How’s the Writing Going?

Time flies! We’re already on the last day of February. I thought I’d give you a quick update on where I am with the writing thing. First, a couple of quick news items:

I recorded a new audio excerpt from The Atheist. I read part of a scene in which Jillian finds out that she’s wanted for murder. Excerpt below (it’s on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/sarahettritch/excerpt-from-the-deiform for anyone who can’t see the embed):

The Atheist got a great review from a guy named Jack Reidy, who also wrote to me to discuss the series. You can read the review here:

http://www.jackreidy.com/blog/2014/01/24/the-atheist-the-deiform-fellowship-one-by-sarah-ettritch/

He did go on to read Deiform Two and wrote a great review of that book, too.

I’ve also added the first Rymellan story to a platform called Noise Trade. The Dance is already available for free at Smashwords, but if you don’t want to create an account there, you can download it from Noise Trade. You have to provide your email address and postal code, which I receive, but I don’t plan to use the information in any way. Some writers use freebies to build up a mailing list, but I prefer to only have subscribers who are genuinely interested in hearing from me, rather than those forced to hand over their email addresses to get something for free.

If you’ve read and enjoyed the Rymellan series, you can let your friends know by sharing the Noise Trade download. Please do so. The more readers for the series, the merrier. If you can’t see the embed, it’s at http://books.noisetrade.com/sarahettritch/rymellan-story-1-the-dance.

Okay, so what’s going on in my writing world?

I’m focused on Deiform Three, and it’s going extremely well. I’m in the groove with this one, to the point that I tried to start a couple of other stories, but my creative side wants to focus on the one story right now. My daily word count has doubled, without me trying, and that’s always a good sign. It means the story is flowing effortlessly. I’m halfway through the first draft (at least). I’m not quite ready to contact my editor and set up a date, but I’m close.

I always enjoy writing. Having said that, I’m getting more pleasure from writing this story than I have in a while. I think it’s because the story is surprising me a lot (good surprises, not bad ones). The characters are growing and interacting in ways I wasn’t expecting, and the plot is throwing out some interesting twists and turns. I always see myself as the first reader of my books, because I learn about the characters and plot as I write. That has never been more true than for Deiform Three, and that makes me look forward to sitting down at the keyboard to find out what happens next.

This morning I wrote a scene that takes place on Jillian’s birthday. There’s no rest for Deiforms, so she’s busy in the morning and most of the afternoon. But then she gets a surprise, and later that evening she’ll receive something intangible that will make her day. I can’t wait to write that part sometime next week.

Enjoy your weekend!

How’s the Writing Going? is a post from: Sarah Ettritch