tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839948.post731125095188859539..comments2023-07-30T04:17:57.421-06:00Comments on Beth Groundwater: Being in Three Places at OnceBeth Groundwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13999372882748655834noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839948.post-90041184917653824322010-03-03T13:20:02.197-07:002010-03-03T13:20:02.197-07:00So you paint each illustration? That sounds like a...So you paint each illustration? That sounds like a great job, but i can see you'd still do the 'easy' ones first!<br />My book is in production now, a mystery set in England with an American heroine.She writes childrens books and is in a collaboration with the illustrator for a series. Do you do series work?<br />Beth, See what you've started???Marnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356717353308912189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839948.post-86677365875412294162010-03-03T11:12:22.047-07:002010-03-03T11:12:22.047-07:00Everyone's process is different. I guess so l...Everyone's process is different. I guess so long as there is a beginning, a middle, and an end, and everything makes sense, it's all good!<br /><br />When I paint for a picture book, I jump around in the sequence. Sometimes I just like to paint the "cool" parts first, or the ones that interest me the most. If I'm in a time crunch, I paint the easiest ones first just to get them out of the way.Christina Rodriguezhttp://www.christinarodriguez.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839948.post-85075157716702311312010-03-02T08:53:48.123-07:002010-03-02T08:53:48.123-07:00Hi Marni,
I've always admired writers who coul...Hi Marni,<br />I've always admired writers who could write pieces of their books and plug them in later. Often a scene is so vivid in my head that it plays over and over again while I write my way toward it. But, I'm so anal or time-oriented or whatever that I just can't write a book out of sequence. I go from page 1 to the end.Beth Groundwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999372882748655834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839948.post-82922845438803304272010-03-01T23:13:46.413-07:002010-03-01T23:13:46.413-07:00I've found when I'm starting a new novel t...I've found when I'm starting a new novel that I sometimes write a chapter I know I'm going to need,out of order, if I get an idea and don't want to loose it. I just plug that in later where it's needed.<br /><br />Don't you hate it, Sheila, when your characters act snarky or whine? That's when I jump around,too!Marnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356717353308912189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839948.post-12614450828266540912010-03-01T21:48:58.894-07:002010-03-01T21:48:58.894-07:00So, Sheila, have your characters gotten their act ...So, Sheila, have your characters gotten their act together now, and are you working on book 3 again? Or are they still in the time out corner? ;-)Beth Groundwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13999372882748655834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839948.post-28318603559224806922010-03-01T18:37:16.551-07:002010-03-01T18:37:16.551-07:00My current manuscript fell apart when I realized I...My current manuscript fell apart when I realized I was writing book 4 in the middle of book 3 of a series. I've split the two apart now and decided to do something else for a while and give the characters time to get their act together.Sheila Deethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465615546936319164noreply@blogger.com