I had been working on the second in the She Becomes Death trilogy. However, with my new (much slower) schedule, I'm realizing in order to get Blades of Fate out by this summer, I'm going to have to switch gears and work on it. Otherwise, I'm never going to finish it in time. Therefore, I've switched over to working on Blades of Fate which is currently in need of revisions and additions so that I can make sure it's ready to be seen by the viewing public in August at the latest. I'm thinking of putting out ARC copies of it as is so that others can start formulating reviews. Which means asking my email list if they would be interested in reading a digital copy of the new book in enough time to put up reviews when I finally have it out.
Does this mean I've completely stalled on Wielding His Scythe, She Becomes Death book 2? No. It just means it isn't on the front burner right now. I'm still making a little bit of headway here and there with it. I've almost got the first fifth of it finished. I'm just probably not going to get it out before say December at my current pace. Knowing that, I have plenty of time to plug the first book and get people ready for the second.
In other news, I've almost got a venue for the wedding. It requires pre-marital counseling, which my mother is excited about. I think she's more excited about it than I am and I'm the one getting married. Aren't I supposed to be the one who is super excited about this whole process? Oh well, even if I'm not gung-ho about the whole thing, I am certainly looking forward to having the beautiful day followed by years of wedded happiness. That's the part I'm really looking toward, the bit after the wedding.
All things considered, things are going well. I just have a few more things I have to take care of and then I'll be ready to get down to some serious party planning.
Showing posts with label She Becomes Death. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 3, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
What's Really Going On
Since Gnome Con, I haven't gotten a lot of writing done. Why? Because I'm working a new job within the job I've been working for several years. I now get up at 5:30 in the morning in order to be to work by 6:30 so I can work until 4 or 5 in the afternoon. It doesn't give me a lot of time left where my brain is not mush and I have to get up the next day and do it all over again. As a consequence, my writing is suffering. In a way, I expected this and perhaps it is for the better because it means I only write when I'm mentally together enough to do so. However, that means there is no way I'm going to be putting out more than maybe three books this year, if I'm lucky, and one of them is already out.
The first draft of Blades of Fate is written, but in need of edits and probably some additions. It is, however, already done. I can, with some effort, get it done by June which was my original plan. Unfortunately, the other three She Becomes Death books: Wielding his Scythe, Winning his Kingdom, and Matchmaker, Matchmaker are going to be delayed with this current writing schedule. Will they still get done? Of course. It will just take me longer than initially planned. As the saying goes, it will happen, I'm not dead yet.
Currently, I am working on Wielding His Scythe at an Arctic slow pace. The good news is: I'm still working on it.
In other news, I've started planning a wedding that isn't for another year and a half. I might be rushing things just a bit trying to get it all done before I have to worry about it too much, but then again, maybe not. Still many questions to answer, but I've answered a couple.
The first draft of Blades of Fate is written, but in need of edits and probably some additions. It is, however, already done. I can, with some effort, get it done by June which was my original plan. Unfortunately, the other three She Becomes Death books: Wielding his Scythe, Winning his Kingdom, and Matchmaker, Matchmaker are going to be delayed with this current writing schedule. Will they still get done? Of course. It will just take me longer than initially planned. As the saying goes, it will happen, I'm not dead yet.
Currently, I am working on Wielding His Scythe at an Arctic slow pace. The good news is: I'm still working on it.
In other news, I've started planning a wedding that isn't for another year and a half. I might be rushing things just a bit trying to get it all done before I have to worry about it too much, but then again, maybe not. Still many questions to answer, but I've answered a couple.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Big Big News!
Hello again, ladies and gents. Of course, there are many lovely things I could talk about but I want to talk about one thing in particular: Handselling books. I never thought I would get the chance, but this year, I will be handselling at Gnome Con 2016. Gnome Con is a small convention held here in Savannah, GA, which is for gamers, comic book geeks, and readers. I am extremely pleased that this is going to be a part of my life. By the time this happens in March of 2016, I will have my third book out, Wearing His Ring. Dark King Rising and Chains of Fate will also be there and I will be taking preorders for the second book in the She Becomes Death series, Wielding His Scythe. It will be amazing.
