I had a great January with zero events and some days I didn't even have to leave the house. It was awesome. My Oct/Nov writing project is almost through the first round of edits and will be going out to beta readers soon. I'm hoping to have Siphon out in May. We'll see how that goes.
Winter has also been a time for adding new lives to my task list. Meet Zero, the newest chick who hatched on one of the many frigid mornings two weeks ago.
In addition to feathered pets, we also have a dog who has been looking for a new friend. We'd been on the lookout for another terrier, ideally an older one as our current boy is 11. Instead, a text from my dog dealer (nearby dog foster rescue volunteer) one morning lead to us claiming this 10 month old male Cheagle the next day. They've been getting along pretty good and it's been fun to see the grumpy old man playing like a puppy.
Book events start up this month. Though, thankfully only one long weekend to break back in slowly. Then we're off and running in March. If you're in the Lansing, MI area, stop out to the Mid-Michigan Women's Expo and visit the nineteen book slingers in author alley.
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This month's Insecure Writer's Support Group question is: Many writers have written about the experience of rereading their work years later. Have you reread any of your early works? What was that experience for you?
One of my fun annual January indulgences is to reread some of my books. This year I read all seven books of my Narvan series.
Why would I reread my own books? I mean, I wrote them, don't I know them already? *Side eyes the stack of books I've written* Um, yeah, but I wrote all those too and after a while, things get hazy. I write what I like to read so why shouldn't I get to read the books I wrote? As a writer, you know how many times we read over our work in countless rounds of edits. It sucks the fun of the story right out of it. So now that all that is behind us and a little distance has happened, I can read to enjoy the story.
But it never is all just fun, is it? Why? Because we can't turn edit brain off! So while my reread mind is happily eating up words, edit brain is pointing out tiny tweaks, an occasional missed comma, an extra space, and the inevitable ninja typo that is somehow still lingering after all these years. How? OMG, whhhhhy?
So yes, I enjoy reading my work, early and more recent, and while I'm there, I do a little light housekeeping so that the next printing is even better for my readers. Do I get the urge to do more than that on the really early books? Sometimes, but I haven't (yet - not saying I never will) because: 1) I have too many new projects to work on. 2) It wouldn't be the same story if current writer me rewrote it. 3) It's good to see how far you've come with your writing skills.
And now I have to get up and go do things and wake this tiny furball. Until next time, may your laps be warm and your words be plentiful!
