Writing Updates 5/6/21

Hello one and all!

So, we’re back from London today. We spent the week down there visiting my parents, so I didn’t get very much writing done, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have any updates for you–it was, in fact, a very busy week for writing!

For one thing, I decided to participate for the first time ever in PitMad on Twitter, and it certainly lives up to its name! It was a bit manic having everybody retweeting you and trying to keep up with your own retweets all day. I had quite a lot of success for my first year. I had quite a few extra follows, and I got three likes from different publishers! How exciting! I’m going to do one last run through through my Factory and Forge manuscript, and then I’m going to send that in to them on Tuesday and see what happens. It seems to be positive though, so hopefully it will go somewhere.

I also got the go-ahead from my excellent editor, Catherine, to send her the Anthology manuscript, so that is going over to her to look through on Monday.

And I got an email from my fantasy editor, Fred., too That left me in a bit of a pickle, actually. He said the editorial team at Heroic aren’t keen on the name Darkwatch for my demons, so I need to think of a new name for them–and, subsequently, for the novel itself! I’m not really very good at names, so I’m still trying to rummage around in my brain and think of one.

Unfortunately, I’ve already told people that the book is called Darkwatch, and I’ve doodled some pictures with the name in, so they’re all wasted now, but never mind. It will hopefully make the book better in the end, and that’s the main thing.

Davon is supposed to be shying away from the demon, but my husband said it looks like he’s trying to karate chop him, and now I can’t unsee that!

Apart from sending in F&F on Tuesday, my other writing goal for this week is to write a short Reedsy story. I haven’t written one in a fortnight, and I want to try and keep up with it, so I can’t let it slip again. I also have my TPAU application to make for work though, so I’m sure to be busy! Wish me luck!

Hwyl Fawr!