Twelve’s Design
My first beta reader ever in my fifteen years of writing closet novels finished reading Twelve’s Design. It turns out I was right to worry about the final chapters, but mainly for a reason I’d forgotten was a problem. I knew the book had to have some major flaw, and things had gone too smoothly for my first beta reader. As soon as I got the verdict on Chapter 12, I remembered, “Oh, yes. Duh. The ending has always been a bitch, and it still isn’t right.” At least an outside perspective has finally gotten it through my head to try a different ending rather than to continue fiddling with the one that has never worked. I hope to get another reader or two when the book goes through the Critters Writer’s Workshop next week. I don’t anticipate anyone liking the ending, but I’d like more opinions on the book’s main elements. If I don’t find anyone else though, I think I have enough information to rewrite the ending, fix some other problems, and even cut another 20,000 words.
Programming
When I haven’t been caring for dogs, beta reading my beta reader‘s novel, or reviewing Twelve’s Design feedback, I’ve been following PHP tutorials. I’m still taking the NuCamp class next month, but my idea for the OokiiSoraCon project fell through. We’re still making at least one application for this year’s convention, but it doesn’t require web development as I imagined. Instead, I’m planning to do some things with The Writer’s Net. Yes, the time I spend programming and what I do during that time is all over the place. The point is I’m programming again. Hopefully, I can get it back into a regular part of my routine… because class starts in two weeks.
