Still Editing...

So yeah, you read it right, I'm still editing. It didn't help that I didn't have internet for 19 hours, or the fact I still have something due for an internship I completed last week (it's something like an exit writeup, but the moment I get time to write it, the internet goes out and I lose access to the do's and don'ts for it). So I thought, well now is as good of a time as any to edit my novel. Instead, I edit like one page and start reading Embassytown by China Mieville, watched two movies (Due Date and Morning Glory), an episode of the West Wing, and two episodes of The IT Crowd. And now I am thinking about going back to bed for a few hours since my head is throbbing.

And now I'm awake and it's actually six hours later because I just sat around doing nothing and listening to Marry The Night for awhile. So I'm reading China Mieville's new book and so far it's good other than the confusingness that comes with any of his books. I'm 18% in on my Kindle and he has a tendency to introduce concepts and not explain what they are for a chapter or two. And 18% in and I still don't really know what the big bad is going to be except for what I read on the description of the book. Oh, and luckily I have a Kindle with a dictionary because even I have to look up words from time to time. That's just the nature of Mieville, though!

So editing... Yeah, that's not going well. I have an urge to start work on another project but instead I'm slogging away at editing and I'm still not getting much feedback (where are you guys?!). Since I wrote this four years ago, I like to think that I've at least matured a little with practice. I have another unfinished novel (well, three of them...) that I've been able to practice on, something with vampires and werewolves as they were en vogue back in 2009 when this was written. I also have something else that's rather sci-fi with vampires and demons. Can you see that I have a tendency to stick to one area and not leave it? I rather like demons. I just have a tendency to 1.) overuse them in my stories and 2.) make them the good guys more often than not.

I've been trying to fix dialogue still and note points in the plot that seem off. It's difficult critiquing yourself subjectively because I like how my novel is, crappy or not (well, I've been told it's not crappy and that's it is actually good). I'll keep at it, but I am going back to NC on Friday and, save for one or two trips up here to get the rest of my stuff, won't be back to my beloved NYC unless I get a job up here. I'm hoping that happens, or at least a job in Washington, but let's keep our fingers crossed!