Archive for February, 2004
Well, good and bad. New Material – Novel Chapters – 13 total – SUCCESS! World Building – 10k+ words – SUCCESS! Word Count – Apprentice Level – 54,832 words for two months – BOMB! All right, maybe not a complete bomb. The goal for two months was a total of 60k. Missed it by 5.3k. [...]
My brain is mush today. By removing the kidnapper sub plot, I've had to rearrange my outline, delete some things, add in some others. I'm not prepared to write the next scene, yet. I haven't seen it in my mind's eye. *sigh* At least I got a total of 1698 words yesterday. If I pump [...]
Apparently, Margaurethe isn't just upset about the whole 'I've fucked up and my lover's giving me the mental cold shoulder' thing. She has a pretty solid concern that Jenna will be subjugated by Elisibet's memories, taken over, possessed as it were. Then Jenna would be no more, leaving behind the Sweet Butcher of the European [...]
…is going like gangbusters. 1009 words. Of course, as the music below attests to, I've got Margaurethe's song looping over and over the last hour. Set up – Jenna has been proclaimed vasilissa by the ruling council, the Symbouhera. She had to basically buy a vote to make it unanimous. Both Margaurethe and Father Castillo [...]
Picked this up from Teresa Nielsen Hayden’s journal, Making Light: WRITERS ON WRITING; Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle By ELMORE LEONARD ( Series ) 1170 words These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than [...]
1046 words today and finished chapter 11. Jenna's really not a happy camper. I'm beginning to seed her with doubts, angers and the total unfairness of her position, to encourage a blow out later in the book. She's supposed to be out partying, dammit! Not running herd on a bunch of bloodthirsty vampires! It's not [...]
11 days, 23 hours, 27 minutes. Also, I received a surprise email from LiveJournal. Apparently, someone out there paid my account for 12 more months. Anonymous, whoever you are, thank you very much for your generosity!
until Iditarod 2004. *blink*
1034 words on chapter 11. I've decided to use the internal structure of advisors, enemies, and friends to blow Jenna's seams a bit. Disapproval from Margaurethe (very reminiscent of the same disapproval shown Elisibet,) disapproval from Castillo (who happens to be a father figure to Jenna,) Dorst's unconditional obedience, Valmont's temptations of the Sanguire flesh [...]
left until Iditarod 2004.
I got 81 words today! Originally, I outlined an attempted kidnapping to take place. The goal was to put Jenna in danger, put a kidnapper under Valmont's knife for interrogation, and hopefully give away who the mysterious councilor is. But then I decided to dump the kidnapping. I mean, a Human assassin is hired in [...]
3052 words. Finished chapter 10. Whew! Hope it keeps going like gangbusters. I'm already going to be about 2 weeks behind my original deadline. I don't want to get any later. Dinner, and then the work party.
So far, 1031 words. Finished the chapter I was stuck on. The house is clean. I’m off to run errands, and get more writing done before a party at work later tonight. Last night, I met an online friend for the first time in RL. We had dinner and lots of fun. She’s a writer, [...]
Can’t seem to get my head into The False Side of Shadow. Something about the scene is missing. Until I figure out what it is, I’ve stalled. I’ve got the next scene down pretty well, but if I skip this one, I’ll skip others in the future. I’ve got to keep myself disciplined to slog [...]
You are Ixidor, Reality Sculptor. You don’t botherwith materialistic possessions since you cancreate your own. Your power to bend reality hasboth it’s ups and downs. Sure, you can createarmies and palaces…but it seems you’ve gonecrazy in the process. When it comes tofighting, you usually have someone else do thedirty work. Sometimes though, that someone hasto [...]
