August's Writing Progress
I wrote about 8,000 words of The Dragons of Asdanund in August, so the first draft now stands at 73,000 words.
I still haven't started editing the audiobook of Escape Velocity.
I took over as editor of the One Million Project's blog, which (so far anyway) means I schedule posts to go live and chase people who haven't sent me an article they promised.
I finally got to meet one of my long-term critique partners, Terry Odell. She and her husband are on a whirlwind tour of the British Isles for their fiftieth wedding anniversary, and were in London for a couple of days. She doesn't read the sort of books I write, and I don't read the sort of books she writes, but I've long believed that most of what constitutes good writing is the same in any genre. I've learned a lot from her about story structure and character arcs, and how to concentrate on the things that are important for the reader's understanding and enjoyment. In return, I point out her continuity errors and places where technology doesn't work the way she's written it.
(I still need to remember to concentrate on what's important for the reader. Our critique group has an abbreviation for places where the writer is being overly detailed or is spending words on something that doesn't look as though it will be important later. The abbreviation is STCP, which stands for "Steven the computer programmer." Wear it with pride :-) )
I still haven't started editing the audiobook of Escape Velocity.
I took over as editor of the One Million Project's blog, which (so far anyway) means I schedule posts to go live and chase people who haven't sent me an article they promised.
I finally got to meet one of my long-term critique partners, Terry Odell. She and her husband are on a whirlwind tour of the British Isles for their fiftieth wedding anniversary, and were in London for a couple of days. She doesn't read the sort of books I write, and I don't read the sort of books she writes, but I've long believed that most of what constitutes good writing is the same in any genre. I've learned a lot from her about story structure and character arcs, and how to concentrate on the things that are important for the reader's understanding and enjoyment. In return, I point out her continuity errors and places where technology doesn't work the way she's written it.
(I still need to remember to concentrate on what's important for the reader. Our critique group has an abbreviation for places where the writer is being overly detailed or is spending words on something that doesn't look as though it will be important later. The abbreviation is STCP, which stands for "Steven the computer programmer." Wear it with pride :-) )
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