I hoist a glass in your honor! I've enjoyed the first two books greatly, and I'm looking forward to this one. Here's to your continued success as an Official Word Herder!
Well done D king.
See if I was clever I would get ready for school now and go down stairs and write. :-/ (as its 5 am and I don't have to leave the house till 7 45 am)
I missed hangin' on the board, so I'm back. I'm also writing again. Lurching by, trying to get a handhold on Saturday mornings as dedicated writing time. Once that is secured I'll reach out for Sunday as well. Workdays are harder, because work completely fries my brain and I have a two-hour round trip every day.
Anyhoo, I've been trying to develop a more concrete method to help develop writing as a habit; thought-vomit in a notebook until I lose patience and just have to get to the keyboard, type it out until I lose steam, return to the notebook and vomit up the next few scenes. This week I'm going to introduce another step: talking into a voice recorder during my stupid drive to and from work, then using that as the basis for my notebook pre-writing.
Hopefully this will result in a stronger rough draft, and create some momentum to increase my productivity during each session.
Currently I have about 15 pages, single spaced, on the WIP.
Keep after it. If you want it bad enough, it'll happen for you. But even if it doesn't click this time, you'll still have a lot of fun along the way!
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Neuro - are any of your books up on amazon?
I know you were trying the Publishing House route, anything there yet?
Nope.
Nothing definite enough to talk about in public.
107k AIS
This thing is looking huge. I hope it doesn't run into the 170k I'm fearing. But only because I've got a vacation planned with the wife for the end of this new month. And I could have it done by then but not edited. Grrr. I don't know how much faster I can write.
Damn. That is some quick writing. You people put me to shame with how prolific you are. Please tell me you write for a living.
Up to 244k today. Taking a four-day weekend to relax. Hope to do some more editing and writing.
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Damn. That is some quick writing. You people put me to shame with how prolific you are. Please tell me you write for a living.
Up to 244k today. Taking a four-day weekend to relax. Hope to do some more editing and writing.
Going back to work on Stormjammer this week. Nice thing about the novella... it's all backstory for the same world, and it spawned two new characters for the main book, as well as gave me some development direction for a couple of existing ones. I'm pretty damn pleased with my decision to limit any side projects (like the submission call Breath of Scheherazade is for) to the same storyverse. Means I don't have to miss out on targets of opportunity while ensuring that I'm still working in some way or another on the main book.
no new writing unless you count the history essays for school that are normally 500-700+ words each
I do about 2-4 a week
so no fun writing for me
Spent Friday night mostly picking apart and reassembling what are now chapters 6 and 10 of TIWTBWO #1, which are by far the trickiest bits in this rewrite.
(The story concerns four people who have been sent into a situation that was badly misread, and needs something closer to four hundred people to handle; the four hundred people are on their way once the right people can be gathered and transported, and should be there fairly soon, and the four who are already there are struggling to hold it together in the mean time. The previous draft opened with a bang, as it were, and with my protagonist and her colleagues as the obvious suspects for that bang, and the chapters I am talking about were the first on-stage introductions of colleagues #1 and #2. After having it pointed out that that structure created an expectation that the book, and indeed the series, would be focused on the police-procedural/mystery aspects more than it turns out to be, I've gone back to put two more chapters on the beginning, with these four people arriving in the situation in the first place, to introduce the broader context and clarify the scale that I want readers thinking on and caring about. This has made what those first-after-the-bang scenes have to do really quite different; I think they now work on content, but I need to let them sit for a week and reread them to make sure that all this fiddling flows smoothly. I'll probably have a similar wrestle with chapter 15 or 16 where I had previously been first introducing colleague #3, but I doubt it will be as rough as 10 was.) During which all I would seem to have cut about 150 words and written about 800 new.
Chapter 12 complete!
Dusted off a shelved idea on a whim, an Epic Fantasy with a twist and a gimmick I am excited about. I have been making strides to work on the project a little bit each day so I would be writing each day.
So far I have been World-Building, researching, plotting a macroview and am working on the outline for the novel itself. Although I could hope to write a series, I'll write the first book as though it's all I'll get with room for expansion.
