Yeah, not so much to report this week. I kept finding little things that needed to be fixed in all the background stuff. So I didn't get back into rewrites like I'd intended. I think I must be blocked in some way because I'm finding avoidance tactics everywhere I can.
I got a new plot bunny, too. This one's a contemporary YA inspired by a Carrie Underwood song. I'm plotting it out but I don't know if it'll ever actually get written. It's sort of falling apart the more I plot it. So we'll see.
How are your WiPs going?
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
WiP Wednesday 4/7-4/13
Time for another update on the writing. Which didn't happen this week.
You see, I discovered an error in some of the background/world-building stuff. An error which was crucial to fix before I could go forward with the rewrites and plotting of my latest plot bunny set in this fantasy world.
An issue which took hours and hours to fix, meaning it took the entire week to correct. My brain seriously hurts right now.
I did start plotting the new story but it's slow-going.
How are your WiPs going?
You see, I discovered an error in some of the background/world-building stuff. An error which was crucial to fix before I could go forward with the rewrites and plotting of my latest plot bunny set in this fantasy world.
An issue which took hours and hours to fix, meaning it took the entire week to correct. My brain seriously hurts right now.
I did start plotting the new story but it's slow-going.
How are your WiPs going?
Friday, April 12, 2013
Rewrites
I said on Wednesday that I've never been here before in reference to rewrites.
In a sense this is entirely accurate. In another, it's not so much.
You see, way back in high school I had this brilliant idea to write a screenplay. That evolved into writing a novel. (Don't ask me how.)
Said novel got off to a very slow start. It took me years to get a few chapters written. In fairness, I spent the majority of time focusing on graduating high school, graduating with my bachelor's and then with my master's degree. After grad school, as I've shared on here at the beginning of this blog, I sat down to salvage the book.
What I did then was start over with a blank page and write the story anew. I finished the book, finally, and set it aside in favor of an SNI (shiny new idea).
So, yes, I've been here before with rewrites. But with that book, that first book I ever undertook to write, I started my rewrite without a finished draft. I never finished that first version of the book. (That book would need an entire new rewrite to salvage today.)
This time with CofL I do have a finished draft. And that's what prompted me to actually realize I needed a complete rewrite. The character development at the end of the book does not logically lead into what the character becomes at the end. Yes, books are supposed to have character arcs and such. But the character should at least start out in a place where they're not TSTL. And that's how I wrote my MC at the beginning of this book. Somewhere in the middle she becomes not TSTL. And she's awesome by the end of the book. But it's inconsistent and illogical to end her where she does when she starts where she does.
Rewrites are daunting things. But I think in some ways this rewrite of CofL will be easier and stronger than the rewrite of that first book because I have an ending already in mind. I'm rewriting a completed draft, not an overly wordy portion of a draft that should be burned.
In a sense this is entirely accurate. In another, it's not so much.
You see, way back in high school I had this brilliant idea to write a screenplay. That evolved into writing a novel. (Don't ask me how.)
Said novel got off to a very slow start. It took me years to get a few chapters written. In fairness, I spent the majority of time focusing on graduating high school, graduating with my bachelor's and then with my master's degree. After grad school, as I've shared on here at the beginning of this blog, I sat down to salvage the book.
What I did then was start over with a blank page and write the story anew. I finished the book, finally, and set it aside in favor of an SNI (shiny new idea).
So, yes, I've been here before with rewrites. But with that book, that first book I ever undertook to write, I started my rewrite without a finished draft. I never finished that first version of the book. (That book would need an entire new rewrite to salvage today.)
This time with CofL I do have a finished draft. And that's what prompted me to actually realize I needed a complete rewrite. The character development at the end of the book does not logically lead into what the character becomes at the end. Yes, books are supposed to have character arcs and such. But the character should at least start out in a place where they're not TSTL. And that's how I wrote my MC at the beginning of this book. Somewhere in the middle she becomes not TSTL. And she's awesome by the end of the book. But it's inconsistent and illogical to end her where she does when she starts where she does.
