Wow, that time of week again, huh?
Updates:
Lodestar/When the Star Fell:
Still in total title flux. Can't decide on anything in this regard. I've finished and printed my revision outline for the next round of revisions. That will happen after the book comes back from beta. (For more on my process of revision outlines, see this handy post compiling all such items on outlining.)
Truth or Dare:
Well, it's finished. I'm still not sure I'll ever revise it in earnest and submit it anywhere. Not necessarily the genre that I want to start my career in so we'll see. Maybe someday with a pseudonym and different title.
How are your WiPs going?
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
WiP Wednesday 5/18
I FINISHED MY LATEST WIP!!!!!!!
Ahem.
It's far too short to be a book. (Even a category romance.) But it's done. It shall now sit on my hard drive waiting for me to decide whether I actually want to revise and polish it to a publishable state. Maybe I just want to leave it in the drawer as good practice at my craft.
As for When the Star Fell, well that's going to get a new title one of these days. (Or maybe I'll just go back to the original title because it really worked so well for it.) While I wait for the latest beta feedback, I'm working on a new detailed outline from which to revise. (A process I've detailed before.) I've received some feedback on the first chapter and first few chapters that will also influence the next set of revisions.
How are your WiPs going?
Ahem.
It's far too short to be a book. (Even a category romance.) But it's done. It shall now sit on my hard drive waiting for me to decide whether I actually want to revise and polish it to a publishable state. Maybe I just want to leave it in the drawer as good practice at my craft.
As for When the Star Fell, well that's going to get a new title one of these days. (Or maybe I'll just go back to the original title because it really worked so well for it.) While I wait for the latest beta feedback, I'm working on a new detailed outline from which to revise. (A process I've detailed before.) I've received some feedback on the first chapter and first few chapters that will also influence the next set of revisions.
How are your WiPs going?
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
WiP Wednesday 5/11
I'm still working back into a good writing flow. Which will not happen today most likely. (Dismal and dreary weather seems to do that to me.) On to the updates.
When the Star Fell:
I'm debating my title, once again. I love this title, but I don't know if it's the right title for this book. I might have to hang on to it and use it for a different book from the same mythology that I developed for this one.
I've sent it off to another beta and have been getting some feedback on the first few chapters. Just what this means for the next round of revisions, I have no idea.
Truth or Dare:
I've added maybe 1600 words to this in the last few days. I want to finish this by the end of the month and I'm thinking it might happen. But I also think the story itself is going to fall far short of my word count goal so I'm thinking of scrapping the goal all together and just writing.
A very scary thought, I know.
That's it for updates on this glum Wednesday. (Seriously, it rained all night and the sun still doesn't want to show its face.) How are your WiPs going?
And don't forget to come back tomorrow for part 3 in my Twitter Basics for Authors series!
When the Star Fell:
I'm debating my title, once again. I love this title, but I don't know if it's the right title for this book. I might have to hang on to it and use it for a different book from the same mythology that I developed for this one.
I've sent it off to another beta and have been getting some feedback on the first few chapters. Just what this means for the next round of revisions, I have no idea.
Truth or Dare:
I've added maybe 1600 words to this in the last few days. I want to finish this by the end of the month and I'm thinking it might happen. But I also think the story itself is going to fall far short of my word count goal so I'm thinking of scrapping the goal all together and just writing.
A very scary thought, I know.
That's it for updates on this glum Wednesday. (Seriously, it rained all night and the sun still doesn't want to show its face.) How are your WiPs going?
And don't forget to come back tomorrow for part 3 in my Twitter Basics for Authors series!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
WiP Wednesday 4/27
I have absolutely no progress to report this week. This is because I have taken a break from writing. Sure, my stories are still up there wandering around. And I'm definitely thinking about them. So I'll share some thoughts I've been having about them and then we'll be done.
When the Star Fell. Okay, so I posited a question to some writer friends about picking a POV character. One came back with the advice that the MC should be the one who has the most to lose and knows the least. Well, poop. The one with the most to lose might be the character I'd switch to. The one who knows the least amount though is the current MC.
I've also had the thought on this one that I'm trying to put it into the wrong genre. That it should be a straight-up paranormal romance. But then I'd lose my villain scenes. And those are some of my favorite scenes/chapters.
Truth or Dare. I'm still stuck on this one. I'm not getting much by way of inspiration and I think that it's going to come out way too short to be even a category-length romance novel.
Poetry is still on the backburner.
How are y'all doing with your WiPs?
When the Star Fell. Okay, so I posited a question to some writer friends about picking a POV character. One came back with the advice that the MC should be the one who has the most to lose and knows the least. Well, poop. The one with the most to lose might be the character I'd switch to. The one who knows the least amount though is the current MC.
I've also had the thought on this one that I'm trying to put it into the wrong genre. That it should be a straight-up paranormal romance. But then I'd lose my villain scenes. And those are some of my favorite scenes/chapters.