On top of getting to vend at the convention, I will be joining friends of mine who always attend. This will make it a wonderful experience for me because I rarely get to share my professional happenings with my friends. One or the other at times, but not both.
What else is there to say? I'm in the second draft of She Becomes Death book one, Wearing His Ring. About 25k in with a little over a month left to write. So 50k due in 30 days. That sounds about like NaNoWriMo. With eleven years of that under my belt, I'm fairly certain I can manage.
Looking around the blog, I need to spend some time on what I've been reading lately. Lots of professional development books (Lots of craft and business books) thanks to the StoryBundle from November. I paid $30 for 25 ebooks including titles like Million Dollar Productivity. Writing about them should give me a better perspective on what I want to learn from each book. I also recently read Level Up Your Life by Nerd Fitness founder, Steve Kamb. Another book I learned something from, so want to talk about that too. Look for that review coming up soon.
On top of getting to vend at the convention, I will be joining friends of mine who always attend. This will make it a wonderful experience for me because I rarely get to share my professional happenings with my friends. One or the other at times, but not both.
What else is there to say? I'm in the second draft of She Becomes Death book one, Wearing His Ring. About 25k in with a little over a month left to write. So 50k due in 30 days. That sounds about like NaNoWriMo. With eleven years of that under my belt, I'm fairly certain I can manage.
Looking around the blog, I need to spend some time on what I've been reading lately. Lots of professional development books (Lots of craft and business books) thanks to the StoryBundle from November. I paid $30 for 25 ebooks including titles like Million Dollar Productivity. Writing about them should give me a better perspective on what I want to learn from each book. I also recently read Level Up Your Life by Nerd Fitness founder, Steve Kamb. Another book I learned something from, so want to talk about that too. Look for that review coming up soon.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
April Progress Report [The Writing Continues]
I have decided that every month, or maybe twice a month, I will do an update on where I am with my various projects as a way of holding myself accountable to be working on things consistently. This ought to be interesting.
First Project: "The Becoming"
Now 60k+. I've been using it as my CampNaNo project for April and have almost added 30k to it since April 1st. I'm not quite sure what the anticipated word count for this should be because it has outgrown its outline more than once, so now I'm just going along working from the scenes I have left to get to a finish point. Once I finish, it's into the box for a few month growing period while I work on other things. Like...
Second Project: She Becomes Death (the trilogy)
The first book has been completed. The second book has been completed, including a minor rewrite to make it more cohesive. The third book is waiting for my attention preferably when I finish with "The Becoming." Overall, I think the series has potential and I'm proud of the fact that I wrote three books that are related to one another and the plot flows throughout. I've written books that are tangentally related to one another before, but they didn't turn out as well. Testament to many years more practice as a writer.
Third Project: Chains of Fate
I recently reunearthed (that's exactly the non-word I want to use) this project while working on something else entirely. I've rewritten this book a grand total of five times. As a friend of mine put it, "It's time to either publish it or stop working on it." I'm on the fence about whether or not I should go ahead and self-publish it. First it would need a kicktail cover. It would be my first true novel on the bookshelves. It was also my attempt at writing something that might fall along the lines of a romance, but not really. Second, I still think there are parts of it that could be better. However, knowing what I know about writing (again lots more practice) there will always be places where I'm thinking I could write this better if I just had another rewrite. So I cannot necessarily let that be the reason I'm not willing to do it. Do I think it's a good book? Yes. Do I think others will like it? Yes. Do I think there will be those who dislike it? Yes. I sorta wish I had a publisher or even an editor who was behind me saying, "This is good. Leave it alone." I don't, so it's up to me to make decisions about my work which is both freeing and terrifying.
First Project: "The Becoming"
Now 60k+. I've been using it as my CampNaNo project for April and have almost added 30k to it since April 1st. I'm not quite sure what the anticipated word count for this should be because it has outgrown its outline more than once, so now I'm just going along working from the scenes I have left to get to a finish point. Once I finish, it's into the box for a few month growing period while I work on other things. Like...
Second Project: She Becomes Death (the trilogy)
The first book has been completed. The second book has been completed, including a minor rewrite to make it more cohesive. The third book is waiting for my attention preferably when I finish with "The Becoming." Overall, I think the series has potential and I'm proud of the fact that I wrote three books that are related to one another and the plot flows throughout. I've written books that are tangentally related to one another before, but they didn't turn out as well. Testament to many years more practice as a writer.
