Progress Report
Progress Report
I never wanted my blog to become some place where I posted a new musing a month and then the rest of the entries were about ‘the newest from Remy!’ There’s plenty of stuff I want to say about relationships and finding love and all of the confusion and joy that goes along with it that doesn’t fit somewhere inside a novel. Or if it does someday, then I’ll remember how this time in my life felt. Because as I’ve written and published a few things, I’ve realized that even though steamy passages about sex may sell one copy, it’s ultimately how relatable the main characters are and how they overcome the obstacles that I (the author) put in their way that have people recommending that their friends buy a second copy.
But I’ve kind of been in a sophomore slump of a sort. Of a sort because my second book is out and done and I’m turning my attention forward. But I feel bombarded with ideas and the pressure to create something new, better, and different is kind of debilitating to me. So I’ve decided to implement a “keeping them honest” segment (that’s on some late night news show I believe, chime in if you know which). Basically a once a month post for me to document to the interwebs what exactly has been accomplished since the previous month. Hopefully the knowledge that other people are judging me will help pull me out of the third book blahs.
So without (much) further ado, here’s where I stand with current projects:
Completed manuscripts of both Rory’s story and Mac’s story – two characters who appeared with Celeste Benning in Sexting the Limits. Completed meaning that I have finished a rough draft and polished them up once.
I’m thinking that Mac’s story, which is a good bit shorter than either of the other two girls may go up on my website and on Goodreads as a free read. It needs some mild editing by me for content and then will ship off to a copy editor friend of mine who will give it the spit and polish treatment.
Rory’s story is a bit more problematic. My brain really wondered while writing it and it’s a little scattered. It will take more way work to whip it into shape. Hopefully I’ll fall back in love with the characters and it won’t be as arduous as I believe.
I have what I believe to be a cute idea for a longer story that needs some more outlining before I dive in. I’m also playing with the idea of setting it in Oregon, which is a gorgeous place. I’ll scope out more possibilities when I go visit my brother there in a week.
I have three to four completely outlined novella to novel length stories that I need to get a move on. Maybe we’ll see if I can work on a couple of projects simultaneously as I write shorter novellas while plugging along on something longer. Could be a disaster. I’ll keep you posted! (Get it? Posted? I crack me up.)
