A Bit Jumbled to Say the Least

Bethie actually doesn't have my sample of the latest book two writing, what she's discussing in her post is my first chunk for book one. I actually liked it, there was action, character development and certainly a humorous lift.

Now I'm set to working on book two. The arrangement was that (on Tuesday this is decided) I would put my book two work on hiatus -- it was eight pages through -- I would start on book one opening, which I needed to write because it was in my head and I didn't want to give that opportunity up. In order for us to be on schedule and to not have a Bethie riding my back going "Would you just finish ONE of them!" as I tried to juggle the two pieces, or worse, finish book two work than move on to book one while she sat there writingless, we made me little Ms Writer of book one. I was to promise to finish it by Friday. I did. So now Bethie has it and I'm oh so glad that she likes it. Seeing as how she didn't get to bed till like quarter after three I don't know if I should phone her right now at the crack of noon to get an update. Probably not wise.

So I finished the seven pages of beginning, have eight pages to go back to for book two, and am waiting with bated breath to see what Bethie has in store for me with the beginning of book one. I'm so nervous about this. It feels like we're connecting puzzle pieces from a different puzzle, and while we know that the picture will be prettier, it still feels like we're doing something dirty! I'm going to try and break out the writing fingers for some book two work today, and I know that Beth is jazzed about focusing on her book one work, so we should have some product -- the good kind -- flying. It's going to be interesting, having two of us working at the same time and then exchanging. So many words!