A total of about 65% of the pre-writing done so far. If I want to actually finish the thing then after finals next week I'm going to have to content lock the world-building so that I can actually start writing scenes and not get scope creep.
Way to go DP. Having a Cover is one of the most awesome parts about creating your own book. I'm glad to hear your cover is totally ruling!
Keep pounding away, you can do it!
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Thank you Deposed! As the days pass I'm getting more and more excited!
1000 words last night. For the last month I have been able to keep my 1k a day writing goal and 2k over the weekends, except for this past Friday.
and my blog post is up with my cover art and synopsis! If you have time check it out!
http://thomasraymann.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/books-its-finally-time-for-the-big-reveal/
Neat cover DP. Keep up the good work. I'm writing full time and I managed a record setting all time high of 11k in one day! Woo hoo go me!
1k a day to keep the gremlins away is a great achievement and I hope everything works out great for you!
Let me know when it comes out.
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Thanks Deposed! I really like it and hope everyone else does too.
11k would be a dream come true for me, as would writing full time. For now I just write as much as the kids and wife will let me ;D
Neat cover DP. Keep up the good work. I'm writing full time and I managed a record setting all time high of 11k in one day! Woo hoo go me!
heh. Well done. My personal high is 14.5 k but that was in really exceptional circumstances; 5k a day is the absolute most I can keep up with any consistency when doing it full time. (Which has only happend in this past decade during a fortnight between one job ending and another beginning.)
By the way how much did your cover set you back? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Consistently write anything over and including 500 words a day, day in and day out and you can make it as a writer.
You guys amaze me. Some of you guys get 9000 words a day with limited time but I cant even get a couple of words in and I have almost the whole day. I guess I just can't get into it. How do you guys do it?
Indeed, but it's also the case that if you can consistently write a novel in four to six weeks and goof off the rest of the year, you can make it as a writer - not that I am recommending it to anyone, it's sort of an opposite extreme to writing every day, but it has worked for Iain Banks for a couple of decades of solid career, and there's a huge space in the middle.
Getting the words out matters. Their distribution across time... less so. I am a mite twitchy on seeing "you have to write every day"-type advice because so many successful writers just don't do that.
You guys amaze me. Some of you guys get 9000 words a day with limited time but I cant even get a couple of words in and I have almost the whole day. I guess I just can't get into it. How do you guys do it?
I am one chapter (about 4000 words) away from completing my manuscript. Then the editing begins! 8)
264k
Getting close to the end. Just a few more scenes and then time to start editing and polishing.
Way to go Dresdenus Prime! Keep up the hard work.
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That's awesome!
Another chapter down and I'm up to 24,891 words on my third book.
I tend towards shorter chapters. An average chapter for me will be about 2,000 words. But with my current WIP, I'm keeping some chapters as short as 1,500.
It's a matter of pacing as well. Shorter chapters make it feel like the story is moving faster, and keeps an air of tension. Longer ones are better for emotional scenes with a stronger focus on character development. So I adjust my chapter length depending on those, as well.
And of course, yes, sometimes you just spot a natural break and know it's time to change chapters, regardless of length.
Thanks for the input, I may have to look at re-setting my chapters down the road. I usually aim to write 12-13 pages per chapter which is usually 3-4 days of writing.
Now I need to finish summarizing what I've written so far so I can get back to writing without fear of writing something that is obviated by previous writing, sadly I suffer memory issues so it makes it hard for me to remember details I've written...8P
Yup, you can dink around with stuff that's 5-10k and keep most or all of it in your head and scroll rapidly back to any spots you missed but you get up over that amount and unless you've got some kind of photographic memory... well I certainly can't keep up with it all. Its easy to remember the story. But the name of some guy you mentioned 60k words ago? Not gonna happen unless he's a primary secondary character.
I also like to save these things in as many places as I can. Cause you never know when your computer is going to crap out on you. I've lost three lap tops over here in the philippines. Thank god for flash drives and curse me for not updating them as often as I should have.