Third Project: Chains of Fate
I recently reunearthed (that's exactly the non-word I want to use) this project while working on something else entirely. I've rewritten this book a grand total of five times. As a friend of mine put it, "It's time to either publish it or stop working on it." I'm on the fence about whether or not I should go ahead and self-publish it. First it would need a kicktail cover. It would be my first true novel on the bookshelves. It was also my attempt at writing something that might fall along the lines of a romance, but not really. Second, I still think there are parts of it that could be better. However, knowing what I know about writing (again lots more practice) there will always be places where I'm thinking I could write this better if I just had another rewrite. So I cannot necessarily let that be the reason I'm not willing to do it. Do I think it's a good book? Yes. Do I think others will like it? Yes. Do I think there will be those who dislike it? Yes. I sorta wish I had a publisher or even an editor who was behind me saying, "This is good. Leave it alone." I don't, so it's up to me to make decisions about my work which is both freeing and terrifying.
Monday, August 4, 2014
Pre-writing
Catching up on my podcasts, if you don't know Writing Excuses you should, and came across this one about pre-writing.
According to the podcast, pre-writing is all the before writing writing that is done on a manuscript. In my particular case as part outliner/part discovery writer, it means looking back at my outline and then brainstorming neat things to happen to my characters on their way to the plot point I'm looking at for the day. However, what struck me as interesting about this podcast is that it also notes things about tone text and music as a way to get into a specific headspace.
Music to get into the right headspace is something I've explored previously, however, I've never made it as narrow as is suggested. Instead, I tend to think in terms of entire albums. The idea of parsing that down to one or two songs, or even a single youtube video is almost mindblowingly simple. Something I will definitely be trying out to see if it cuts down on the amount of time it takes to get into a specific mind frame.
The other thing they discussed was tone text. I suppose this could be done using your own text by simply reading back over it before beginning with anything new for the day, but they discussed using an outside text (such as Jane Austen) in order to preserve the sound of the writing as you are working your way forward on a manuscript.
I will admit, none of this is groundbreaking, and perhaps if I took more creative writing courses it would seem less interesting to me, but I found this interesting and thought it would be good to share.
If you haven't already, check out the Writing Excuses podcast. It's well worth the 20 minutes or so a week.
In other news, I'm reaching the end of "Winning his Kingdom", She Becomes Death book 3. It's a bittersweet nearness for me seeing as I've been in this world with these characters for the better part of three years now. Yet, somehow, I've got to tag a 'The End' onto this story and let them go on to whatever fate may hold for them. Plus, I can always come back to the world if the need strikes and maybe it will.
According to the podcast, pre-writing is all the before writing writing that is done on a manuscript. In my particular case as part outliner/part discovery writer, it means looking back at my outline and then brainstorming neat things to happen to my characters on their way to the plot point I'm looking at for the day. However, what struck me as interesting about this podcast is that it also notes things about tone text and music as a way to get into a specific headspace.
Music to get into the right headspace is something I've explored previously, however, I've never made it as narrow as is suggested. Instead, I tend to think in terms of entire albums. The idea of parsing that down to one or two songs, or even a single youtube video is almost mindblowingly simple. Something I will definitely be trying out to see if it cuts down on the amount of time it takes to get into a specific mind frame.
The other thing they discussed was tone text. I suppose this could be done using your own text by simply reading back over it before beginning with anything new for the day, but they discussed using an outside text (such as Jane Austen) in order to preserve the sound of the writing as you are working your way forward on a manuscript.
I will admit, none of this is groundbreaking, and perhaps if I took more creative writing courses it would seem less interesting to me, but I found this interesting and thought it would be good to share.
If you haven't already, check out the Writing Excuses podcast. It's well worth the 20 minutes or so a week.
In other news, I'm reaching the end of "Winning his Kingdom", She Becomes Death book 3. It's a bittersweet nearness for me seeing as I've been in this world with these characters for the better part of three years now. Yet, somehow, I've got to tag a 'The End' onto this story and let them go on to whatever fate may hold for them. Plus, I can always come back to the world if the need strikes and maybe it will.
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