Caroline Starr Rose

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What Are You Working On?

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I’ve just finished my copyedits for MAY B. and will spend this week on acknowledgements.

I’m waiting to receive my next round of edits from Agent Michelle, this time for CAN’T BREAK US, a mid-grade contemporary novel about a girls’ club.

I’m a few weeks in on the Gitano research I abandoned last February, which will eventually lead to another verse novel. This piece is already intimidating me on many levels (more on that later this week).

I haven’t yet learned how to stop starting sentences with I.


What are you working on right now?

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Filed Under: May B., publication, the writing life

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  1. Jade says

    October 25, 2010 at 11:55 am

    I’m editing at the moment and desperately trying to hold off on starting my NaNo novel until November.

    It must be gratifying to finally get to write your acknowledgements page!

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  2. Jennifer Shirk says

    October 25, 2010 at 11:57 am

    Working on a new short contemp. romance. I have three chapters into it so far. Will try to finish a chapter this week. That’s the goal anyway. πŸ™‚

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  3. Caroline Starr Rose says

    October 25, 2010 at 12:14 pm

    Jade, it is, though I’m not sure how to approach it. I’m sure I’ll be madly reading others’ acknowledgements all week.

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  4. Sean & Chris says

    October 25, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    I’m working on a 10-minute play to be entered a a local contest. The topic for all entries is death and dying.I’m so far going the existential route inspired by a quote from Waiting for Godot “Hand in hand off the Eiffel Tour.” Family says I’m being too dark.

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  5. Caroline Starr Rose says

    October 25, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    Hey, Sean! So fun to see you here! This part of the family thinks it sounds interesting.

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  6. Sean & Chris says

    October 25, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    I’ll send you an early draft for your thoughts soon.

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  7. Lily Cate says

    October 25, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    First draft of a new MG steampunk, set within a sort of alternate history 19th century Aztec society.

    Hit the halfway point this morning! πŸ™‚

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  8. Caroline Starr Rose says

    October 25, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    I loved learning about the Aztecs. This sounds great.

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  9. TerryLynnJohnson says

    October 25, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    I’m plugging away at a YA canoeing adventure.

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  10. Kristen Torres-Toro says

    October 25, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    Figuring out inconsistencies. Argh!

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  11. Joanne Fritz says

    October 26, 2010 at 2:38 am

    That’s funny, Caroline. My crit group just told me yesterday that I start too many paragraphs in my MG novel with the word “I.”

    But it’s in first person! It’s so natural, you don’t realize you’re doing it. So now I’m slogging back through six chapters I’d already revised and looking for more creative ways to narrate without starting nearly every paragraph with I.

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  12. Sara B. Larson says

    October 26, 2010 at 2:41 am

    Wow, you are busy! But yes, that must be so amazing (and intimidating) to finally get to write those acknowledgements! If your editor will let you, I always so more is better than less with acknowledgements. At least for me – I’d be afraid to leave someone out.

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  13. Jackee says

    October 26, 2010 at 3:29 am

    Oh, man! I’m so scattered in my writing right now. I need to crank out a second draft of a YA HF but a shiny new MG won’t leave me be so I’m reaserching those. Then there’s a rewrite and two nonfictions I’m working on…. It’s all good though, because it’s keeping my mind off the fact that another book is being read by agents as in now.

    Thanks for the update, Caroline!

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  14. Liesl says

    October 26, 2010 at 4:30 am

    Just hit 100 pages on my MG novel. I’m having a blast!

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  15. A.L. Sonnichsen says

    October 26, 2010 at 6:07 am

    Caroline, I have that “I” problem too. If you glean any tips on breaking that habit after your struggle, let me know. πŸ˜‰

    I’m getting through an edit of my WiP.

    Amy

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  16. Caroline Starr Rose says

    October 26, 2010 at 3:07 pm

    Amy and Joanne:

    It’s a bad habit I can’t seem to break, either. In fact, in my verse novel, my editor caught a lot of “I stacks” — phrases starting with I stacked one on top of the other. It’s so good to have a knowledgeable set of eyes improving my writing.

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  17. Jill says

    October 26, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    Revisions, synopses, proposals . . . all the fun stuff. That’s what I’m working on.

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  18. Jennifer Hillier says

    October 26, 2010 at 8:38 pm

    I am desperately trying to finish my current WIP, which is the sequel to my first book. I’m at the point where I’m beginning to hate it πŸ™ I need to be done! At least with the first draft.

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