Rewrites are daunting things. But I think in some ways this rewrite of CofL will be easier and stronger than the rewrite of that first book because I have an ending already in mind. I'm rewriting a completed draft, not an overly wordy portion of a draft that should be burned.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
WiP Wednesday 4/1-4/7
I'm finally coming off of my lengthy writing hiatus. It's slow-going as I have to retrain all my brain cells to actually come home from work for the day and work.
I spent quite a bit of time last week putting together background information for a new book idea. This book is set in the same universe as Heirs of the Seven Realms but it's independent of that trilogy and any of the other story ideas I've come up with. This is refreshing because it means I can write this book without feeling as though I'm counting my chickens before they hatch.
I also started revisions on Curse of Life last week. I say started because as I did so, I realized how bad this book is. This means I now have to rewrite the book rather than revise it. Yes, rewrite. It's that bad and in that much need of work. Simply deleting and rewriting passages won't do. There's a fundamental issue with character development at the start of my book and only rewriting will cure it.
So that's where my WiPs stand at the present moment. Knowing I need to rewrite CofL takes the pressure off getting the background stuff done for the other book. I won't start writing it until I get this rewrite done.
How are your WiPs going? Also, have any tips for getting started with a rewrite? I've never been here before. (More on that in Friday's post.)
I spent quite a bit of time last week putting together background information for a new book idea. This book is set in the same universe as Heirs of the Seven Realms but it's independent of that trilogy and any of the other story ideas I've come up with. This is refreshing because it means I can write this book without feeling as though I'm counting my chickens before they hatch.
I also started revisions on Curse of Life last week. I say started because as I did so, I realized how bad this book is. This means I now have to rewrite the book rather than revise it. Yes, rewrite. It's that bad and in that much need of work. Simply deleting and rewriting passages won't do. There's a fundamental issue with character development at the start of my book and only rewriting will cure it.
So that's where my WiPs stand at the present moment. Knowing I need to rewrite CofL takes the pressure off getting the background stuff done for the other book. I won't start writing it until I get this rewrite done.
How are your WiPs going? Also, have any tips for getting started with a rewrite? I've never been here before. (More on that in Friday's post.)
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
WiP Wednesday 11/14/12
This should have been a short post seeing as how I'm taking November and December off from writing.
Theoretically.
You see, telling the universe you're taking a hiatus from something like writing is just giving the universe a big reason to say, "I dare you to try."
I'm going to confess to not entirely taking the two months off so far. I'm not doing anything with urgency, but I am continuing every so often to type up more of Curse of Life and also get everything set for the next book I want to write.
Also, there's that pesky thing called a query that I'm trying to perfect for continuing rounds of querying on Woven.
In the meantime, the universe is enjoying toying with me. I have another snippet of dialogue for the book I want to start in January. It's currently titled Soul Eater, but that's just a filler until I actually start writing. My brain keeps trying to switch things around in the MC's backstory for that book as well.
And where the universe Woven is set in is concerned, I've now got a timeline idea for how the world evolves about 1800 years into the future from all the books that take place in Woven's time and all its related books. Which is an interesting concept to have running in my head. It's now just waiting for the right story to convince me to make it a reality.
But these two months are supposed to be about tackling my TBR pile and finally getting them read. Some of these have been on the TBR shelf for a year or more. Which is sad because I've now realized that if I don't read the book within a reasonable time frame (a month perhaps, not sure) I struggle to get up the motivation to actually read it.
How are your WiPs going?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Theoretically.
You see, telling the universe you're taking a hiatus from something like writing is just giving the universe a big reason to say, "I dare you to try."
I'm going to confess to not entirely taking the two months off so far. I'm not doing anything with urgency, but I am continuing every so often to type up more of Curse of Life and also get everything set for the next book I want to write.
Also, there's that pesky thing called a query that I'm trying to perfect for continuing rounds of querying on Woven.
In the meantime, the universe is enjoying toying with me. I have another snippet of dialogue for the book I want to start in January. It's currently titled Soul Eater, but that's just a filler until I actually start writing. My brain keeps trying to switch things around in the MC's backstory for that book as well.
