I'm a day late and several dollars short, but things have been hectic both on an off the writer front. Work has been crazy, sending me out of town twice last month for a couple days at a time and book signings fill my weekends. Lots of deep breaths have been taken.
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| New chicks were also purchased and Henifer is doing her usual good momma chicken duty. Yay for cute little chicks! |
Edits for Tears of the Tyrant from both editors showed up in my inbox this week. I've been busy reading those over, finding what comments they had a in common and where things differ. One has read the whole series, one only the first couple books. I do like my companion novels to be able to stand alone (ish) so having insight from someone who is out of the loop on a large part of the story is helpful in knowing what hints and gaps I need to touch on.
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| We did our annual panel at Kogan con last month. This year we discussed the differences in worldbuilding between gaming, graphic novels, and novels. |
While I'm busy pondering how to fix things the editors have pointed out, I'm also busy reading. Because Jacqueline Carey's Cassiel's Servant fell into my hands on release day when I went to the book signing. I know. Weird, right? LOL. I'd met Jaqueline Carey at a signing she did for one of the earlier series books in 2009, wherein she patiently offered advice to those of us aspiring writers who lingered afterward. Inspired by her advice, my first short story was published in 2010 and then I was off and running. In as much as we author types are off or running. Writing a lot and waiting for responses is more like it, but I digress.
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| Authors have author heroes too. |
Have I made progress on Frayed since last month? Other than a few edits on the later chapters, no. Will I by next month? With edits on Tears of the Tyrant on my schedule, probably not. I'll get there eventually though.
In talking to my daughter about her writing/graphic novel journey, we ended up in a discussion about ideas that pop up when your supposed to be focusing on a current project. I mentioned writing the idea down, maybe doing a synopsis or outline. That lead to me trying to remember where I'd saved (and what I'd called) the two stories I'd done exactly that with that I plan/hope to write this November for NaNoWriMo. And then I had to read what I'd written for both. And get excited about them. And force myself to put them away again for a few months. Is revisiting the synopsis for your project distraction, also a distraction? Yes. Yes, it is.
While we're on distractions, where can you find me this month?
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August 18-20 - Wild Blueberry Festival - Paradise, MI
August 25 & 26 - Michiana Renaissance Festival - South Bend, IN
I don't have anything exciting to share on the question of the month this time around. I've shared that answer before in a couple different posts so I'll keep this month's post short. Do go check out what everyone else has to say though by clicking that link right over there --->
It sounds like you've been super busy this month. I'm not surprised that you're doing book signings on the weekends. You're so good at finding festivals to attend. I admire your dedication to keep on going to them.
ReplyDeleteYou stay so busy! Amazing how many events you find in your area. Ours is too boring.
ReplyDeleteIf I have an idea, I work on it right away as it's probably the only one I'll have for a while.
Those chickens are adorable! Good luck with Frayed and Tears of the Tyrant, and to your daughter. It's great fun to be able to pull out old stories and read them with fresh eyes. Sometimes I end up taking new ideas from past work and evolving them into entirely new stories.
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