Carolyn's Blog

Sunday, February 08, 2004

I just checked my rankings on Amazon and BN, and The Spare is 7K something while Lord Ruin, interestingly enough, isn't far behind with 9K, and that means The Spare has given Lord Ruin a bit of a bounce. I'll have to thank my sister for buying The Spare, I'm sure that's what got me out of the millions and into the thousands. I'll give my mother a free copy, but everyone else has to buy it. sigh So, now I can add rankings back to my list of things to be neurotic about. Of course ranking in the thousands on Amazon is like being a raindrop in Lake Tahoe, but it's a number, and a smaller number, too. I can pretend that means someday I'll get a check. What I need to do is get a new agent and finish The Heir. And instead of finishing my reading for school, I'm going to stay up too late and work on The Heir.

I've been collaging away, after reading the RWR article on it, and I think, if nothing else, it's really fun. I'm not sure I have immense amounts to learn about my characters since the story's pretty far along, but it's very helpful to have the front of my brain occupied with artsy stuff that actually has a connection to those excruciating detials I have to write about. And there have been some pleasant realizations and clarifications, so I will say that I will definately do this again. I spent quite a lot of time making and coloring books for the collage, I built a little library section and it came out great. I think if I ever get the digital camera connecting to the PC again, I'll have to post pictures.

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