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The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc
Nickeris86:
--- Quote from: trboturtle on February 13, 2012, 06:42:31 PM ---I'm writing, but it short, sourcebook pieces for a gaming company -- 150 - 250 word pieces that add color to the product. It's challenging to do, and I like doing it.
Craig
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How did you get that job *droooooooooools*
trboturtle:
--- Quote from: Nickeris86 on February 14, 2012, 06:28:54 AM ---How did you get that job *droooooooooools*
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By writing a lot of stories for Battlecorps.com that I was invited to join the cabal, then fact-check products until I felt confident enough to pitch for parts of a sourcebook.
Battlecorps is the place for canon Battletech fiction, and they're always looking for good stories based in the Battletech universe. On the plus side, the universe is so detailed that the writer has to only supply the charcters and plot, On the negative side, any story submitted that passes the first hurdle has to run the gauntlet of people to check that it fits in with everything else.
See http://www.sarna.net/wiki/BattleCorps for a full explaination of the website.
Craig
The Deposed King:
I'm up to 42,612 for this month on the sequel to my first book. Wrote 80% of my 133K rough draft (1st book) last month and all 42K of the sequel (2nd book) for this month starting february 3rd.
I've been bedeviled with two days (1st and 2nd) lost trying to edit an electronic copy of the first book, without power of course as soon as I got on the bus. A day for a birthday. And two other days without action because of life events that were unavoidable.
And then yesterday I had like half a day and totally flobbed it. Only like 1.5k written. I'd scourge myself but I've been battling some kind of lung infection for the past week and a half. I may have to break down and go for some medicine. Its not super bad its just sapping my strength and slowly getting worse. Anyway any scourging would only be likely to reduce my productivity.
I honestly don't think I'll be able to finish the second draft this month. Maybe first week of march if I can maintain. I keep getting distracted with other ideas. I wrote 16-18k of a little urban fantasy idea that caught my fancy around the 6th and cranked 2.8k (on the 11th? I think), essentially a section which I'm using instead of chapters on that project, for a 3rd work that stalled out and I haven't been able to do anything with since 06-07. It was kind of liberating to unblock and write down a whole new section.
Maybe if I continue to have trouble with this sequel. When its done I'll try to get off the current project for March. Either finish the half a book that's been on the shelf since 07 or the urban fantasy.
Then I can come back in april and shoot for the last in the trilogy.
Assuming of course, something doesn't come up to monopolize my time (fingers crossed), this is a very real concern.
The Deposed King
cenwolfgirl:
wow that is a lot of words
my first book is about 24,500 words
my second book is only on chapter 4 and is about 3,500 word so far :)
Nickeris86:
put a few more words down but then I hate them and rewrite them. Its getting really frustrating that i am spending a good long while on a part but my story is not getting any longer.
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