{"id":44,"date":"2014-04-11T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T13:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2018-11-17T13:07:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T18:07:45","slug":"more-edits-done-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/more-edits-done-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"More Edits. Done Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/murphyhead.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/more-edits-done-yet\/murphyhead\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/murphyhead.jpg?fit=478%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"478,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1392196314&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Murphy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/murphyhead.jpg?fit=478%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/murphyhead-224x300.jpg?resize=224%2C300\" alt=\"Murphy\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/murphyhead.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/murphyhead.jpg?w=478&amp;ssl=1 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Done yet?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Long day of editing yesterday. <em>stretches shoulders<\/em> I really should get myself a good chair and desk soon before I become a cripple. The print version of Caged is on track to be released on the 15th. I'm still waiting for some more edits but I'm hoping they'll be minor, or already taken care of in the first batch, so I don't have to spend so many hours digging through the book again.<\/p>\n<p>It's interesting to see how my writing has matured.<\/p>\n<p>New chapter finished for the sequel. I'm on track there too - passed the 1\/3 mark. I'm wondering, however, if this book might be a smidge longer. There's so much of the story left to tell.<\/p>\n<p>I also have to get back to a writing side-project that I'm working on.<\/p>\n<p>And... I have to stop thinking about this other book I have to write. It can wait... I can't do everything at once.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long day of editing yesterday. stretches shoulders I really should get myself a good chair and desk soon before I become a cripple. The print version of Caged is on track to be released on the 15th. I&#8217;m still waiting for some more edits but I&#8217;m hoping they&#8217;ll be minor, or already taken care of in the first batch, so I don&#8217;t have to spend so many hours digging through the book again. It&#8217;s interesting to see how my writing has matured. New chapter finished for the sequel. I&#8217;m on track there too &#8211; passed the 1\/3 mark. I&#8217;m wondering, &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"More Edits. Done Yet?\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/more-edits-done-yet\/#more-44\" aria-label=\"Read more about More Edits. Done Yet?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,5,7,21],"tags":[2,34,14,35,8,3,10],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caged","category-my-life","category-beyond-the-spires","category-writing-2","tag-beys-life","tag-editing","tag-murphy","tag-planning","tag-sequel","tag-whats-new","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/grey-skies-cozy-on-the-couch-with-my-dog\/","url_meta":{"origin":44,"position":0},"title":"Grey skies&#8230; cozy on the couch with my dog.","author":"Bey","date":"March 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Finished chapter 10 of the sequel to Caged - working title \"Beyond the Spires\" - and it's going well. 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