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I started using Scrivener and it has worked wonders organizing my writing. I second TDK's advice in following the words of the late great George Carlin, "Write everything down.". In scrivener I make separate text files for each bit of pre-writing stuff. I have a text file for each individual character, each major piece of world-building and a file for the outline material. When I write scenes I'll have it splitscreened with one window open to where the chapter is being written and one open to either the character write-up, the outline or more commonly a reference photo of some kind to keep the tone and imagery I'm trying to evoke in mind.
I also use a flashdrive with my work Laptop but I recommend backing up your stuff a lot. Don't end up like me and lose a hard drive halfway through a quarter...
I wrote up Objectives, a Mission Statement and did a Work-Breakdown Structure for the lifespan of a Novel Project from pre-writing to final draft.
I also broke the work down in Microsoft Project into hours and sometimes minutes. I had to because I usually don't have a schedule and as a result I will get distracted and never get anything done. Now I have a schedule
It humbled me to realize that if I started on the project now full-time I wouldn't be done with it until Christmas...
Celebration time! I finished my shitty first draft about a month ago and I'm finishing up my not-so-stinky 2nd of my YA contemporary mystery. It doesn't stink as much as normal! For the first time, I had DK's (and Greg's) excel sheets--too many to count on everything from plot to place to characters to lexicons for dialog and the writing itself.) I hear you Neuro, but I think I'm sold now on the project routine. I did write individual short character scenes to hone the characters first. Although my plot wasn't complete before I started, the villain timeline and motivations were.
And, drum roll please! I was honored with the YA mentorship from author Jill Blazinin by Iowa's Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI-IA). Not only was it humbling to receive the honor, it comes with $1200 of page review!
And please roll out the big marching band now: She chose my work because of my strong author's voice and because my character's voices were unique, exciting, and different from each other. As they say, you can fix a lot of stuff, but you can't fix voice. I think I'm proof positive that you can with a lot of hard work and time.
Thank you for this supportive writing community. You are amazing and dedicated. I'm sorry I've been in the writer's zone for so long and away from the boards. Take care and hugs.
A little tweaking of Chapter 16 (realized after finishing it that I broke several of my settings magical rules) and I'm at 30,579 words.
Oh, don't worry, it's not a slow patch. I just had an event take place which broke so many of the rules of my setting that I couldn't leave it in at all. So rather than keep going and try to remember that it didn't happen, I decided to re-write the end of the chapter.
Ooof, that's a heck of a deadline.
I have until about August to get my third book done and sent to my publisher if I want to be sure of it coming out next year. I have at least another 50,000 words to go, so at some point I'll need to step things up.
Oh well I'm going on for far too long. Maybe in a couple years if I stay dedicated I'll be in the same league as those other guys with the big lists of books in their arsenal.
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Noooo! Don't give in to the Dark Side! Summarize if you need to, but make notes of those problems and leave them for when you're editing, otherwise you'll keep re-writing and changing things and you won't actually write the book.
Well so far its only been one issue and its a relatively easy fix. Only 6 more chapters to summarize and I'll fix the issues only then get back to writing.
So how do you deliver your finished product to alphas?
Don't sweat if you don't have an outline written. Most of my writing, especially when I'm just starting a book or series, is all done on the fly.
I finished editing my manuscript on Saturday night, and the beta copies go out today! :D
22K on The Terror of Twelvety Town. Works out to a bit over 1K a day... not bad for being squeezed in around the day job. A current scene to finish, a big finale, and then the conclusion, and the first draft'll be in the jug.
Good luck!
Chapter 23 done, bringing me to 44,632 words on Book 3.
It's so funny - everytime I see your progress I'm excited because I'm anxious to read the book, then I realize book 2 isn't even out yet! :o
Wrote out the plot arc, and some sub-plot arcs for my second novel. And now I've got my first 2,000 words of what will be my second novel. It just proves there is no rest for the wicked, especially the for villain that is in the first scene.
Cackle, cackle, cackle.
Just out of curiosity, how long do each of you give your beta readers to give you some feedback? I have promised myself not to bug anyone during this first week of getting a draft to them, but damn . . . it's difficult to avoid the temptation of calling them to see what they think so far.
Finished this pass on chapter 2 of #3, and did some more small things; next up, fixing chapter 5.
