Rockefeller Center, in the heart of Manhattan, is where Georgette worked. Image courtesy of Wikimedia. Last Friday, I wrote the very last scene of my new romantic comedy, a book that's in my work in progress file as "Georgette Alden Starts Over". It's the story of daytime television star Georgette Alden and what happens to her when Electra Holmes, the character she's played on the daytime drama "Our Time Tomorrow" for over thirty years, is killed off.
Georgette is nothing if not a drama queen, and in imitation of my character, I fist pumped and sauntered around the garret a few times when I wrote the ending--because (yes!!) I've been working on this book on and off for over two years. And (yes!!) I have a draft, a complete story all written.
It's not ready to roll out yet, of course. Over the next few weeks, I'll edit it through, then give it to a few readers and then later edit through it again when I prepare it for submission. If I'm lucky enough to find a home for it, it'll pass three or four time between me and my editor and then through the hands of a copy editor and then back to me for a final crossing of the t's and dotting of the i's. In other words, it's a looong process.
In truth, I don't mind. I've come to like the editing part of my work, I love polishing and refining, trying to make a book the best it can be.
For now, I can take some satisfaction in having a draft.
Georgette is nothing if not a drama queen, and in imitation of my character, I fist pumped and sauntered around the garret a few times when I wrote the ending--because (yes!!) I've been working on this book on and off for over two years. And (yes!!) I have a draft, a complete story all written.
It's not ready to roll out yet, of course. Over the next few weeks, I'll edit it through, then give it to a few readers and then later edit through it again when I prepare it for submission. If I'm lucky enough to find a home for it, it'll pass three or four time between me and my editor and then through the hands of a copy editor and then back to me for a final crossing of the t's and dotting of the i's. In other words, it's a looong process.
In truth, I don't mind. I've come to like the editing part of my work, I love polishing and refining, trying to make a book the best it can be.
For now, I can take some satisfaction in having a draft.
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