Oh and then my family invaded my house for Christmas and are still currently here so that's another reason posts have been a little scant these days. But my NYE resolution is to write on here more often about things other than Survivor and the book so let's hope that works out for me!
.... but it's not the new year yet so one more mini-book post. Bad news: I'm an idiot. I had two chapter fifteens. Doh! but that means... Good news: I have twenty chapters instead of nineteen. This big "event" I am writing right now is actually turning out to be way longer than expected so I think the final chapter count is getting bumped up from 26 to 28. Exciting?! * shrugs * Sure, why not? Oh and because said family and holidays have hijacked my life, I have worked very little on the book. So that means sister LA didn't get to read it and that means it's staying under wraps for a bit longer. * sigh * (I am considering doing Teaser Tuesdays... if I ever get to that point). Well another resolution will be to finish the book by the end of... February. I'd say January but it's back to the rat race of trying to find a job for this girl so that will be intruding on my writing time. Bummer. So that catches us up to speed on the book, since I know you were dying to know. :)
And I leave you with this:
Three Ways I am Weird When It Comes to Reading Books:
1. I rarely stop reading in the middle of a chapter. Even if I am exhausted, I will push through to the end (or at the very least, stop at a determined break in the chapter usually complete with a cute little design or page break). I think this tendency of mine is the reason why I am aiming to have the majority of my chapters be between ten and fifteen pages: Just enough pages to read before shutting off the light.
2. I never read the blurb on the back of the book aside from when deciding which one to purchase. At the moment, I have a stack of 18 books (I like to call it research) waiting for me to read at my leisure. But when selecting the next one, I can't read the back because it's inevitable that a major plot point is given away and you trudge through however many chapters where suspense is built up but you know what happens. Sort of like in a movie when they make you think a character is about to die but then you remember that scene in the trailer where they were alive and well that hasn't happened yet so you assume they aren't dying right at this point. The suspense disappears along with some of the joy of reading.
3. I rarely abandon books. There was a point during my sophomore year of college where I read three books in a row that absolutely sucked. I hated them; they had no redeeming qualities but I finished them in spite of my hatred. Unfortunately, I have sad news to report: I abandoned a book today. My sister let me borrow it and I was about four chapters in and realized I could really care less about what happened to the main character. I complained to said sister who lent me the book and she said both she and my other sister both thought it was "eh". So, forget that when I have a stack of almost twenty books waiting to be devoured. Next!
No comments:
Post a Comment