I converted my old draft of MSR to published-book format. I actually started out doing this little exercise for a good reason (I've been following the pitch lessons over at Pubrants and I've been trying to figure out exactly how many manuscript pages equates to 30-50 pages of a typical paperback, since the pitch lessons say that the story catalyst should happen within that range in a book, and I think mine might happen a little later than 50 pages). But now I'm just fascinated by how cool it looks. I converted what I have of my rewrite into it as well, to see where I stand page-wise (17 pages at the moment, though when comparing page to page, I think the format I have is closer to trade paperback size rather than mass market. My second draft: 408 pages, which is indeed steep for a TPB). Anyway, I wasted a good deal of time oogling at this today and also decided that it might actually be a good format for proofing my novel when I get it done, for just a casual perusal of the first 6 pages in this format uncovered quite a few typos that I undoubtedly would have missed by trying to read in manuscript format.

I did a tad bit of writing yesterday, certainly not enough to justify updating the word count, but I wrapped up chapter 1 and started on chapter 2. I'm also contemplating making my protag a year or two older, for I do think her voice isn't quite as young as it's supposed to be, and really there's no reason she can't be a year or two older (this would also allow me to trim more off the front end, since then she wouldn't have to go through the naming ceremony and such, and information about her own experience can come in when her brother sees the soothsayer about his adult name.). I'm not sure I'm going to work on it today; it's nice out and we're probably going to go for a walk rather than hang around the house.

Hope everyone's having a good weekend!