I got my first
editorial notes for MOONHILL (book 1) at the beginning of October and have been
working on revisions ever since. Right now it's with my agent, then one more
round of revision before it goes back to the editor on the 15th. For
inspiration and motivation, I've kept track of my progress on a calendar,
giving myself stickers for various things from simply keeping my butt in the
chair, to finishing chapters. Also, with help of #30mdare, I got up to 35k on a first draft of
book 2.
But a writer doesn’t thrive on work alone and that may be why I spent the other day crashed on the couch with my husband, watching the first two seasons of the TV series Banshee in one big gulp.
The total lack of anything
else on TV first drew my husband to start watching it, then the boobs and
action. But it was the complexity, and raw-edginess of the characters and
action that made me sit down and kept both of us watching for hours.
There is another interesting
aspect to the show—and it was actually my husband who first noticed it. Right
when I thought he like several women characters because of their looks,
he said something like, “It’s great to see a show where the women are strong
for a change.”
This is something I’ve never
heard my husband say before. Honestly, I wasn’t sure he’d ever noticed the lack
in other shows. And he was right, Banshee
has some the most take-charge and active women and girls I’ve seen in a long
time—and not just because they physically kick serious butt. They are women of strong emotional and
physical action—and wicked complex. The
show is definitely not for everyone—blood, nudity, sex and horrible human beings
of all stripes abound—and its backstory and interconnections are so complex it
can be overwhelming. But if you like those kinds of things, then you might want
to check it out. It was just the creative break and brain food I needed.
