Okay, so I’m not really “done” with my chapter outline. I haven’t sent it off to my editor yet. But I did finish outlining all 24 chapters of my YA novel, and I spent today going back through that outline making changes. And just now, I e-mailed it off to my agent for a read-through and comments. Yep, that’s why I haven’t been blogging the past couple of days — I wanted to get the outline done in plenty of time to get agent feedback before my Sept. 21 deadline.
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Funny TiVo tale — if you have room on your system, TiVo records things called TiVo Suggestions, programs it thinks you’ll like. You have to teach it over time what you like and don’t like. Well, using the thumbs-down feature, I’ve definitely taught it that I don’t want anymore of the episodes of Judge Judy or Judge Joe Brown. Bleh! I hate those kinds of shows. I can’t figure out why it thought I’d like them. But the system has made some smart choices too, recording Angel and Charmed. I’ve seen all the Angel episodes though, and I play to watch Charmed from the beginning on DVD because I hate to watch stuff out of order.
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The weather is finally really nice again. A couple of weeks ago, we were sweltering in 100-plus-degree heat, and our yard was brown. Now it’s green again, and our highs are in the 80s and lows in the 50s or 60s. Much more pleasant, and I’ve been taking advantage by going walking again, iPod loaded with Pottercasts in hand.
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On the reading front, I just finished reading The Golden Compass and really enjoyed it. I almost immediately requested the next in the series, The Subtle Knife, from the library. I can’t wait for the movie version of The Golden Compass in December. Now I’m reading Eclipse, the third in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. I’ve been SO looking forward to this. Meyer has done on a smaller scale something similar to J.K. Rowling. She’s got young/teen girls eagerly awaiting the release of books — books that have some large page counts. Eclipse is 629 pages, 91 of which I read last night after going to bed.
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September 13th, 2007
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September 13th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I figure you’re more of a Judge Wapner kind of girl.
September 13th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Meyer seems to have some young male fans, too, which is super-awesome.
September 14th, 2007 at 8:37 am
Snort! There’s my hubby, being funny again.
Natalie, I hadn’t heard that as I always seem to hear Twilight being squeed over by girls. But that is really cool.
September 15th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
I haven’t even started on the MEyer series yet. I like to wait until it’s all out before I get into a series. I learned that with the Uglies trilogy. I don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t been able to immediately run down and buy the next book:)
Teri