tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post6409203837279264886..comments2023-06-06T08:13:43.101-07:00Comments on Vanessa Gebbie's news: WEEKLY POST Sept 24Vanessa Gebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-35371938109233679872009-09-25T18:21:17.523-07:002009-09-25T18:21:17.523-07:00Aaagh, you are going to have to find a few more wo...Aaagh, you are going to have to find a few more words from somewhere... fingers crossed.<br />vVanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-21156339036441104572009-09-25T06:37:49.580-07:002009-09-25T06:37:49.580-07:00Vanessa I know exactly what you mean. I've bee...Vanessa I know exactly what you mean. I've been fighting with a novel for more than 2 years between other projects. I told myself that these two weeks I would do nothing else but get it sorted out once and for all as I want to enter it in a contest in January. <br /><br />It has been as much as 75,000 words once. I cut it brutally to 45,000. Then it slipped up to 60,000. I started this week by deciding to take two main characters and push them to the background and was down to 44,000 I am seriously done now and it has ended at just under 55,000. <br /><br />The contest needs it to be at least 60,000. :(Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-78871438390318225092009-09-24T15:48:48.533-07:002009-09-24T15:48:48.533-07:00Thanks for the congrats, Lauri... Its got a long w...Thanks for the congrats, Lauri... Its got a long way to go yet though. When I write new words I edit out old ones at the same time, so it is a bit like taking three steps forward and two backwards at the same time. The final wordcount may well be less than 5000!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-68793281298894550442009-09-24T12:24:37.284-07:002009-09-24T12:24:37.284-07:00Vanessa congrats on getting so far on your book- 9...Vanessa congrats on getting so far on your book- 90,000 words- yikes- how long will it be? Your retreat sound fabulous so glad it was so lovely.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-75853502376440674782009-09-24T09:08:04.919-07:002009-09-24T09:08:04.919-07:00Hi Sue.. I can't wait to read my own finished ...Hi Sue.. I can't wait to read my own finished product meself! I stayed in the Coulagh Bay room for the first time, and loved it. I can quite see why you write so well there! Have a wonderful time when you go next.Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1674510287177469473.post-14524142544490788242009-09-24T03:26:04.479-07:002009-09-24T03:26:04.479-07:00All of this looks and sounds so great! Well done ...All of this looks and sounds so great! Well done on your book! Wonderful news. I can't wait to read the finished product. I'm longing to go back to AC - but looks like early December might be the first I can get away. No swimming then, though. xoSue Guineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556228394020314560noreply@blogger.com