Every spare second has been going toward the completion of the third Sophie book, Obsession, Deceit And Really Dark Chocolate and I can finally say with assurance that it’s days from being finished. I’m now just re-reading it one last time and cutting extraneous words and putting in commas that I’ve inadvertently left out.
The last few weeks of working on a manuscript are usually stressful for me. I always want to put the entire world on hold while I focus on my writing but for reasons that I can’t fathom the entire world always refuses to cooperate. My friends continue to call, my bills continue arrive, my son continues to need me and so on. So I inevitably resolve to give up on the one thing that I know I can sacrifice (if only for a short period of time): sleep.
I’ve been up until two, three, sometimes four in the morning trying to get this thing done. Part of the problem is that a few months ago I fooled myself with my one of my own red herrings. Yes, I was almost done with this thing when all of a sudden I said, “Hey! Maybe so-and-so should be the real killer!” Of course that required a major re-write but I am much happier with the manuscript now and I can’t imagine submitting something that I wasn’t proud of.
Anyway, the other night after a particularly late night writing session I had a dream about, what else, writing the book. The novel is kind of a chick-lit-murder-mystery/political-satire (much like Passion, Betrayal And Killer Highlightsis a chick-lit-mystery/social-satire) so in my dream I had to come up with a name for a political organization which would go by the acronym “TRAIN.” I was having a horrible time thinking of something. I tried Trained Railroad Workers Against Intentional Negligence, Tenacious Rwandans Against International Neglect and Teenage Runaways Against Interfering Nincompoops.
This is what happens when I write into the wee hours of the morning: I end up dreaming of nonsensical acronyms.
But I promise none of that is going into the book. I would never make someone pay good money for that kind of sleep-deprived insanity. Instead I’ll just feed it to my blog readers.
Kyra Davis
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3 comments:
I just got Passion, Betrayal and Killer HIghlights from Amazon! How excited am I? I am currently reading Shoot the Moon, by Billie Letts, but then I am back into Sophie's world! I so cannot wait to see what happens with Anatoly this time! :O)
Anyway, I understand your need for time....it must be exciting writing and completing novels. Oh, and whether you are chick-lit or not...I love your books! LOL
I've started reading Passion, Betrayal and Killer Highlights. I enjoyed Sex, Murder and a Double Latte. I too am right into Sophie's world, and your blog, Kyra.
LOL with the scenes with Leah and Sophie together.
To be chick lit or not to be chick lit, hee hee,
Your writing has it's own style :)
Thanks for the encouragement ck3! And Josie, I'm so glad you're enjoying your time in Sophie's world! Writing the scenes with Sophie and Leah was a lot of fun. Leah has a very small part in the next Sophie book but I'm thinking of featuring her more prominently in Sophie book 4.
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