I'm onto a sequence of scenes I've literally been waiting years to write! Up to 59,187 words.
@Neuro: get through those revision, you can do it. ;)
Finally, I hope, put that chapter 2 to bed, have gone on through the next three again, 5 being the next one to need a lot of work is done, and am taking a dinner break befor doing a few more.
edditing first four chapters of current project
word count is mostly going up
but I do wish I had a pet grammar nazi right now...
(trying to get this one to novel word count... might take me a few years ::) )
What's your current word count, and the genre?word count
Stay strong spything! You can do it. You just have to embrace your inner spygirl and then... victory shall be 'yours!'trying to
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word count
4,303 (its only got three and a half chapters so far... it will be longer)
cureently a twist on urban fantasy
but its unlikely any one will ever read it... its only my 7th story to ever be written down and its a big working progress
ha ha ha doable maybe
but as the longest thing I have managed so far is 35,000 words
it sounds like a lot...
yeah I try and edit
but most of the time if no one is yelling at me about deadlines I get really bored of it quickly and give up... ::)
yeah...
maybe one day I will write something that is good enough to let others read it... but I highly doubt it will be this project... (and if it is it wont be any time soon)
4,525
thanks
I know most of it though
my worst enemy right now is me...
sometimes the voice in the back of my head needs a good kicking... and I need to stop listening to it...
I think that is my major problem really... its not that I can't its more I chicken out ::)
but this summer we are going to stay focussed and by september I will have finished the first draft! (at least that is the plan)
I just need to right and shut out the stupid voice in the back of my head...
(you have written 2,000 words in the space it has taken me to edit chapter 4 have on lesson and start chapter 5. and do about 5 posts here. you write fast.)
lol
the ramblings of an old man :P (you are all relatively old sorry)
its okay some of the ramblings of yours were useful...
Chapter 1 of my second Daniel Quinn book is done! On to chapter 2 tonight!
Thanks Deposed! If you ever get a chance to read it let me know. I have your first book and I'm looking forward to checking it out as soon as I have time.
Speaking of - I attached a pretty cool screenshot!
I have gone over 6,000 words (hole word count)
I have only written 100 words so far to day... most of that was just tweaking seens to make them flow better...
now to finish chapter 5
and hopefully start chapter 6 (yeah wish full thinking most likely... but I can try)
trying boss
but its being rather persuasive ::) (also I was only one letter away from spelling persuasive right first time! I want extra credit for that!)
5,000 words one day? *deep breaths*
Actually 8000, and with another 200 words it will be 9000.remind me again why I am not aloud to hurt you for gloating?
150k - Falon Half Blood (9k total for today - started out at 141k)
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Is it normal to get emotional writing a villain's death scene? 77,546 words.I will let you know when I get there...
Is it normal to get emotional writing a villain's death scene? 77,546 words.
remind me again why I am not aloud to hurt you for gloating?
I will let you know when I get there...
Yeah. I love endings. Many series' have actually left me really disappointed by how they end, so I'm determined to make the end of this trilogy the best book in the series.
Its not gloating to put up an accurate word count (wink) I can't help it if you're jealous of my prodigous writing experience today. And to think I jerked around until about 3 pm with less than a thousand written and now that its 9:30 pm here I'm already up to 9k.ouch
Oh! Feel the sting spything!
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Well there is scope for more stories in this setting, maybe even some of the characters, but realistically, this is the end of Nathan Shepherd's story, and afterwards I'll be saying goodbye to him, his city, and his friends. I'm going to miss them, but I'd rather let the story end on a high than drag things out.
ouch
rub it in why don't you
do you want me to hurt you?
you know exactly why!
*sigh* One of my crit partners spotted that I'd saved over Chapter 32, losing an important scene.
Today's lunchbreak writing will be re-writing that earlier scene before I continue.
Thanks. Same here, it's the worst feeling.
Still, at least it was spotted now and not after I was celebrating the end of the first draft. Or worse, that I didn't overlook it in editing and send the whole thing off to my publisher, mistake and all.
After re-writing the lost scene, my current word count is 77,293. Lost a couple hundred words, but at least I fixed the mistake.