And where the universe Woven is set in is concerned, I've now got a timeline idea for how the world evolves about 1800 years into the future from all the books that take place in Woven's time and all its related books. Which is an interesting concept to have running in my head. It's now just waiting for the right story to convince me to make it a reality.
But these two months are supposed to be about tackling my TBR pile and finally getting them read. Some of these have been on the TBR shelf for a year or more. Which is sad because I've now realized that if I don't read the book within a reasonable time frame (a month perhaps, not sure) I struggle to get up the motivation to actually read it.
How are your WiPs going?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
WiP Wednesday 10/24/2012
Got a little more of Curse of Life typed up. But that's about it for progress to report.
How are your WiPs going?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
How are your WiPs going?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
WiP Wednesday 10/17/12
I kind of took it easy last week after finishing my draft of Curse of Life. Yes, I started typing up the draft since I wrote it longhand first. But other than that, I've really not done much that I care to talk about publicly. I think I got five chapters of 22 typed up last week.
In other news, I've decided that I'm only going to plot out the remaining stories in the Woven universe and not write them. Not yet, anyway. The stories are getting too intertwined and now rely too heavily on Woven getting published to warrant writing them now. I'm not sure I can justify writing so many stories I know won't get read if this first domino doesn't fall correctly. So I'll be spending some time prepping for NaNo and then I'll plot out the rest of the books I've got up my sleeves.
How are your WiPs going?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
In other news, I've decided that I'm only going to plot out the remaining stories in the Woven universe and not write them. Not yet, anyway. The stories are getting too intertwined and now rely too heavily on Woven getting published to warrant writing them now. I'm not sure I can justify writing so many stories I know won't get read if this first domino doesn't fall correctly. So I'll be spending some time prepping for NaNo and then I'll plot out the rest of the books I've got up my sleeves.
How are your WiPs going?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Monday, October 15, 2012
First Person vs Third Person
I'm sure I've blogged about this before, but I thought it merited a re-visit.
Last week, I finished the first draft of Curse of Life. In my update post last Wednesday I said this book was interesting on different levels for me. I wanted to address one of those today.
This book is written in first person. This is the first time I've finished a story I've set out writing in that POV. Traditionally, I write in third.
But this book just screamed "I have to be in first person." And it didn't lead me astray. I think the book is stronger in first for a couple of reasons.
First, it really lets me show the conflict of feelings my MC goes through in the course of the story. And I don't just mean the ups and downs that the conflict of the book forces her through. I mean the opposite emotions she feels about everything. The way she lets herself fall deeper in love with the love interest all the while knowing she'll be married to some foreign prince and not the love interest. (Traditional fantasy here.) The way she feels about the thought of being married off to some foreigner changes. There're a lot of conflicting emotions in this and I'm not sure they would work so well in third person.
Second, there's a twist about one of the characters that would be telegraphed too much if I wrote in third. In third, there's an expectation of hints and foreshadowing outside the POV character's ken. In first, what the character sees is what you get. I have one passage to tweak so the twist is masked even better, but again this, I think, works better in first person.
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Last week, I finished the first draft of Curse of Life. In my update post last Wednesday I said this book was interesting on different levels for me. I wanted to address one of those today.
This book is written in first person. This is the first time I've finished a story I've set out writing in that POV. Traditionally, I write in third.
But this book just screamed "I have to be in first person." And it didn't lead me astray. I think the book is stronger in first for a couple of reasons.
First, it really lets me show the conflict of feelings my MC goes through in the course of the story. And I don't just mean the ups and downs that the conflict of the book forces her through. I mean the opposite emotions she feels about everything. The way she lets herself fall deeper in love with the love interest all the while knowing she'll be married to some foreign prince and not the love interest. (Traditional fantasy here.) The way she feels about the thought of being married off to some foreigner changes. There're a lot of conflicting emotions in this and I'm not sure they would work so well in third person.
Second, there's a twist about one of the characters that would be telegraphed too much if I wrote in third. In third, there's an expectation of hints and foreshadowing outside the POV character's ken. In first, what the character sees is what you get. I have one passage to tweak so the twist is masked even better, but again this, I think, works better in first person.
