Jacinta Meredith

The Art of Perfectionism

(Take a breath. Get a drink. This is a long one. But it’s worth it. I promise think.) When I think of the perfect business woman, a very specific picture comes to mind. Someone who lives in a city, in a perfect apartment overlooking the city in which she works. She has perfect hair, perfectContinueContinue reading “The Art of Perfectionism”

Editing Challenge Days 9 – 13

Yeah, so I didn’t write Saturday and Sunday. I thought that I would have energy after cleaning to write for 10 minutes, but I was mistaken. I am sure that had nothing to do with scrubbing the kitchen floor until 3:00 AM Saturday night. But I wrote for a longer amount of time Monday andContinueContinue reading “Editing Challenge Days 9 – 13”

Editing Challenge Days 7 & 8 (And Spring Cleaning)

Okay, I failed – mostly. I did not write yesterday. But I did write today! For 20 minutes instead of 10 to make up for yesterday. I’m becoming rather pleased with the progress in the rewrite and am beginning to have rather high hopes for it. But I am sure you are curious as toContinueContinue reading “Editing Challenge Days 7 & 8 (And Spring Cleaning)”

Editing Challenge Days 5 & 6

I did actually do my 10 minutes yesterday, but didn’t get a chance to do a post. And I did them again today (just now!) So far, I am not super far in rewriting that scene, since I am doing it really in 10 minute increments, but it is interesting to me to see theContinueContinue reading “Editing Challenge Days 5 & 6”

Editing Challenge Day 4

So, I worked on the book during lunch today – but rather than continuing the normal editing process, I decided, particularly after discussing it with a friend, that I just don’t like this section as it is. So I am going to try actually re-writing it as opposed to editing it, and then comparing theContinueContinue reading “Editing Challenge Day 4”

Editing Challenge: Day 3

I am on page 51 of 104. Sometimes I think that, rather than editing this entire section where Keith is snowed in at Josie’s house I need to just push aside what I have and write it again. There is so much that just seems awkwardly phrased. But then again, the part is supposed toContinueContinue reading “Editing Challenge: Day 3”

Editing Challenge Day 2

We had company tonight until almost midnight. I woke up at 9:00 AM and immediately started baking. I took a break to get some supplies from Costco and Whole Paycheck – er, I mean, Whole Foods – and then cooked some more. I made a lovely cake roll filled with pudding and whipping cream, ChocolateContinueContinue reading “Editing Challenge Day 2”

Editing Challenge Day 1

I did it! I edited my book for 10 minutes – a little over actually. It is hard to stop once you start and I probably would have kept going if I didn’t need to put together a plan for tomorrow, since we are unexpectedly hosting a small group. I partially re-wrote this very awkwardContinueContinue reading “Editing Challenge Day 1”

Up Next: Editing Challenge!

I am supposed to be working right now, but apparently after working 9-10 hour days all week to make up for being sick last week, and being extremely productive while I was at it, my brain is a little tired now. No, it has nothing to do with being up until 12:30 last night. NothingContinueContinue reading “Up Next: Editing Challenge!”

Rushing Through Life

So we went on a week-long cruise the week of February 18th. It was a very fun, very busy vacation what with islands, snorkeling, an excursion that was cancelled and replaced by a different one, and in general staying up until 2 AM every night playing games with my brother and sister-in-law. But for onceContinueContinue reading “Rushing Through Life”