the ALAN website, ALAN Online, of course. (I didn’t take any photos because, sadly, the advent of digital photography doesn’t preclude me from snapping shots of my life-long favorite subject–my thumb).
And if you’ve [...]
