What I Write (or "Read the Name of This Blog")
I feel like I probably could pass on writing this post, since the name of the blog is "Sierra and the Quest to Write Everything". I think that's pretty self-explanatory.
(^^^ you guys saying, "Then why are you writing this post, darn you!")
But. I seriously want to write....everything. Every genre. Every character I can get my hands on. All of the magnificent things in the world. All the dark things. (I'm a morbid writer. I write about people getting sliced into bits or branded or just plain going crazy because emotional turmoil. So. There's that. Don't get too comfortable at my table. Unless there's actual food involved and then please, pour a glass of wine and enjoy yourself.)
So when I say I want to write everything, I mean it. My first contemporary/realistic fiction for YA is a super happy adorable lovely thing of sweetness that turns INTO A MONSTER of pain. My second YA contemporary (NaNo project you can read about here) starts out darker and turns into something a bit happier. My YA fantasy series starts out as a loose retelling and turns into a dark mass of some nice people and some horrible people and some depressed people trying to get along while also fighting the last person they expected for their freedom and IT GETS GORY, OKAY?!
I have a list of all the ideas I have, separated into genre, and then into age group. Here are the stats:
12 YA fantasy ideas (some are series)1 adult fantasy idea (possibly a trilogy or duology)4 YA science fiction ideas (some are series)3 NA/adult science fiction ideas (some are possible series)8 YA contemporary/realistic fiction/romance ideas (one is a duology, the rest standalone/crossover)1 YA mystery idea (standalone)1 adult mystery idea (possible trilogy, spin-off of the YA idea)2 YA mystical realism ideas (standalone)1 adult AU/historical fiction/adventure-ish thing that doesn't fit anywhere yet (standalone)1 adult historical fiction idea (standalone)3 fantasies and 1 horror I'll be writing with my best friendSo, as you can see, my mind has been very very busy. And I like fantasy. And contemporary.
Oops. Doing the math, with all the books in each series counted, this adds up to approximately 60 books. IF I WRITE 1 BOOK A YEAR AT THIS RATE I'LL BE 82 BEFORE I GET THROUGH ALL OF THESE. LORD HELP ME.
I regret nothing.
I'm looking forward to coming back to this post in a year and realizing how far I've come and what all I've written and how many more ideas I have.
At this point I've written 3.5 books in the YA fantasy series I've been working on for almost 5 years (all a part of 1 idea listed above), and 1 contemporary, with another on the way. Most are edited or are being edited or are almost ready to go out for queries. I'm getting the hang of this, my system, and how I work best as a writer.
Let's get this career show on the road, shall we?
Tell me about your ideas - what genre do you like to write and what would you LIKE to write but haven't yet? What genre do you think would be the hardest for you? (My hardest is historical fiction. I just know it is.)
XOXOXO
(^^^ you guys saying, "Then why are you writing this post, darn you!")But. I seriously want to write....everything. Every genre. Every character I can get my hands on. All of the magnificent things in the world. All the dark things. (I'm a morbid writer. I write about people getting sliced into bits or branded or just plain going crazy because emotional turmoil. So. There's that. Don't get too comfortable at my table. Unless there's actual food involved and then please, pour a glass of wine and enjoy yourself.)
So when I say I want to write everything, I mean it. My first contemporary/realistic fiction for YA is a super happy adorable lovely thing of sweetness that turns INTO A MONSTER of pain. My second YA contemporary (NaNo project you can read about here) starts out darker and turns into something a bit happier. My YA fantasy series starts out as a loose retelling and turns into a dark mass of some nice people and some horrible people and some depressed people trying to get along while also fighting the last person they expected for their freedom and IT GETS GORY, OKAY?!
I have a list of all the ideas I have, separated into genre, and then into age group. Here are the stats:
12 YA fantasy ideas (some are series)1 adult fantasy idea (possibly a trilogy or duology)4 YA science fiction ideas (some are series)3 NA/adult science fiction ideas (some are possible series)8 YA contemporary/realistic fiction/romance ideas (one is a duology, the rest standalone/crossover)1 YA mystery idea (standalone)1 adult mystery idea (possible trilogy, spin-off of the YA idea)2 YA mystical realism ideas (standalone)1 adult AU/historical fiction/adventure-ish thing that doesn't fit anywhere yet (standalone)1 adult historical fiction idea (standalone)3 fantasies and 1 horror I'll be writing with my best friendSo, as you can see, my mind has been very very busy. And I like fantasy. And contemporary.
Oops. Doing the math, with all the books in each series counted, this adds up to approximately 60 books. IF I WRITE 1 BOOK A YEAR AT THIS RATE I'LL BE 82 BEFORE I GET THROUGH ALL OF THESE. LORD HELP ME.
I regret nothing.
I'm looking forward to coming back to this post in a year and realizing how far I've come and what all I've written and how many more ideas I have.
At this point I've written 3.5 books in the YA fantasy series I've been working on for almost 5 years (all a part of 1 idea listed above), and 1 contemporary, with another on the way. Most are edited or are being edited or are almost ready to go out for queries. I'm getting the hang of this, my system, and how I work best as a writer.
Let's get this career show on the road, shall we?
Tell me about your ideas - what genre do you like to write and what would you LIKE to write but haven't yet? What genre do you think would be the hardest for you? (My hardest is historical fiction. I just know it is.)
XOXOXO
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