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Fetch me pretty boys
Copyedits were expressed to NYC today. I would have sent them out yesterday, but the Northeaster kept me homebound.
First on the agenda was a trip to Kinkos to photocopy the copyedits*, prior to their mailing. I was surrounded by frantic taxpayers photocopying their returns while I serenely hogged a machine and proceeded to photocopy my novel, much to their dismay.
Back to the pretty boys--this weekend as I was at the writer's retreat, a few of my fellow writers were startled to find that I had taken a break from writing to surf the internet, looking for pretty boys. I explained that part of my writing process is to find an actor who resembles my character and then print off their picture as a reference. This helps keep physical descriptions consistent, so characters don't change hair or eye-color midway through the novel. I already have the major characters for the first two books, but needed to add to their number.
Here's Lieutenant Burrell, a supporting character in THE SEA CHANGE, who will be elevated in importance in the final book, and thus warrants his own photos. Mmm, isn't he pretty?
*Yes, I'm obsessive compulsive and photocopy everything just in case a meteor strikes the DHL delivery truck, why do you ask?
First on the agenda was a trip to Kinkos to photocopy the copyedits*, prior to their mailing. I was surrounded by frantic taxpayers photocopying their returns while I serenely hogged a machine and proceeded to photocopy my novel, much to their dismay.
Back to the pretty boys--this weekend as I was at the writer's retreat, a few of my fellow writers were startled to find that I had taken a break from writing to surf the internet, looking for pretty boys. I explained that part of my writing process is to find an actor who resembles my character and then print off their picture as a reference. This helps keep physical descriptions consistent, so characters don't change hair or eye-color midway through the novel. I already have the major characters for the first two books, but needed to add to their number.
Here's Lieutenant Burrell, a supporting character in THE SEA CHANGE, who will be elevated in importance in the final book, and thus warrants his own photos. Mmm, isn't he pretty?
*Yes, I'm obsessive compulsive and photocopy everything just in case a meteor strikes the DHL delivery truck, why do you ask?
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U r a smrt wrtr. Do you also keep multiple copies of work in progress in different locations? I have copies of things on ZIP disk and try to send CDs to "remote storage" (thanks, Dad) in case of emergency. One of the most hair raising it-could-happen-to-you stories I ever read about writing was about a writer who spent many, many years on a novel and lost it all when her place burned. It took her an equal number of years to recover, and the next book she published was actually about the hell of trying to get started again.
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I keep meaning to get organized enough to arrange for secure backup offsite. You may have inspired me.