I hope you didn't lose any interesting little twists along the way. I had to redo about 200 words today due to a computer crash. It sucked.LOL :D
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LOL :D
sorry but this word count is in my league
it amuses me as I can achive that word count...
sorry the computer crashed... and at least you wrote something to day
Made it to 8k in my second book, "Tyrant Without Equal." And I wrote some scene/sequel outlines. It is slow work getting started on the sequel.
Anyone else have those problems starting a sequel? Or did it start flowing off the page from Day One?
I've found that the worst thing you can do when you stop writing for a night, is to put up your winner hands, declare the chapter is finished and go to bed. Don't just leave a new chapter header up there for tomorrow. Instead write at least two paragraphs of the opening for that chapter. That way when you wake up in the morning you aren't left scratching your head and going huh. Will I ruin things if I start this way, or where in the heck do we go from here!
Its the same thing with a new book. Try to write at least a chapter, maybe two of the sequel immeiately after the end of your book. Throw it in as a sneak peak for book 2 in the back of book one, or book four for the end of three etc. You might still feel that little bit of blah feeling when taking up the new project but that whole I need 'research' before figuring out where to pick up next angle is totally blown out of the water. There is your new beginning now you just need to follow your plot (written down or mental) and naturally proceed from that.
Plus even if you screwed up the new beginning you can always delete it with that new and better idea burning a hole in your brain!
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That's good advice. Now, following through on it . . . that's another story. And congrats on finishing the first draft of Falon Half Blood. Did you rush right out and draft the first scene of the sequel afterwards?
Up to 82,381 words. Aiming to finish the book this week.
Thanks! I have a project in mind that I'd like to self-publish, so I want to get to work on it after the current book is done and sent to my publisher. I may give myself a bit of a break first, but I get really antsy if I'm not writing something.
One chapter away from a training montage in preparation for the final battle! ;)
I hate slumps. Hopefully you'll get through yours soon.
I go from contract to contract. The only thing I'm tied to them for is that they get first refusal on any sequels or spin-offs from Locked Within, but I still have to submit a query each time.
It's just the way some contracts are. Particularly because I'm a new author, a small publisher can't commit to a contract for more than one book at a time because of the financial risk.
That said, my publisher is really decent and reserved a slot in this year's lineup for Silent Oath, and they're looking forward to seeing the third book.
When you get there let me know. At the very least I can give some tips on the amazon system. And right now we've got a good artist.
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Hard to say. My publisher is still quite new, they've only been in business since 2007. I would imagine, practically speaking, if I wanted something more than my current arrangement, I would either need to start self-publishing, which I plan to do as well as keep up with traditional publishing, or get myself an agent.
I also wanted to compliment you. I saw the new covers for your books. They look great!
Slipped in some extra writing to bring me to 85,992 words.
I get teared-up writing some of these scenes. 87,408 words, and moving to the last few chapters before the final battle begins.
This is it. A day-long writing binge to get this book finished.
I'm off to storm the castle.
Finally got my brain into gear on TISBWO prequel yesterday, which I have been tyring to do for way too damned long. Then there was a power cut so I could not do anything about it other than Mull Furiously, but today I made a through pass on 30,000 words of what will probably end up about 100kwords long.
107,394 words.
The End.
1200 words on TIWTBWO #3 tonight, and that chapter is falling together, I am just not sure that after a week like this I can keep my eyes open long enough to do any more useful work on it; maybe during the day tomorrow.
So, after some thought, I've decided to shop out my first book to agents. I realize since I've already self-published it that there's a better chance of being rejected, but I figure why not? You only live once right? If the book is rejected then it stays as is and I self-publish the next book.
3,248 words on my new WIP, Lady Raven!
It's a young adult steampunk fantasy, the first in a new series I plan to self-publish.
The heroine, Cora, and her mother lose their status in society when her father dies of an illness. To save her mother after she is arrested, Cora becomes an outlaw, and discovers that piracy and the outlaw life runs in her family. She embarks on a quest to fight back against the corrupt patriarchy that rules the Empire, assembling a crew of fellow outlaws and resistance fighters.