Truth or Dare. I'm still stuck on this one. I'm not getting much by way of inspiration and I think that it's going to come out way too short to be even a category-length romance novel.
Poetry is still on the backburner.
How are y'all doing with your WiPs?
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
WiP Wednesday 4/20
I have a severe lack of progress to report at this point in time.
When the Star Fell: This one is going on the backburner. I've been thinking about it, and it needs an overhaul. One thing thought that had kept coming up in my head, even as I finished that first draft a long time ago (not in a galaxy far, far away, though) was that the book needed to be focused on a different character. The MC is currently Derek, my normal, non-paranormal character. The MC needs to be the main paranormal character, Alnair. Corollary to this change, the book needs to be the third in a series. Each book would have its own standalone plot, its own character arc for this character, but there would be an overall emotional arc for her.
Truth or Dare: Boy is this one giving me issues. Who knew it would be so difficult to write? It's going to need a lot of added wordage when I get to "The End." But I'm not going to worry about that one until I get there. I am enjoying it, mostly. When I can get some writing time. I'm trying to find that balance right now between all the real-life things demanding my time and my writing. It's an on-going struggle. That just became less of a struggle because of some factors not in my control.
Poetry: Nowhere fast. I go through phases, I guess, where I'm really motivated to work on it. Then the muse vanishes and it sits untouched for ages. Failed attempts at getting any of it published probably have something to do with this. I write poetry from my own experience. I don't write about war or politics or weighty issues. I write about loss a lot I suppose. But I'm okay with this. I may someday decide to self-publish my poetry just for kicks.
When the Star Fell: This one is going on the backburner. I've been thinking about it, and it needs an overhaul. One thing thought that had kept coming up in my head, even as I finished that first draft a long time ago (not in a galaxy far, far away, though) was that the book needed to be focused on a different character. The MC is currently Derek, my normal, non-paranormal character. The MC needs to be the main paranormal character, Alnair. Corollary to this change, the book needs to be the third in a series. Each book would have its own standalone plot, its own character arc for this character, but there would be an overall emotional arc for her.
Truth or Dare: Boy is this one giving me issues. Who knew it would be so difficult to write? It's going to need a lot of added wordage when I get to "The End." But I'm not going to worry about that one until I get there. I am enjoying it, mostly. When I can get some writing time. I'm trying to find that balance right now between all the real-life things demanding my time and my writing. It's an on-going struggle. That just became less of a struggle because of some factors not in my control.
Poetry: Nowhere fast. I go through phases, I guess, where I'm really motivated to work on it. Then the muse vanishes and it sits untouched for ages. Failed attempts at getting any of it published probably have something to do with this. I write poetry from my own experience. I don't write about war or politics or weighty issues. I write about loss a lot I suppose. But I'm okay with this. I may someday decide to self-publish my poetry just for kicks.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
WiP Wednesday 4/6
Progress report:
When the Star Fell
Back from beta. The weekend will be for going through the comments and such.
Truth or Dare
Massive wordage added to this. Since Saturday I've added 11,027 words to this WiP. I have an advantage though. So far, I've been able to cut and paste a lot from the short story this is being adapted from.
The short story it's from was all from the FMC's perspective. So the challenge is a)finding the passages from her perspective that work best and b)making those blend well with the switches to the MMC's perspective.
That said, I'm now at a point in the story where I have to add in a lot of stuff that wasn't there originally. So wordage progress may slow significantly for a while. I'll have to write fresh both the MMC and FMC perspectives. Nothing to copy and paste for a few months of narrative time yet.
Those are the only projects for which I have any progress to report.
How are your WiPs going?
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Scandal!
Um, I'm really enjoying this romance novel that I'm writing. I've just finished the first chapter.
Wait, what did I say? I'm writing a romance novel? Seriously?
Before y'all jump down my throat, I'm mostly being facetious here. I've never read much straight-up romance. There's always romance in the novels I read and write. But it's rarely the sole focus of the story.
At the moment, I'm totally winging my plot. I'm hoping that something will crop up that is an external conflict (other than the soon-to-come physical separation of MMC and FMC). And maybe an internal conflict for the MMC. I know what her internal conflict is going to be. Sort of. Maybe.
But I'm totally enjoying getting inside the MMC's head. See, I wrote this story as a short a couple years ago. But it was only from the FMC's side. I'm noticing a lot of head-hopping as I go through that short story to find what can be copied over and what needs to remain firmly in the old and not the new.
There are some flashbacks, so it's sort of a dual timeline story but not. The MMC and FMC knew each other when they were little, but then grew up apart. (Reunion story of sorts. Cliche?)
Wait, what did I say? I'm writing a romance novel? Seriously?
