What I'm up to:
Spiderwebs
I've got a good 2k and change written so far, plus some scribblings in my notebook that are only half coherent because I was sick and also on jury duty (fun times, let me tell you). The plan going forward is:
- Finish scene 2 this weekend
- Write the rest of this bugger
- One final pass for all the bits I left in brackets instead of writing
- I inflict my Masterpiece upon those unfortunate enough to want to read it
- And then I suppose I edit
- And then perhaps I shall serialize it on the blog
Poking along, very very slowly. I think I'm having perfectionist fears with this one. I have to keep telling myself I'll never become a better writer if I don't practice. Silly me.
The Blog
It's summer! So in theory I have time to update this thing. In practice, not so much, but I'll give it a shot. Coming soon to a post near you:
- Why I keep reading (and disliking) Holly Lisle books
- Indie Author spotlight: MCA Hogarth
- Updates on my writing, assuming I actually put hands to the keyboard and write something
- At least one more installment of Black Swans (hopefuly more)
- I don't know? You tell me. What do you want to see here?
MCATs, Jury Duty, BookCon, running around the city with my camera and a roll of film, cleaning the house. Some good things, some bad. The usual.
Yea, summer! (What a great weekend we had weather-wise!) Now I can bug you about your writing without feeling guilty. Where did I put that whip? What's that you say? MCATs? Bah! It's just another test.
ReplyDeleteYou said: "Why I keep reading (and disliking) Holly Lisle books." I agree! I own far too many of these, and although they helped me with my revision, it was actually Tami who was a much bigger help. I was told by a couple mutual friends that Holly's style is not for everyone, so I guess I fall into the "not" camp.
ramble...ramble..(sorry!)
Bill, do you mean her writing books? I have a bunch of those as well. I find them useful, to a point - some of her strategies I've adapted for my own process, and some of the things she brings up in the short courses have sparked interesting ideas.
ReplyDeleteI was actually talking about her fiction. I was hearing so much about her method, I thought: "let's see how this plays out in her own writing". And went promptly down the rabbit hole...
I was talking about her books on writing. I have only read one of her fiction books, "Hunting Corrigan's Blood" (or something like that), and I didn't find it noteworthy. I enjoyed it, but it didn't send me out shopping for her other books.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested to see what you say...
And so you shall!
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