Here's a question that I've posed before in a different venue. But, to my way of thinking, it's still an open question that my mind has never settled on, one way or the other:
When you spell it, do you prefer mama or momma? Or, does it make any difference? Should it make any difference?
I've seen it spelled both ways, with mama taking a slight lead, possibly. I'll share with you that my fingers have always, and probably will always, automatically type momma. I suppose it's possible that spelling preference is a regional thing, but I have no research to back that up.
That's my question of the day. Feedback anyone?
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Birthing a Novel
I just posted a mostly flippant account of my morning on my Face Book author page (www.facebook.com/daniellancewright) and, after I did, it created a true moment of personal clarity.
Last week, I pulled out an old manuscript of a novel I first drafted in about 1999. The goal was to breathe life into it. I need to add a closing chapter that must be written from scratch. Otherwise, it, once again, has been re-written. It’s a paranormal love story or, if you prefer, a paranormal drama about a contentious love between a retired man with problems and a twenty year younger woman with her own troubles.
Every time I complete a subsequent draft of it, I think that I’m looking at solid gold, the story to end all stories. But, once I set it aside for a time and then read it again, all I think is: Who wrote this crap?
You probably know where this is going now. I am almost finished with a solid gold novel, a story to end all stories –yes, sir, literary genius.
Of course, a quick reality check reminds me that I have rewritten this story umpteen times. I say ‘umpteen’ because it has been done so many times over ten years (+ or –) that I’ve lost count. Prudence dictates that, regardless what precious metal or level of intelligence I’m using to describe it, I must put it away and allow it to breathe in silence for a number of weeks, maybe months.
One day, I’ll read it and think: Hey, this isn’t bad.
That’s the day a publisher or agent will see it for the first time.
Last week, I pulled out an old manuscript of a novel I first drafted in about 1999. The goal was to breathe life into it. I need to add a closing chapter that must be written from scratch. Otherwise, it, once again, has been re-written. It’s a paranormal love story or, if you prefer, a paranormal drama about a contentious love between a retired man with problems and a twenty year younger woman with her own troubles.
Every time I complete a subsequent draft of it, I think that I’m looking at solid gold, the story to end all stories. But, once I set it aside for a time and then read it again, all I think is: Who wrote this crap?
You probably know where this is going now. I am almost finished with a solid gold novel, a story to end all stories –yes, sir, literary genius.
Of course, a quick reality check reminds me that I have rewritten this story umpteen times. I say ‘umpteen’ because it has been done so many times over ten years (+ or –) that I’ve lost count. Prudence dictates that, regardless what precious metal or level of intelligence I’m using to describe it, I must put it away and allow it to breathe in silence for a number of weeks, maybe months.
One day, I’ll read it and think: Hey, this isn’t bad.
That’s the day a publisher or agent will see it for the first time.
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