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
WiP Wednesday
So, for some reason, I've gone back to a MWF schedule. Not sure how that happened, but it works I guess.
Woven is fully line-edited and those edits are in the manuscript. This week I've got to get on my mom's computer and work on the formatting in Word. I don't write with Word on my computer. I use a different program that lets me export to Word, but formatting gets eaten quite often when exporting. So I'll have to work on that and create files that are not allowed to be opened on my computer for the querying process. I'm working on the synopsis and query at the moment, as well.
Curse of Life is nearing completion. It's so close I can taste it. I'm hoping to have it done this week. I left off at the end of last week with my MC preparing to give her rally the troops speech. I'm aiming for President Mitchell in Independence Day but it might end up, in first draft, more Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman. That's what revisions are for, right?
All right, I have to go ahead and add in the full update. I was going to wait for next week, but I couldn't. I FINISHED CURSE OF LIFE!!!!!!
Such a relief to finally have this book drafted after several months of inconsistent writing. Now starts the laborious process of typing up the manuscript. I wrote this one longhand, and it's a long one. This book was also an interesting experience for me. Which I'll blog more about on Friday. Or next Monday. I have to sort my brain a bit.
I worked some on the background for another book set in the same universe as Woven, but occurring about 15 years after the end of Heirs of the Seven Realms ends. It is currently tiled Raven.
How are your WiPs going?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Woven is fully line-edited and those edits are in the manuscript. This week I've got to get on my mom's computer and work on the formatting in Word. I don't write with Word on my computer. I use a different program that lets me export to Word, but formatting gets eaten quite often when exporting. So I'll have to work on that and create files that are not allowed to be opened on my computer for the querying process. I'm working on the synopsis and query at the moment, as well.
Curse of Life is nearing completion. It's so close I can taste it. I'm hoping to have it done this week. I left off at the end of last week with my MC preparing to give her rally the troops speech. I'm aiming for President Mitchell in Independence Day but it might end up, in first draft, more Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman. That's what revisions are for, right?
All right, I have to go ahead and add in the full update. I was going to wait for next week, but I couldn't. I FINISHED CURSE OF LIFE!!!!!!
Such a relief to finally have this book drafted after several months of inconsistent writing. Now starts the laborious process of typing up the manuscript. I wrote this one longhand, and it's a long one. This book was also an interesting experience for me. Which I'll blog more about on Friday. Or next Monday. I have to sort my brain a bit.
I worked some on the background for another book set in the same universe as Woven, but occurring about 15 years after the end of Heirs of the Seven Realms ends. It is currently tiled Raven.
How are your WiPs going?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Monday, October 8, 2012
The Downside of Traditional or Epic Fantasy
In re-evaluating the self-imposed deadlines I set for myself, I started thinking about the wisdom of writing the books sitting in my brain.
On the one hand, I feel like there are so many characters and stories in there right now there isn't room for more, for different. That's the biggest factor that makes writing these stories right now so appealing.
On the other hand, all these books hinge on Woven and its trilogy getting published. Events that are the crux of the story in Heirs of the Seven Realms inform the events of pretty much everything else. Characters sometimes cross over from book to book, and sometimes one story's book will have a side or tertiary character whose offspring appears later.
Someone remind me not to ever come up with and entertain so many stories that cross each other again, okay?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
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On the one hand, I feel like there are so many characters and stories in there right now there isn't room for more, for different. That's the biggest factor that makes writing these stories right now so appealing.
On the other hand, all these books hinge on Woven and its trilogy getting published. Events that are the crux of the story in Heirs of the Seven Realms inform the events of pretty much everything else. Characters sometimes cross over from book to book, and sometimes one story's book will have a side or tertiary character whose offspring appears later.
Someone remind me not to ever come up with and entertain so many stories that cross each other again, okay?
