"Allons-y, Alonso!"
Wherein Jack should be clever but is too tired for it
And, on top of that, my internet is glitchy.
I woke up this morning to the sound of birds singing and the sun coming in through my window. It sounded and looked like spring so I pulled out a springy shirt - which was blue - which naturally lead me to fishing around for more blue clothing. I added my 10th Doctor shoes and was only lacking a sonic screw driver. "What makes it sonic?" "It makes a nose." *Knocks it against the door* "See? Sonic." By nine I was all ready to go to the park and have a nice walk - but the winter came back with cold and wind and clouds so I had to give up that brilliant idea and hide under my fuzzy blanket with my mini heater. Whoever invented mini heaters is a genus.
As I mentioned in my last post, I completed the second edit of the second Loyalty book. I am not really sure what to say about it. I will be revealing the title next month, on the 14th. I am trying to get it more organized, maybe come up with some fun ways to reveal it, but I will have to give it some more thought.
I was surprised at how the book ended. It was a NaNo book, so when I started this edit I knew some things would have to go. During NaNo, writers get desperate trying to reach the word count. We put in silly plot twists just to keep the story going and plan on "fixing it later." I did this, of course. One of the twists I put in was bringing Magda and Stefan's fathers back into the story, their supposedly dead fathers. And they were part of a secret organization trying to find a good ruler. Because nothing gives you a word count boast like bringing back two dead guys and giving them a secret mission they've been working on for years while their families assume they're dead. I thought I could revise that bit, but the more I looked the more I realized it had to go. So I chopped it, and just wrote, and the story kept working itself out. Then bad things happened.
I've had book three planned out for a few years, ever since seeing The Last Legion. (If you haven't seen that movie watch it, it is good. Really good.) I thought book three was going to take place two years after book two. I KNEW how book two was going to end, but the closer I got to that ending I started to realize that it couldn't complete the way I thought it was going to. There wasn't enough time to resolve everything. And then some more things happened, a lot I didn't see coming till the last chapter, and it only got worse....and it ended it a not so nice cliff hanger. I feel rather rotten about that bit. I do end in cliff hangers sometimes....Abolished....but I try to make them where they aren't horrible ones. The only one which was supposed to have one was Abolished. Everything else had milder ones, where it just left things open for the next book. Because we all love a nice cliff hanger sometimes, right? So, this is my advanced apology. It just kind of happened, and it left me in shock over it, and I am going to do my best to make it kinder. And hopefully I shan't give everyone cause to chase me down with flaming torches.
I now have to stop typing. It is very late and I want to sleep before morning comes. Because sometimes I like sleep.
Quote is again from Doctor Who. I even know why he used it, which I think makes me even geekier because I get a movie reference in a movie reference.
Allons-y! And Bonne Nuit, Lune. (And I shall give a cookie to anyone who gets that reference without looking it up.)
And, on top of that, my internet is glitchy.
I woke up this morning to the sound of birds singing and the sun coming in through my window. It sounded and looked like spring so I pulled out a springy shirt - which was blue - which naturally lead me to fishing around for more blue clothing. I added my 10th Doctor shoes and was only lacking a sonic screw driver. "What makes it sonic?" "It makes a nose." *Knocks it against the door* "See? Sonic." By nine I was all ready to go to the park and have a nice walk - but the winter came back with cold and wind and clouds so I had to give up that brilliant idea and hide under my fuzzy blanket with my mini heater. Whoever invented mini heaters is a genus.
As I mentioned in my last post, I completed the second edit of the second Loyalty book. I am not really sure what to say about it. I will be revealing the title next month, on the 14th. I am trying to get it more organized, maybe come up with some fun ways to reveal it, but I will have to give it some more thought.
I was surprised at how the book ended. It was a NaNo book, so when I started this edit I knew some things would have to go. During NaNo, writers get desperate trying to reach the word count. We put in silly plot twists just to keep the story going and plan on "fixing it later." I did this, of course. One of the twists I put in was bringing Magda and Stefan's fathers back into the story, their supposedly dead fathers. And they were part of a secret organization trying to find a good ruler. Because nothing gives you a word count boast like bringing back two dead guys and giving them a secret mission they've been working on for years while their families assume they're dead. I thought I could revise that bit, but the more I looked the more I realized it had to go. So I chopped it, and just wrote, and the story kept working itself out. Then bad things happened.
I've had book three planned out for a few years, ever since seeing The Last Legion. (If you haven't seen that movie watch it, it is good. Really good.) I thought book three was going to take place two years after book two. I KNEW how book two was going to end, but the closer I got to that ending I started to realize that it couldn't complete the way I thought it was going to. There wasn't enough time to resolve everything. And then some more things happened, a lot I didn't see coming till the last chapter, and it only got worse....and it ended it a not so nice cliff hanger. I feel rather rotten about that bit. I do end in cliff hangers sometimes....Abolished....but I try to make them where they aren't horrible ones. The only one which was supposed to have one was Abolished. Everything else had milder ones, where it just left things open for the next book. Because we all love a nice cliff hanger sometimes, right? So, this is my advanced apology. It just kind of happened, and it left me in shock over it, and I am going to do my best to make it kinder. And hopefully I shan't give everyone cause to chase me down with flaming torches.
I now have to stop typing. It is very late and I want to sleep before morning comes. Because sometimes I like sleep.
Quote is again from Doctor Who. I even know why he used it, which I think makes me even geekier because I get a movie reference in a movie reference.
Allons-y! And Bonne Nuit, Lune. (And I shall give a cookie to anyone who gets that reference without looking it up.)

Published on February 11, 2014 23:03
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