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06/14/2005: "Entering Revision Hell"
Oooh, I need to make a revision hell visual...
Well, I'm finally back up and running. We had a good visit with my SIL, but as look would have it, she came at the same time as Tropical Storm Arlene. So we spent a good portion of the visit preparing for a possible hurricane. Arlene struck slightly to our east, which sucked, because if I'm going to have to have bad weather and if I'm going to have to spend days preparing, I want a good storm, dammit. 
We still got lots of rain and wind, but really, we've had worse thunderstorms than what we got from Arlene. But hey, there are still several months of hurricane season left.
So anyway, I'm diving into revisions now. I hope to have them done by this weekend. Some of them are turning out to be a lot easier than I thought they would be, so this may not take as long as I'd planned for.
The big ones:
Change the setting from a small resort town setting to a larger and more glamorous ski resort along the lines of Aspen.
Condense first three chapters to get rid of so much ski detail.
Change some of the blatant Americanisms and replace them with more generalized English. Heh. The problem here is that in some cases, I have no idea if what I wrote translates to overseas audiences. I mean, do people overseas have high school proms? 
Must get back to revisions now. I'll do a little blog-hopping, but it'll probably take a couple of days to catch up. Hope y'all (blatant Americanism) had a wonderful weekend! 
Replies: 20 brave souls responded
on Tuesday, June 14th, Shannon said
The blogosphere's pretty international. You could post some of them and let us all hash them out.
(Formals instead of proms, maybe?)
on Tuesday, June 14th, Larissa said
Ooh, Shannon, that's brilliant! I'll have to do that! Thanks! 
on Tuesday, June 14th, D. Angel said
Yeah, Shannon's right.
And you know Larissa, it's not just a question of high school prom, it's a question of whether some of us even have high schools.
on Tuesday, June 14th, Lynn said
Sounds like you've got a bit of work ahead of you! I'll keep my fingers crossed that it all goes smoothly.
Totally with you on the storm thing. I was in South Florida for Andrew, and I lived about 30 minutes north of where it was predicted to hit. We went through *a lot* of preparations for that storm, then it hit way South.
I admit I wasn't disappointed though. Lots of wind, lots of rain, quite a show! We didn't even lose cable TV. Damned lucky compared to the damage people in the path of that storm suffered.
on Tuesday, June 14th, Joely said
We had storms last night that made us seek out the basement. Tornado warnings instead of hurricanes, but thankfully it all missed us. Good luck with the revisions; it sounds like you've got it all under control!
on Tuesday, June 14th, Michelle said
Oooh, I'm glad the revisions are hopping along. Good luck getting it mailed soon. 
on Tuesday, June 14th, Teresa said
Good luck with the revisions! Hoping everything goes smoothly!! But I'm sure it will.
on Tuesday, June 14th, Jordan said
No on the prom, at least in Scotland.
on Tuesday, June 14th, Larissa said
D. Angel--yikes! Not even going to worry about the no high school thing. Too much to deal with! *g*
I'm thinking that "high school" should translate somehow...
Thanks, Lynn! And glad Andrew didn't get you!
Joely--I love bad weather, but tornadoes are scary. Glad you're okay.
Thanks, Teresa and Michelle! I've been slaving all day.
Jordan, that's what I figured. Sigh. I wonder if I just wrote "formal dance" if that would translate. Do schools in Britain have formal dances? 
on Tuesday, June 14th, Jill said
Oh, ugh, revisions. I have found lots of chocolate works well.
on Tuesday, June 14th, Amy said
Good luck with the revisions! Sounds like you'll plow right through them.
on Wednesday, June 15th, Larissa said
Jill, how about chocolate alcohol? 
Thanks, Amy! I'm trying to plow!
on Wednesday, June 15th, Bonnie said
Don't you love when revisions seem to go smoother than you thought they would?
Good luck with them. I'm sure they'll turn out great
on Wednesday, June 15th, Danica said
Okay, I'm really glad you shared this info with us, because I've got a book that I've been um, procrastinating sending, and not really sure if it'll work, and well, you know the excuses, but I can see that I have those same things to fix.
on Wednesday, June 15th, Shesawriter said
Larissa,
The fact that you can knock out revisions by this weekend makes me nuts. I won't say I hate you, but I will say you're not my favorite person right now. 
But seriously, good luck with the writing.
Hugs,
Tanya
on Wednesday, June 15th, Larissa said
Bonnie--yes! 
Danica, glad I could help!
LOL, Tanya! If it makes you feel any better, I'm NOT going to be able to knock these suckers out by this weekend. I need to add a few thousand words, so that'll take me a few extra days. 
on Thursday, June 16th, Maili said
FWIW, "do people overseas have high school proms?"
Not in the UK. I think Australia does, though?
re: 'high school' - Scotland's secondary schools are usually known as high schools [as well as grammar schools] and England's secondary schools are known as either comprehensive [state] and grammar [academic] schools. Also public [private] schools.
on Thursday, June 16th, Teresa said
Larissa - glad you guys survived Arlene ok! Was thinking about you as our news tracked its progress.
Good luck with those revisions!!
on Thursday, June 16th, Evangeline said
Good luck on those revisions Larissa! I know you can do it.
on Thursday, June 16th, Shesawriter said
Larissa,
I honesty hope your revisions are going wonderfully.
NOT!
Okay, okay, I'll stop. I do hope your revisions are going well. I do! I do! Seriously. Today was a good day for me. I worked out a plot problem, and I do expect another one to crop up tomorrow, but I'll deal with that then.
Hugs,
Tanya
