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Officially Closed
179 posts later, I have officially decided to stick with blogger. Participation has seen a dramatic uptick and it is better aligned with the pages I participate in. This account will obviously stay active while I comment on other people's journals and read Dilbert, but this will be the last post made here.
Farewell, LiveJournal. Thanks for all the -
Title, oh no!
So, ruminating on the plot last night and again this morning, I realize that THE TRIAD SOCIETY is the wrong title for this book. The Top Hat Society (Triad Society) won't play a roll in this story like I originally conceived. I think part of me knew this as soon as I said the story had grown to a trilogy. Just from a thematic/climactic progression ( Read more... ) -
That's a negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.
What's the hardest thing to do when you're totally immersed in a manuscript? Stop writing. This week saw over 10,000 words in four days. Not a record (not even close), but a good, healthy start to a new manuscript. And there is more to come! So much more. The story is just built up inside me waiting to come out. It demands attention! And it's a ( Read more... ) -
Throwing a Bone to Self-Publishing
The topic of self-publishing comes up so frequently, that I just toss it in the can as soon as I hear it. It's such a small and specialized need that gets far more attention than it should. It always starts the same way, with the caveat of "small market, or specialized niche," but this self-publishing advocate has that twinkle in his eye that says ( Read more... ) -
TOO BIG!
So, one of the perks of switching to THE TRIAD SOCIETY is that it will be a smaller story than THE SEVENTH SACRIFICE (that was budgeted for 250k words). A smaller story would increase my chances of publication, which is becoming more of a priority if I ever want any of these other stories to get a chance. The market has gotten so fickle (150k is ( Read more... ) -
Cheater McCheaterson
I did something naughty this morning. I wrote something that wasn't THE SEVENTH SACRIFICE. I wrote the first 700 words or so on THE TRIAD SOCIETY. There are a couple reasons for this. First, after fixing chapters 4 and 5, I saw how much work chapter 8 needed and I think my first foray with THE SEVENTH SACRIFICE is a false start. I need to dump ( Read more... ) -
Chop chop chop
Taking into consideration my wife's repeated suggestions that I take things a little slower until after we've moved, I've been writing more casually this week. Not too difficult to do since my allergies have been terrible and I've been fighting off the plague that's going around at work. I have made repeated attempts to fix chapters 4 and 5. When I ( Read more... ) -
Out of Sorts
Yesterday? Maybe the day before, I started pondering whether THE SEVENTH SACRIFICE was too large for one novel. There were a few motivating factors for this line of reasoning. First, it's a true epic fantasy. That means its word count is going to be big (I'm budgeting 250k). Few new authors get that kind of word count (I can think of Patrick ( Read more... ) -
GOO!
So when Cheshire and Albrecht arrived at Donne's Stable, I had no idea what I was going to do. They needed supplies, and I didn't just want to skip to their arrival in Bath. They had just agreed to work together, they couldn't then just arrive at the next leg of the quest. I need time to build character and relationship. So they go to Donne's ( Read more... ) -
Double Whammy
I've been in a very "stare at my rejections and wonder if I'm good enough" day. To add genuine sorrow to a lapse in self-esteem, Frank Frazetta died today.
Well shit.