Wednesday's Writing Update: Writing and Editing as Always

 

Happy Wednesday!

Is it just me, or are these Wednesdays flying by too quickly?

First, I received a lovely review of Gravity: The Complete Trilogy from Nick Wilford at Scattergun Scribblings yesterday.

Last week I mentioned I finished writing "Blind Scribe" in Men of Foxwick. My first CP read it and got a critique back to me, so I'm making some changes, so I can send it to second CP soon.

On Monday, I finished editing Part I of The Phoenix Prophetess. I've now sent it to my three critique partners, so I'm hoping they'll like it. I'm at the point with Part I where I'm way too close to the story, characters, and writing, so it's hard for me to edit it any more without some additional guidance. Next month, I plan to tackle self-edits on Part II.

My main concerns for the rest of January are writing The Loveless Princess and editing Act I of Starred. I'm a bit behind where I'd hoped to be, but if I can do a chapter/scene a day, then I should be able to finish writing the first thirteen chapters of The Loveless Princess and have Act I of Starred edited by February 1st. We'll see how that goes.

As it is, I know no writing/editing will be done on Saturday, since I'll spend most of the day at the Roanoke Regional Writers Conference and then my sister's eighteenth birthday party Saturday evening. It'll definitely be a busy weekend.

So I guess I should get back to work.

What are you working on this week?

Wednesday's Writing Update: A Short Story and Untethered Realms

 

Happy Wednesday!

The past couple weeks have been a bit rough. I was in this funk, and all I really wanted to do was read. I wrote a little bit, but I kept getting further behind in my monthly goals. I seem to be coming out of it, and I'm ready to get back to work.

On Monday, I finished writing "Blind Scribe," a short story from the forthcoming Men of Foxwick. I'm letting it sit for a few days, so I can edit it on Saturday and then send it to my first CP. The story wasn't easy to write because the main character is blind. I had to completely rely on the other senses, so I plan to develop that more in my edit.

I'm still trying to edit a few pages a day in Starred and The Phoenix Prophetess. I'm now writing The Loveless Princess. I also have started working on my A to Z Challenge blog posts. Yes, I'm that organized.

Also, you may have noticed the new badge on my blog: Untethered Realms. We're a group of seven specfic authors, and we're slowly getting things together. If you click on the badge, then it'll take you to our FB page. We also have a Twitter account: @UnRealms, so please consider following us.

So what are you working on?