Yesterday I sat down and discovered 1) a set of revisions that I thought had been saved last week hadn't been saved at all, and 2) moving from a thumb drive to one of my home computers I had copied an unrevised section back over a revised section, so that was gone as well. Neither section was very long, and I could remember some of the changes I had made, but I had done those revisions in a sort of concentrated fury which I knew I couldn't recapture.
So I didn't get much done yesterday. Mostly I just berated myself. I've never lost anything I've written before. I now feel completely disconnected from the manuscript.
I couldn't even enjoy the ice dancing last night. (Though after the Russian "Aborigines" the night before I think I need to question my interest in this so-called sport.)
Well, life marches on. And I've just remembered an incident from a bio of Peggy Lee I read recently. When they were recording "Is That All There Is?' she went through something like 30 takes, trying to get it right. And on the very last take, when she finally nailed it, it turned out the sound engineer hadn't been recording. So they had to do it one more time. And that was the take that got released.
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- Laura Canon
- Writer of young adult historical fiction. Decent speller. Still reads the comics every morning. Can make a stellar casserole from any five random ingredients. Christian before Christian was cool. Knows the secret SCBWI handshake.
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The Poison Hill - YA Historical Fiction
It's the summer of 1924 and Gertrude Leskow has just discovered her brother Louis is gay.
Complete at 60, 513 words.
Read the first chapter here.
Complete at 60, 513 words.
Read the first chapter here.
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- World War I
- ...give or take a decade or two on either side
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- ...especially the Silk Road civilizations and the early history of Christianity
- The South in the pre- and post-civil rights era
- ...or any aspect of America in the 60s and 70s
- 19th century England
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Watching clips of the Judy Garland Show on Youtube.
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Top illustration by Vera Neville from Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace. In case you're wondering, one of the girls has just stolen the other's man and is showing off that she's wearing his pin. No fear: the one who got dumped is going to find a better man later in the book.
Top illustration by Vera Neville from Emily of Deep Valley by Maud Hart Lovelace. In case you're wondering, one of the girls has just stolen the other's man and is showing off that she's wearing his pin. No fear: the one who got dumped is going to find a better man later in the book.
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"She stood the whole day long on the roof and waited; perhaps she is waiting there still.
But he wandered through the world and told stories..."
from "The Flying Trunk," Hans Christian Anderson.
But he wandered through the world and told stories..."
from "The Flying Trunk," Hans Christian Anderson.
3 comments:
Oh, ouch, Laura. I've had that happen to me before. I am paranoid about it happening again. Don't berate yourself. It happens to us all. On the bright side, at least it wasn't a huge chunk of the story.:)
That's frustrating. Here's hoping the recreation is brilliant and SAVED!
Sometimes technology is NOT our friend. Sorry about your lost revisions.
When you get a moment, could you pop by my blog and let me know where you heard about the Whoops! Blogfest? I'd promised a prize to my best shout-out helper, but I can't figure out who to thank. Gracias!
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