If you have a question you're dying to ask me, something you want me to address either here on my site or over at the Dojo, send it to info(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Comments and other fun stuff can be sent to stephanie(at)stephanie-mcgee(dot)com
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
WiP Wednesday 9/23-9/29
By last Friday, I'd finished my on-paper line edits of Woven. I say on-paper because I actually had the book printed and coil-bound. Until this point, everything I had done with the book, every draft (save the rough because I wrote that by hand) was done on the computer. I need a format change after six rounds of edits on the computer. It helps me catch things and is more easily navigable than a word processing file if I need to flip back to the previous page for a moment.
After that it was time to input all those line edits into the computer. As I'm doing this, I'm also following a process for synopsis writing which I outlined a while back, probably about a year or so ago. So when I get done inputting the line edits for a chapter, I add that chapter to my synopsis.
How in the world do you make a synopsis only two pages long? Really? Two chapters took up an entire page. And I have 29 chapters!
As for Curse of Life that one's chugging along. But I was still a ways from finishing as of last Friday. No way was I going to make my deadline of end of day Sunday. Not unless I took Sunday as a writing day instead of a relaxing day.
So, needless to say, I've missed two more self-imposed deadlines. I think, though, I set myself up for failure with the deadlines I set. I think it would take a superhuman or a time traveler to work at the pace I tried to set for myself. So I'm currently in the process of reevaluating my deadlines and pushing timelines back.
How are your WiPs going?
After that it was time to input all those line edits into the computer. As I'm doing this, I'm also following a process for synopsis writing which I outlined a while back, probably about a year or so ago. So when I get done inputting the line edits for a chapter, I add that chapter to my synopsis.
How in the world do you make a synopsis only two pages long? Really? Two chapters took up an entire page. And I have 29 chapters!
As for Curse of Life that one's chugging along. But I was still a ways from finishing as of last Friday. No way was I going to make my deadline of end of day Sunday. Not unless I took Sunday as a writing day instead of a relaxing day.
So, needless to say, I've missed two more self-imposed deadlines. I think, though, I set myself up for failure with the deadlines I set. I think it would take a superhuman or a time traveler to work at the pace I tried to set for myself. So I'm currently in the process of reevaluating my deadlines and pushing timelines back.
How are your WiPs going?
Monday, October 1, 2012
Clothing: Does it Matter?
Of course it matters. I'm not a closet nudist or anything.
But in our writing. Does it matter?
In Woven, I'm very generic. Cloaks, skirts, shawls, scarves. That's the extent of my description except in one instance where I really wanted to capture the moment and try to give a good description of the MC. It was my way of avoiding the dreaded mirror trope.
But I have this very specific idea in my head for what the characters are wearing, what they look like. And I can't find anything historically accurate for any time period that actually reflects what's in my head.
With Curse of Life I have an even bigger challenge. This one is set in a desert clime. I initially pictured the MC in my mind dressed like Princess Jasmine.
Which is not historically accurate. So far as I can tell. You see, when it comes to anything- history, fashion history, culture, music, any of it- the internet doesn't care about anything but Europe and America.
Which stinks. Because there's a massive world out there to pull from. It's varied, it's vibrant, and it's unique.
And that's the problem.
So now I sit here at my desk with my head feeling ready to explode wondering if it really matters what my characters are wearing. Can I get away with being generic? I have an image inspiration for one character from Curse of Life but finding images for the other characters, for all the characters in every story in my head, is going to prove a greater challenge.
So far, I really like a variety of clothing styles. All of which stem from the 1700s-1800s and would really only work for the kingdom in which Woven is primarily set. Curse of Life has a greater fashion challenge and is the one making me question whether I really need to expend so many brain cells on it when I should be writing or editing.
What say you? Do you find clothing descriptions more helpful if they're generic? Or do you like getting a hint of a specific style without the author going overboard on technical terms?
But in our writing. Does it matter?
In Woven, I'm very generic. Cloaks, skirts, shawls, scarves. That's the extent of my description except in one instance where I really wanted to capture the moment and try to give a good description of the MC. It was my way of avoiding the dreaded mirror trope.
But I have this very specific idea in my head for what the characters are wearing, what they look like. And I can't find anything historically accurate for any time period that actually reflects what's in my head.
