How to get off an airplane ? Let me count the ways. . .
First, business:
For those of you who have dropped in from Lucy Monroe's party, welcome, and please leave a comment or email if you want to join the drawing for a copy of THE GREAT MONTANA COWBO
Y AUCTION which ends August 1. And anyone who didn't drop in from Lucy's, if you want to take part in the drawing, do the same. I'll post the winner the evening of August 1st. You will then have 24 hours to contact me to claim your prize.
It was great at Lucy's. We had a blast. And I met lots of really fun and interesting readers and writers. I hope some of you who met me there will continue to drop in here. Always glad to have visitors!
Now then, airplanes.
Spence and Sadie (we remember them, don't we, class?) have been on a blinkin' airplane for the last eight days. They have disembarked at least ten times. They have spent, conservatively, 10,000 words getting off the damn plane. And they haven't done it right yet. I feel like the director shouting, "Take 145! Roll 'em!" And we go through it again. How many ways are there, for heaven's sake?
Skip it, you say? Tried that. Can't. Need a particular thing to happen during the getting off the plane. Can't make it happen elsewhere. No time. Apparently Spence and Sadie think that we have all the time in the world. They would be wrong. We don't. We have exactly 20 days to get this right, get this book finished and get on a plane ourselves to go to The Son's Wedding.
So, back to the drawing board. Take 146, here we come.
For those of you who have dropped in from Lucy Monroe's party, welcome, and please leave a comment or email if you want to join the drawing for a copy of THE GREAT MONTANA COWBO
Y AUCTION which ends August 1. And anyone who didn't drop in from Lucy's, if you want to take part in the drawing, do the same. I'll post the winner the evening of August 1st. You will then have 24 hours to contact me to claim your prize.It was great at Lucy's. We had a blast. And I met lots of really fun and interesting readers and writers. I hope some of you who met me there will continue to drop in here. Always glad to have visitors!
Now then, airplanes.
Spence and Sadie (we remember them, don't we, class?) have been on a blinkin' airplane for the last eight days. They have disembarked at least ten times. They have spent, conservatively, 10,000 words getting off the damn plane. And they haven't done it right yet. I feel like the director shouting, "Take 145! Roll 'em!" And we go through it again. How many ways are there, for heaven's sake?
Skip it, you say? Tried that. Can't. Need a particular thing to happen during the getting off the plane. Can't make it happen elsewhere. No time. Apparently Spence and Sadie think that we have all the time in the world. They would be wrong. We don't. We have exactly 20 days to get this right, get this book finished and get on a plane ourselves to go to The Son's Wedding.
So, back to the drawing board. Take 146, here we come.
posted by Anne McAllister at 10:41 AM
4 Comments:
I've found some new authors through Lucy's party - and more books for my tbb pile :) and more blogs to check out lol. Thanks and also for the chance to win one of your books.
It was great to meet you and so many other authors new to me at Lucy's party!
I'd love a chance to win one of your books.
Good luck with take 146! Hope it clicks this time :o)
Great to meet all of you at Lucy's party, too. What fun it was.
I'm happy to report that take 146 seems to be working. At least I'm 1500 words further along than I was this morning (but 3000 less than I was yesterday). But things finally seem to have the momentum they needed. Writing is sooo weird!
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