Angela Verdenius's Blog - Posts Tagged "new-book"

So I started the new BBW romance yesterday. Wrote nine pages. Liked the first three and am ditching the rest today and re-doing. ARGH! I hate when scenes start off good and then spiral downwards after a few pages - it means the characters are not working with the scene. *shaking fist in exasperation*

Nothing for it but to scrap those pages and start again.

I have to admit, writing those first few pages is so hard for me. Trying to introduce new characters and situations without:

1. hurrying them
2. dragging the scene out

Never mind. I fortify mysef with a Diet Coke *sipsipsip*, put on the music (just loving 'Let It Go' from Frozen (yes, you heard me right...the animated Disney movie), and AxeMan from Resident Evil Afterlife.

What? I hear you say. Isn't that two extremes? Hey, you're looking at someone who loves zombie movies like Dawn of the Dead and Resident Evil, and who proudly rents the latest Tinkerbell movie when it comes out!

So I'm madly re-editing/revising/re-writing the first book of the old sci-fi series. Eighteen years old, this first book. I thought updating and revising it would be easy...but it's turned into a re-write of proportions I didn't expect. My personal deadline of end of March has long since vanished in the distant past, the end of April is looming and I'm still re-editing/revising/re-writing!

But I'm on the last third of it now, and every day and minute off work I'm pounding the keyboard. I am determined to finish this first book asap!

As you know, my original plan was to re-do all 18 before I wrote a new book, (under the delusion that I'd have it all done within about 4 months - HA!) but I have ideas pounding in my head and so, after this first re-edit, I will be writing a new book before I start the re-edits/rewrites on the 2nd sci-fi novel of the series.

My question now is...what book will I write next? Ideas popping, fingers tapping....decisions decisions! Hopefully will be able to let you know in a week or two!

Okay, after a lot of debating to and fro (and procrastinating, because I'm so good at it. Seriously, it should be a sport - I'd excel) I have started writing a new book.

Actually, not just a new book, but a whole new BBW contemporary romance SERIES.

Yep, new BBW contemporary romance in a new series! Hoping it all goes well . Got the plot for the first book, a bit of an idea for the second, and was so eager beaver I did the covers for the first two books. So how about that - got the series title, the titles of the first 2 books in the series, and the first 2 covers. Now I just have to actually write the books LOL. Starting the first book today.

Seriously, I thought it about time I pulled my finger out and started a new series. I have a good feeling about this series, but don't want to say too much right now - can't give away everything! But I wanted you all to know that a new romance series is on the way, it's contemporary, and it's - wait, can't say too much *smacking forehead with palm*.

whooo!!!!

So, as usual, I was having a lot of trouble with the first chapter. It's always hard introducing new characters without rushing everything and trying to explain their different personalities in long explanations. Setting the scene, etc.

So I wrote and re-wrote and cursed a little (okay, a lot, because I do, let's be honest), and then I wrote five more pages and lost the lot (I thought) and cursed heaps because I had no idea why my manuscript hadn't saved those last 5 pages and I panicked then chucked a wobbly (yes, I admit it, I act like a 2 yr old at times), and stormed off to bed to read instead. Yesterday I got up and lo and behold, my 5 pages I'd lost had magically reappeared! Then I realized (much to my embarrassment) that the five pages had always been there but what I'd been looking at was an earlier piece I'd cut and pasted at the bottom of the working manuscript to check out later and maybe add...

Oh dear.

Never mind. The creative juices are flowing again, and I needed that break because I've re-written the scene and am happy with it! So much so the hero and I aren't fighting and I like him much better ;-)

Onward I go!

Just wanted to bob in and say the new book is going well. Almost ready to start chapter 4. Unfortunately, tomorrow is a 'no-go' for writing as I have a three hour course in the morning on IV Cannulation followed by a late shift, then straight into an early shift the next morning.

BUT I wanted to say that so far it is all going well!!!

So saying, I have set a private deadline for the release, but won't share that just yet because:
1. I want to make sure I can meet it before I let you all know
and
2. I'm just mean that way. ;-)

But meanwhile, I'll keep burning up the keyboard every chance I get!

So I started plotting my next Hope Bay book (contemporary romance series).
I had the character picked. Steve was going to get it - I mean the suave hotel-owner was going to get his story told.
But suddenly Daz started knocking on the door. He looked out at me from his cafe door and said "What about me?"
Oh geez.
See, I hate when this happens. I hate when I think I have the next couple sorted to start writing then someone else comes along demanding his story.
At the same time.
Which I can't do.
Crises Point people!!!!
I have to decide STAT!!!
Steve or Daz? Daz or Steve?
Serve them both right if I went with someone else instead!!!