With Curse of Life I have an even bigger challenge. This one is set in a desert clime. I initially pictured the MC in my mind dressed like Princess Jasmine.
Which is not historically accurate. So far as I can tell. You see, when it comes to anything- history, fashion history, culture, music, any of it- the internet doesn't care about anything but Europe and America.
Which stinks. Because there's a massive world out there to pull from. It's varied, it's vibrant, and it's unique.
And that's the problem.
So now I sit here at my desk with my head feeling ready to explode wondering if it really matters what my characters are wearing. Can I get away with being generic? I have an image inspiration for one character from Curse of Life but finding images for the other characters, for all the characters in every story in my head, is going to prove a greater challenge.
So far, I really like a variety of clothing styles. All of which stem from the 1700s-1800s and would really only work for the kingdom in which Woven is primarily set. Curse of Life has a greater fashion challenge and is the one making me question whether I really need to expend so many brain cells on it when I should be writing or editing.
What say you? Do you find clothing descriptions more helpful if they're generic? Or do you like getting a hint of a specific style without the author going overboard on technical terms?
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Updates?
I suppose I should put out an update. Sorry I've been so irregular in my posting since my return.
As for updates, well, I really tried to meet my deadline last Saturday and it just didn't happen. I worked a lot more than I anticipated last week and it just sapped my energy. I really tried. I did work on edits and writing most days but not enough. So I'm pushing to make deadlines this week, but it's also not going to happen. I'll be really close, though.
These are just self-imposed deadlines that don't mean anything in the grand scheme of things. But it's frustrating to me that I haven't met my goals like I anticipated and hoped.
How are your WiPs going?
As for updates, well, I really tried to meet my deadline last Saturday and it just didn't happen. I worked a lot more than I anticipated last week and it just sapped my energy. I really tried. I did work on edits and writing most days but not enough. So I'm pushing to make deadlines this week, but it's also not going to happen. I'll be really close, though.
These are just self-imposed deadlines that don't mean anything in the grand scheme of things. But it's frustrating to me that I haven't met my goals like I anticipated and hoped.
How are your WiPs going?
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Er...Did I Say Tuesday?
Because apparently I meant Wednesday. Yeesh.
Life is crazy, as it always is. But I'm making steady progress.
A few weeks ago I sat down and looked at the queue of writing projects sitting in my head, waiting to be written.
There are a lot of them. I definitely had a quake-in-my-boots moment over that. So I sat down and laid out a whole bunch of self-imposed deadlines for all those projects.
It's a bit insane, let me tell you.
But so far, I've met my deadlines. Which is really just one deadline.
I have a deadline this Saturday for my line edits and such on Woven but I'm not so certain I'll be able to make that.
My next deadline is for Curse of Life draft 1 and that's the last day of September. I might make it if I really push but I might miss it.
I have all sorts of other deadlines interspersed throughout and will at one point soon, I hope, have a manuscript in the query stage, one in the revision stage, one in the drafting stage, and one in development/research stage.
Also, if I make all my deadlines I'll have something ready to start working on when NaNo comes around. It'll be my first time participating in this and I am really looking forward to the prospect.
Life is crazy, as it always is. But I'm making steady progress.
A few weeks ago I sat down and looked at the queue of writing projects sitting in my head, waiting to be written.
There are a lot of them. I definitely had a quake-in-my-boots moment over that. So I sat down and laid out a whole bunch of self-imposed deadlines for all those projects.
It's a bit insane, let me tell you.
But so far, I've met my deadlines. Which is really just one deadline.
I have a deadline this Saturday for my line edits and such on Woven but I'm not so certain I'll be able to make that.
My next deadline is for Curse of Life draft 1 and that's the last day of September. I might make it if I really push but I might miss it.
I have all sorts of other deadlines interspersed throughout and will at one point soon, I hope, have a manuscript in the query stage, one in the revision stage, one in the drafting stage, and one in development/research stage.
Also, if I make all my deadlines I'll have something ready to start working on when NaNo comes around. It'll be my first time participating in this and I am really looking forward to the prospect.
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