March
Sheena to Sheena:
Ooh, I can’t wait to get my manuscript delivered next month and then I can write ALL THE THINGS!!! ALL THE SHINY NEW THINGS!!!!!
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| all the ideas! |
April
Sheena to Sheena:
Hooray! I've delivered my book, and you know what, I feel kind of exhausted. I feel almost as if I have been writing books non-stop for over ten years, and using all the time I'm not doing events and things to write more books*. I feel like the girl in The Red Shoes -- scared to stop dancing, only in my case it's writing.
*That's because I HAVE been writing books non-stop for ten years, etc.
May
Sheena to Sheena:
OMG! I have had the BEST idea. I'm going to take the summer off! I am going to STOP DANCING/WRITING and let myself recover. I am going to walk and run, and play my guitar and spend more time with the people I love, and go on holidays and just BE. I can't wait.
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| more of this kind of thing, thank you |
June
Publisher to Sheena:
Um, we kind of hate your book. We think it needs a MAJOR REWRITE
Sheena to Sheena (three seconds later):
They are WRONG!
Sheena to Publisher (a day later):
Oh, that is rather deflating. But of course I will look at your concerns with interest and an open mind.
Sheena to Sheena (a day later):
Hell! They are RIGHT! This needs a MAJOR REWRITE
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| some cheerful ice cream cones to distract from beastliness of rewriting |
July
Sheena to Sheena:
This is HARD WORK. This is not the summer I planned. But this is going to be a much better book. Thank God for such good publishers.
August
Sheena to Sheena:
Another draft done! Phew! Time for a quick holiday before the final draft. What a relief!
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| the forest that keeps me sane while I write...and rewrite... |
OMG! ABBA post due. What on earth can I write about...?