Before y'all jump down my throat, I'm mostly being facetious here. I've never read much straight-up romance. There's always romance in the novels I read and write. But it's rarely the sole focus of the story.
At the moment, I'm totally winging my plot. I'm hoping that something will crop up that is an external conflict (other than the soon-to-come physical separation of MMC and FMC). And maybe an internal conflict for the MMC. I know what her internal conflict is going to be. Sort of. Maybe.
But I'm totally enjoying getting inside the MMC's head. See, I wrote this story as a short a couple years ago. But it was only from the FMC's side. I'm noticing a lot of head-hopping as I go through that short story to find what can be copied over and what needs to remain firmly in the old and not the new.
There are some flashbacks, so it's sort of a dual timeline story but not. The MMC and FMC knew each other when they were little, but then grew up apart. (Reunion story of sorts. Cliche?)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
WiP Wednesday 3/30
Um.
Well, uh.
Yeah. I have some sort of Writer's ADD.
Experimental romance short? Not liking it any more. So I've stopped working on it.
...Futile updates
This is a poetry collection of mine. I've got four going at the moment. This one is my sort of pet project. I really want to get this one completed. I'm aiming for it to be a book-lenght collection. (Meaning it's minimum 50 pages. That's at least the average I seem to see when looking at contest deadlines.) I'd love to see this one published.
And suddenly, I'm considering self-publishing for it. I know, I'm talking crazy now. I'm not making any decisions. The collection is nowhere near complete. I did add a poem to it over the weekend, but then I deleted one from it. I moved one poem from section 1 to section 3. I tweaked wording on almost every poem in the collection and even gave two of them new titles.
Musings updates
This poetry collection (aiming for chapbook length, so 16-24 pages) is at a standstill. It's a collection of tankas (think a haiku with two additional seven-syllable lines at the end) and haiku. It's entertaining sometimes to try my hand again at the short form, bending the rules of each form while still talking mostly about nature.
Milepost updates
This collection is probably going to go by the wayside. So far, all the poems are crossovers with ...Futile and so I'm not terribly in love with it.
Migrations updates
This is by far the least developed collection. It has 5 sections, one for each place I've spent a significant amount of time. But it only has I think 3 poems. Very very rough. And it might not ever get off the ground.
Truth or Dare (tentative title for a romance novel I'm adapting from a short story I wrote) updates
Started it. I'm just over 1100 words in at this point. It's entertaining, trying to bring out both voices and make internal and external arcs for the characters. When I wrote the short story, there wasn't much room for more than the events that brought the FMC and MMC together, drove them apart, and reunited them. I'll be interested to see how this experiment goes.
But my track record shows that I don't do so well with experiments or adapting a short story into a novel.
So, yeah, can you say I'm avoiding the real issue at hand?
Well, uh.
Yeah. I have some sort of Writer's ADD.
Experimental romance short? Not liking it any more. So I've stopped working on it.
...Futile updates
This is a poetry collection of mine. I've got four going at the moment. This one is my sort of pet project. I really want to get this one completed. I'm aiming for it to be a book-lenght collection. (Meaning it's minimum 50 pages. That's at least the average I seem to see when looking at contest deadlines.) I'd love to see this one published.
And suddenly, I'm considering self-publishing for it. I know, I'm talking crazy now. I'm not making any decisions. The collection is nowhere near complete. I did add a poem to it over the weekend, but then I deleted one from it. I moved one poem from section 1 to section 3. I tweaked wording on almost every poem in the collection and even gave two of them new titles.
Musings updates
This poetry collection (aiming for chapbook length, so 16-24 pages) is at a standstill. It's a collection of tankas (think a haiku with two additional seven-syllable lines at the end) and haiku. It's entertaining sometimes to try my hand again at the short form, bending the rules of each form while still talking mostly about nature.
Milepost updates
This collection is probably going to go by the wayside. So far, all the poems are crossovers with ...Futile and so I'm not terribly in love with it.
Migrations updates
This is by far the least developed collection. It has 5 sections, one for each place I've spent a significant amount of time. But it only has I think 3 poems. Very very rough. And it might not ever get off the ground.
Truth or Dare (tentative title for a romance novel I'm adapting from a short story I wrote) updates
Started it. I'm just over 1100 words in at this point. It's entertaining, trying to bring out both voices and make internal and external arcs for the characters. When I wrote the short story, there wasn't much room for more than the events that brought the FMC and MMC together, drove them apart, and reunited them. I'll be interested to see how this experiment goes.
But my track record shows that I don't do so well with experiments or adapting a short story into a novel.
So, yeah, can you say I'm avoiding the real issue at hand?
When the Star Fell updates:
Considering a start-over rewrite. Basically, characters and main events would remain the same, but all new words. I'm not really sure of this and I hesitate to do anything drastic with so little feedback on the work as it currently stands. But I'm feeling rather like a hack at the moment.
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