Cleaning up a short before sending it back to the subbing pits tomorrow, and finished up the 1st draft of a 5K short. Going back to the WiP this week while I let the short simmer for revision.
working on chapter six
Editing... sooo much... editing. Red pen... fumes... too... strong...
Editing... sooo much... editing. Red pen... fumes... too... strong...
This gives me Wolverine-like images of you popping a set of pens out of the back of your hand.
("We need sushi. Lots of sushi."
"I'm the.. uh... one... "
"Stow it, flyboy. You picked up the blue pencil. And there's one 'n' in 'Zion'.")
Heh. Good one!
My regular writing is on hold for a few weeks since a friend hooked me up with a freelance writing gig that'll pay for my edits and cover design for at least two Lady Raven books.
Decided to back-burner my current writing project. Hate to do it with nearly 500 pages in, but I have little too much anger tied too it right now to work on it with a clear head...that and I'm not sure how its going to end anyway so need some time to sort it out.
Instead going back to writing in my Fantasy Setting with a new cast, new location and with a very dark twist...Life after Undeath!
For example, I realized I needed a new character about chapter 13, so I went back, added him to a couple of earlier chapter in the outline, estabishing his presnece and added him to the story. Now he's part of the story and doesn't feel tacked on at the last minute.
3 am Saturday, figured out a new structural skeleton to overlay on book #1 of TIWTBWO.
Getting up to apply it then would not have worked even if i hadn't been up to my eyes in not-technically-a-convention this weekend. Feh.
It sounds like you're getting close. But you've been close for a while. Have you considered after this latest round of revisions, starting a new series?
And I'm back to writing! 27,740 words on Lady Raven!
Hey guys. It's official apparently. My debut YA crime fiction novel will be published by the Poisoned Pencil, which is a new young adult imprint of The Poisoned Pen Press. It's a small press that prints 3-5 thousand copies. There is even an advance. I met the publisher and and an editor from Poisoned Pen Press, along with several of their authors. And yes, I fell in love with the Poisoned Pen Bookstore as a result of getting a couple of Jim's autographed books. So it was a natural fit.
I've been in shock mode after the initial squealing. Friends from SCBWI-IA encouraged me to wait until after the fall conference. My critique with an agent was filled with glowing comments and desire for more pages, but after a great deal of thought, I've signed the papers. I will slowly be notifying several of the conferences and schools of the deal. You guys are my first and greatest teachers, mentors, and guides. Thank you.
I can't tell you how excited I will be to search my own name on publishersmarketplace.com. After this, there will be more mountains to climb, a lot of blood, sweat and tears, but it's a time to celebrate.
Take care everyone.
Hit 95,000 on the Big Sequel last night, and then dumped 1000 that no longer worked.
Anyone doing NaNoWriMo this year?
Hit 95,000 on the Big Sequel last night, and then dumped 1000 that no longer worked.
Anyone doing NaNoWriMo this year?
Feel like I'm making better progress on Lady Raven today. 40,944 words.
Congrats DK!
Cranking out my 1000 a day, plus rough editing the prior days work. Still, I got out of whack because I'm taking an online class requiring 15 pages a week and crits on everyone else's. And, because I really don't know these guys, the assignment of rough shitty draft 15 pages isn't as shitty as normal. I mean, if you've got classmates reading it and the agent teaching it? You spend more time revising and editing even it's still in crappy shape... It's a 12 week class and at 7 weeks, we've weeded out the less serious writers and are down to a hard core of folks plugging out work. (Or perhaps the serious writers are concentrating on their work and not posting or doing critiques. LOL.)
At this point, we're cranking out fresh pages and we're giving each other lots of leeway for shit... Challenging, fun, but I miss my sole concentration on my work... Yet, I'm getting great feedback weekly.
Best writing all.
Whoever put me onto Chuck's writing thoughts--Thank you. I read them daily as a kick starter, or perhaps a butt kicker would be more appropriate.
Two more chapters today, have just stopped for dinner, and am going back to do some more.
I've considered starting on one of my other series' to give myself ocassional breaks from Lady Raven.
How do you find it, writing multiple books at once?
