Post read-through randomocity

I finished the second rewrite of The Sorcerer's Daughter today.


I still think it's pretty good. I like the characters, and the ending, and I think the language I've used is effective and evocative. I think people will dig it.


Of course, I'm the worst judge of my own work. Hopefully, when I get someone else to read it, I'll get a more honest and detached assessment of its quality.


But that will have to wait a little while longer. I'm planning on spending all day tomorrow just reading it again, straight through, just to get an idea as to the pacing, the flow of the narrative. I won't be making any changes with this pass, though I'll be noting areas that need a little more work.


I did get some ideas for my next novel project, when I'm done with this one. It'll be sort of a coming-of-age psychological thriller. I've got all of the pieces I think I'll need for this one but I'm not sure yet how they'll all fit together.


No hurry, though. It's going to be a while before I can actually work on something else, and I do still have this TV show pilot that I want to write, too. So, I have plenty of time to plot this thing out.


It's been a very long week. I can't go into why, except to say it involves my day job and some frustrations I'm having there. I've got some time off scheduled next week, which I'm planning to devote to working on my manuscript and maybe the TV show project, and that'll give me a respite from all that crap, too.


It's nearly time for the NFL to get started again. I can't wait. Football, how I've missed you!


Oh, well. I'm rambling. But that's why it's called "randomocity."