Sunday, January 22, 2017

Revisions

I've made the remaining edits to the manuscript that my first readers indicated, and submitted it to the workshop for this Thursday. The most extensive edits were to the last two chapters, so those are what I submitted. Both chapters are longer than before, as I had to fix and explain some aspects that were contrary to common sense. Thanks, Workshop!

Currently, the story just tops 99,000 words.

Struggling with a title. The book to me has always been The Weaver's Children. But that won't yield results from a Google search for RH. I suppose I should just call it Robin Hood. The Ballad of Robin Hood. "Ballad" gives it a softer sound, appropriate for my main character, and ties in with the historical RH ballads, the ballads Tuck recites within the story, and the ballads that Allan will sing later.

Hmm, let me sleep on that, and run it by the workshop.

I'd thought of submitting Dragonlord, but my revisions should be seen by someone, so they get what they get. I've worked quite a bit on the query letter. There's a professional workshop in Kansas City in March, and I'm trying to decide if I can afford to go, and what to do with the dogs for the two nights I'd be gone. I'd have to dispose of them early on Friday, then head to KC, stay overnight, workshop on Sat, stay overnight again, then drive back and pick up the dogs Sunday. Maybe I can split them up among various hosts.

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