Oh my it's basically been a year, hasn't it! I don't come on LJ that much anymore, just pop on to check on people who don't seem to be anywhere else.

I'm much more active on Twitter and on Tumblr. Yep yep.

Also I basically have to rewrite Prestidigititis won't that be fun.

I already want to do some fairly major rewrites for Presti. Also I thought of "Spark Blood" for a title or something. Kinda sounds like "spark plug" though. Hmmmmm.

NaNo starts tomorrow. If nothing else the super rough draft for the second book will be done by the end of this month. So, there's that.

I had the sudden revelation that the second book in the whole Presti thing could just be called "Prestidigitation" which is the word Prestidigititus came from. I like the idea of "righting the wrong" in the second book as the story struggles to a solution, and they make a nice pair. Writing it here so I don't forget!

Book One edited and done! Final word count is 93,593. Still a bit long for a young adult novel but oh well.

Prologue

The boy sobbed as the boat rocked back and forth in the violent waves.  His wrists were tied behind him, the rope digging into huge red cuts up and down his forearms.  Blood seeped through the bandages and stitches holding his skin together.  He could barely move his hands.

Two men sat in the boat with him.  ( Read more... )

Done a good bit of editing and ended up deleting a whole chapter. After reading through it I realized it didn't add much new information, and what it did add that was new I can move to the next book. It also stalled the story in the middle of action, which was bad ( Read more... )

Chapter 7 editeeeeeed.

Chapter 6 edited! Word count right now is at 98,334. That's a tad high for young adult/teen, I think, but I know there'll be more to trim. Then again, there's more to add too....

Chapter 5 edited! I wonder if I can get this stuff done before April. I would say before March but I'm not THAT idealistic.

Chapter Four edited!

That is all, but I like to stick up notices here just for myself. I do know I'll have to do some serious trimming somewhere to get the word count down a little....