I gave it a try when I was writing Silent Oath. I worked on another book on the weekends, and ended up not really going anywhere with it.
Once Lady Raven is done, I'll switch to my next urban fantasy series, get the first of that written, then see where I'm at.
44,046 words on Lady Raven
I've finally sat down and started working out a plot line, but I think I've put myself in over my head with my expectations. Too many great ideas and no good way to phrase them. Sigh.
Well, I can think of no better way to celebrate the final finishing, polishing, tweaking, and editing of a novella than this way:
(http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/paynesgrey2000/12vety-Cover-Comp-081_zps710eee9b.jpg)
Well put up a link when you do it and remember not to freak out after you hit the final save and publish button. In about 12 hours you can frantically rush back in and make changes to all those little things that have you worried. ::)
Also if you have any issues with the formatting of your file screwing the e-book fonts. Just let me know. My brother knows how to set it up nice and pretty.
Make sure to put up a link!
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Well put up a link when you do it and remember not to freak out after you hit the final save and publish button. In about 12 hours you can frantically rush back in and make changes to all those little things that have you worried. ::)
Also if you have any issues with the formatting of your file screwing the e-book fonts. Just let me know. My brother knows how to set it up nice and pretty.
Make sure to put up a link!
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Thanks, everyone!
Scrivener seems to have done a flawless conversion, except for eating the acknowledgments page. I've already crapped myself and uploaded a version with some corrections. Did it first thing this morning, so it's live now. I expect when the royalty payment comes, I shall purchase a pony made of diamonds.
Or, more likely, a grape, maybe...
In any case, it's exciting as hell and I'd like to thank everyone for the encouragement, general advice and such.
So when are we going to get to read a book about the actual Terror? Everything I've read keeps hitting around the margins.
The Deposed King
It's beautiful! Used Shecky's link and it downloaded great. I won't get a chance to read it for a bit. (Two unfinished reads in my hopper already and one is Jack Gantos' book that won the 2013 Newbery Metal. I will be hearing him Dec 7th.) When I do get it read, I'll post a review. Hugs and congrats! Love the synopsis teaser you posted.
Tales of Calopa: The Fahlworth Papers - finally done and up.
Book 2 of the Archetype Trilogy- The Shattered Clock - 15k in.
And now this pass is done. Terminus est, I have put the damn thing down and sent it off, and next comes something different, though in the immediate short-term there is a pint of icecream with my name on it.
And now I am working on the thing I want to be workign on again yay. (tweaking opening of volume 1, reread what I had of volume 3, wrote 250 words new, realised it was 0215, stopped, swore, and went to sleep.)
Battlecorps.com just e-published my twentieth short story for Battletech, "Operation Red Lion". A good way to start out the New Year...... ;D
Craig
So far my new year's promise to write every day seems to be holding, even if I don't write much every day. My steampunk-story (which sadly just lay waiting for a few years due to writer's block), is now up to slightly over 14 000 words. Yay me. Hopefully,I will be finished with this wretched chapter as well as the next one before the end of January.
edit: it takes extra time since I write it in English (which isn't my native language), and I simpy want it to be perfect, so lots of editing while I write. Yes, I know that is a deadly sin. =^_^=
/Ulfgeir
He's preaching stone gospel there. You'll keep fixing and fixing and never move forward. Caught myself doing this. First draft is nothing more than putting the ideas on paper. Second draft is where you start on de-cludging the cludgicals and polishing the wordcraft, adjusting the beginning of the story to be consistent with things you did later, etc. But you've got to get the complete idea down first, in my (limited) experience.
Yup. Mileage may very. If something that's story-crucial is completely borked, I can't go on until I fix that either... but the clunky sentences and wonky paragraphs I force myself to wait for. Kept doing the Eternal Rewrite Loop on the first 30K.
Finally got the wretched chapter written in such a way that I am reasonably happy with it. Now over 15 000 words, and 22 and a half page written. Some of the previous stuff also got some minor tweaks, which gave some more colour.
Next step is to take a look at my synopsis, and update it so I don't have any handwritten notes on it.
/Ulfgeir
Passed 100K last night on the Big Damn Sequel.
Candlelight is up to 4,002 words.