Work Proceeds Apace
Not much of an update this week; in a very similar place to last week, if I'm honest. Still doing the same things, lots of YouTube tutorials and advice columns.
Trying to separate the good advice from the... not bad, really, but less helpful is hard. There is some I got earlier that I shouldn't have listened to, and some I really should have. Getting as many points of view as possible, and then looking for consistency among them.
It sort of feels like the pre-MIrrors launch thing where lots is happening, but you just can't see it and it's not terribly interesting to read about.
Currently working on:
New Covers
Status: eyes bleeding from sifting through thousands upon thousands of stock photos; learning how to use GIMP more effectively, and about cover composition and psychology.
Book IV
Status: Nibbling away at it at the moment. Working on outlining. Not in full-fledged writing production yet, though. That massive creative burst I had was a few specific scenes from random places in the story, chunks mostly from Acts I and III. Act II is still very much under construction. Yes, I've cried already. But happy or sad? Who knows? Well, I do, but... hey, look, it's the next topic!
Other Projects
I'm experimenting with actively working on more than one project at a time, for when Ashes isn't working, or I need a break from it. I've always been a one-track, deep-dive kind of writer, we'll see if I can multitask.
Status: Broad outline, main character names and a tentative title already decided. Standalone story, and much shorter than any of the Ashes books. Aiming for 80,000-ish words, at most. Lighter and more fun, but still sincere and heartfelt. It's a fantasy with a lesbian romance at its heart, but not a historical one this time.
So, that's where I am at the moment! Maybe I'll make this update style regular, depending on if I get enough done to make it worthwhile, and how the multitasking goes.
Trying to separate the good advice from the... not bad, really, but less helpful is hard. There is some I got earlier that I shouldn't have listened to, and some I really should have. Getting as many points of view as possible, and then looking for consistency among them.
It sort of feels like the pre-MIrrors launch thing where lots is happening, but you just can't see it and it's not terribly interesting to read about.
Currently working on:
New Covers
Status: eyes bleeding from sifting through thousands upon thousands of stock photos; learning how to use GIMP more effectively, and about cover composition and psychology.
Book IV
Status: Nibbling away at it at the moment. Working on outlining. Not in full-fledged writing production yet, though. That massive creative burst I had was a few specific scenes from random places in the story, chunks mostly from Acts I and III. Act II is still very much under construction. Yes, I've cried already. But happy or sad? Who knows? Well, I do, but... hey, look, it's the next topic!
Other Projects
I'm experimenting with actively working on more than one project at a time, for when Ashes isn't working, or I need a break from it. I've always been a one-track, deep-dive kind of writer, we'll see if I can multitask.
Status: Broad outline, main character names and a tentative title already decided. Standalone story, and much shorter than any of the Ashes books. Aiming for 80,000-ish words, at most. Lighter and more fun, but still sincere and heartfelt. It's a fantasy with a lesbian romance at its heart, but not a historical one this time.
So, that's where I am at the moment! Maybe I'll make this update style regular, depending on if I get enough done to make it worthwhile, and how the multitasking goes.
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