Assuming an equal length to the last draft, I am now 2/3 of the way done with this draft. However, this is also the section of the book that needs the most work. Not only do I have to expand the fight scenes, but all those “little” changes have come due. The ending needs to […]
My monthly series is out today. This month, Chelsea learns how to fight a giant, and that her girlfriend has some apprehension about the new hunter in town. It seems that Sonja isn’t as cool as she seems. And to my readers, yes, *that* Sonja.
So last week I was all “Slowly but surely coming together…” And then… I finished it. I finished the chapter! But literally, the next day, I realized that it didn’t work. I needed to take the chapter I just written a new intro for and changed POVs, and split it into two chapters… oh and […]
Wherein Kate laments how hard writing is… some more.
And I have been writing. It’s just that this is a fight scene, and one I am rewriting from a new character’s POV. So I’m not just fixing up the fight, but rewriting big chunks of it because Barb wouldn’t know what a trained warrior would. It’s exhausting, mentally. It’s one thing to switch POV between characters with […]
Yes, it’s the first Monday of the month, and that means Chelsea! Last month started the new cycle, so the adventure is just ramping up. Sorry, I love Chelsea. She has never ceased to surprise me, even if I did create her. Good characters do what you want, great characters do what *they* want. Chelsea has […]
I got over that one chapter, but ran smack into the exposition chapter. And I don’t mind the expo chapter. I actually like them, reading and writing. But this is the… fourth version of this I’ve written this year. Little changes in the timeline (and more than one HUGE change in the timeline) makes for big changes […]
It’s most daunting part of writing an epic. The road ahead of me. I spent two weeks contemplating a huge change to the narrative and consequently not sleeping. Something that hasn’t been a part of my life for some time now. My friends and family are shocked. Kate gets 6-8 hours of sleep, on the […]
That’s how many minutes of sleep I got last night. 150. My kids and husband have noticed a difference in my behavior. For the kids, it means walking soft and doing chores the first time I tell them to. The husband can be more direct: “You’re getting bitchy.” And we all know what the problem […]
I almost took this month off. I have a ton of stuff on my plate. We’re celebrating our huge move (just a year ago!) And we’re getting ready for another one. Not quite a big, but we’re ready to find our forever home. But that means the cleaning and packing are starting… again. And it’s […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 