Monday, 6 January 2014

My New Year Writing Resolutions

1. To complete my current fantasy novel. UPDATE: done!
2. To revise and polish it. UPDATE: done!
3. To find an agent.
4. To find a publisher.
5. To blog. UPDATE: done!
6. To return to Regency-writing.

Monday, 23 December 2013

Writing progress report

I am slowly but surely coming to the end of the book. I will not complete it by the end of 2013, but if I work hard enough, I will complete it in the beginning of 2014. I can't wait to put it all together and begin the revision. I'm sure that I'll be cutting out and changing lots of things, but I just want to know that I did it - that I've written another book!

Sunday, 10 November 2013

Writing progress report

I'm not sure if I'm going to finish the first draft of my fantasy novel by the end of the year, as was my intention, but I'm definitely going to come very close to my goal. I've almost finished the second part of the book and then there would be only the third part left. It's around 50K now and it's hard to believe that I've come this far. It all started many years ago with a tiny ten-chapter story that didn't come up to more than 20K and that would not let me go, though I put it behind me time and time again. It has had so many versions, drafts, revisions and rewrites but now I think it is finally shaping into what it is supposed to be - all thanks to my impromptu participation in NaNoWriMo two years ago when I discovered a giant plot hole in the story that ultimately brought from its depth the story I'm currently working on.

Monday, 14 October 2013

Writing progress report

I've almost completed rewriting the beginning of the second part of my fantasy novel and I'm looking forward to moving onto the next part. I've been looking through what I've written so far (approx. 45K) and I'm afraid that I still have a lot of tucking in and polishing to do. I never seem to get it right. No matter how many times I rewrite the damn thing.

Monday, 16 September 2013

Writing progress report

Well, I completely failed to meet my self-imposed deadline of finishing the first draft of my fantasy novel by the end of summer as I'm only half-way through the thing but I'm writing so that's good and that's all there is to say on the matter. I'd better get to writing before I get sidetracked again. It happens a lot these days...

Monday, 19 August 2013

Writing progress report

I'm happy to say that I'm back to writing my fantasy novel. In fact, I've been writing for well over a fortnight now. Funnily enough my writer's block always coincides with extreme heat that hits my area, though this time around I have also been crippled by my sudden obsession with Star Trek and, especially, Captain James T. Kirk. Don't get me wrong, this obsession is still as strong as ever, however, my need to write has finally overridden my desire to watch the films and interviews with the cast over and over again and (which is much worse because once I start I can't seem to stop) read fanfics.