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mmerriam ([personal profile] mmerriam) wrote2011-01-10 08:01 pm

10 January 2011

I am plugging away on the developmental edits. I should be done with this first pass by this weekend. I've hit a string of scenes that are on the chopping block. Some of them are going to be condensed and rolled together, a couple might get cut completely because neither I nor the editor are sure how they advance the story, and a couple look to be made obsolete during the next pass.

I sold a short story, "Memory," to Ray Gun Revival. It's another bit of space opera, something I write from time-to-time. I'm always pleased to find a home for these stories. For any of my stories, actually. I am always a bit amazed that when someone wants to pay me money for the things I write.

Though it was a tough day, with a household member being terribly sick, we all got through it. The snow outside was just enough to make everything pretty again, covering up the dirty muck. I have brownies in the oven and coffee at hand. I'm recording the BCS Championship game, and plan to start watching it in an hour or so. For the record, I will be cheering for the Oregon Ducks.

[identity profile] kmarkhoover.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
congratulations on the sale :)

[identity profile] mikandra.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
congrats! That's a pretty cool sale.

[identity profile] mylefteye.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yay for the sale!

[identity profile] bondo-ba.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats on the sale - it IS an amazing feeeling for someone to enjoy a piece of writing, isn't it?

[identity profile] eyezofwolf.livejournal.com 2011-01-11 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations back at you for the sale! :)

[identity profile] jongibbs.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on that sale :)