Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: accomplished
  • Music: Rock Sugar, "Livin' for a Sweet Weekend."

Word count -- MIDNIGHT BLUE-LIGHT SPECIAL.

Words: 3,255.
Total words: 15,260.
Reason for stopping: chapter one is finished, and chapters two through four have been tweaked accordingly.
Music: mostly dance mixes. Fancy that.
The cats: presumably back in California.

So yeah, I did it again; what I thought was chapter one was actually chapter two, necessitating the composition of a whole new chapter one, and revision of the existing chapters, to make the new chapter one fit with the rest of the book. And, again, the book is infinitely better and more fun, right out the gate, for having had this new chapter one added. I should really give up on first chapters, and just plan to write them when I've finished the rest of the book, I swear.

There is no mouse exaltation of the day, as the mice do not appear in the new chapter one. I apologize, and promise more mousy goodness to come. Probably when it will annoy Verity as much as humanly possible.

I've actually been spending a lot of time in this universe lately, having finished a story set three generations before Discount Armageddon, and done some heavy revision on a few stories set to generations before. This series really is a family affair, and I work industriously to make that obvious. Also, it's fun to do period-piece cryptozoology.

I am, perhaps, easily amused.
Tags: cheese and cake, incryptid, midnight bluelight special, word count
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kshandra

January 2 2011, 21:01:06 UTC 6 years ago

There is no mouse exaltation of the day, as the mice do not appear in the new chapter one. I apologize, and promise more mousy goodness to come. Probably when it will annoy Verity as much as humanly possible.

I approve.

seanan_mcguire

January 3 2011, 19:38:28 UTC 6 years ago

Good.

dornbeast

January 2 2011, 21:07:56 UTC 6 years ago

"I should really give up on first chapters, and just plan to write them when I've finished the rest of the book, I swear."

On the other hand, it ain't broke...

seanan_mcguire

January 3 2011, 19:38:38 UTC 6 years ago

It's annoying as fuck.

dornbeast

January 3 2011, 20:10:57 UTC 6 years ago

Okay, that qualifies as broken.

yellowblackhaze

January 3 2011, 01:07:37 UTC 6 years ago

I still think the prologue in Rosemary and Rue is one of the most stunning things you've done. Was that written at the start or did you add it in later?

seanan_mcguire

January 3 2011, 19:38:50 UTC 6 years ago

It was the first part of the book to be written.