Today, instead of a typical "here's my advice" post, I want to talk about my book(s) and all the junk I've been doing lately. Why? Because I can't think of anything to give advice on right now. Ehh...something will come to me later.
LIGHTS OUT
[New Title Pending]
I've been working pretty hard on cutting that word count down to size. I snatched out the first 50k and tried to condense it a little. I'm thinking I'll manage to shave off a good 10 or 15k. But even with all those words gone, I'll still have a lot of paring down to do. I'm trying to get rid of 20 or 30k. Yeah.
As you probably noticed, I'm working on a new title. And I also changed a handful of the characters names. Most of the super important characters are still the same, but I thought a few could stand a revamp. (Excuse that horrible pun.)
My mom is devastated about all of this. (Lol.) She doesn't want me to cut any of the words or change the title/characters' names. I'm pretty sure she's more emotionally devoted to this book than I am. Hah. Seriously, though. I think it's a little weird how indifferent I seem compared to her.
I actually used to get a little angry/annoyed/upset if I had to change something in my book. Here's a little fun fact for you--Ashton (Skye's brother) wasn't always called 'Ashton.' His original name? Jakob.
Yeah. Imagine my surprise when I found out Twilight had a Jacob. It kind of ticked me off because I'd spent nearly six months getting to know him as Jakob. But I knew it would probably be for the best if I changed it, and y'know what? I like calling him Ashton better.
It all worked out in the end, I suppose. :)
OPHELIA
This is actually sort of on hold for the moment while I finish tidying up Lights Out. I've really been itching to work on it again, though. I went back to working on Lights Out right around a pretty pivotal part of the story. Shit was about to get real. But I really wanted to finish working on Lights Out and get it off the table for a while.
I was pretty pleased with the direction is was going when I put it on the back burner. The only thing that was really bothering me was the beginning. I tend to suck at first draft beginnings, though. I end up reworking them, like, twenty times before I'm finally happy. But there's nothing wrong with that--trial and error. Anyway, the beginning. I feel like I dragged it out too long. Like I just need to cut it all and work the information in throughout the story. The beginning, as it stands, is just a whole lot of setup. And I like to stand behind "cut the setup, and get to the meat."
So, I'm probably going to get rid of all the "I was born, I grew up" stuff and sprinkle in background details throughout.
My List of Potential Projects:
-Inhuman-
Sequel to Lights Out. Not sure if this going to happen or not. I don't advocate starting a sequel before selling the first book.
-Cimberlyn's Bracelet-
Novella. Urban fantasy. I'm not going to say anything about the actual idea, or I'll spoil it, but I will say I'm pretty excited with it.
-Vengeful Deep-
Novel. Fantasy. Again, I don't want to say too much and throw out a spoiler. It's about a small fishing-sustained village whose fishermen have started dying mysteriously.
-Together-
Sequel to Ophelia. This book could stand on its own, so the "not before selling book one" rule doesn't apply.
HAPPY WRITING, LOVELIES!
LIGHTS OUT
[New Title Pending]
I've been working pretty hard on cutting that word count down to size. I snatched out the first 50k and tried to condense it a little. I'm thinking I'll manage to shave off a good 10 or 15k. But even with all those words gone, I'll still have a lot of paring down to do. I'm trying to get rid of 20 or 30k. Yeah.
As you probably noticed, I'm working on a new title. And I also changed a handful of the characters names. Most of the super important characters are still the same, but I thought a few could stand a revamp. (Excuse that horrible pun.)
My mom is devastated about all of this. (Lol.) She doesn't want me to cut any of the words or change the title/characters' names. I'm pretty sure she's more emotionally devoted to this book than I am. Hah. Seriously, though. I think it's a little weird how indifferent I seem compared to her.
I actually used to get a little angry/annoyed/upset if I had to change something in my book. Here's a little fun fact for you--Ashton (Skye's brother) wasn't always called 'Ashton.' His original name? Jakob.
Yeah. Imagine my surprise when I found out Twilight had a Jacob. It kind of ticked me off because I'd spent nearly six months getting to know him as Jakob. But I knew it would probably be for the best if I changed it, and y'know what? I like calling him Ashton better.
It all worked out in the end, I suppose. :)
OPHELIA
This is actually sort of on hold for the moment while I finish tidying up Lights Out. I've really been itching to work on it again, though. I went back to working on Lights Out right around a pretty pivotal part of the story. Shit was about to get real. But I really wanted to finish working on Lights Out and get it off the table for a while.
I was pretty pleased with the direction is was going when I put it on the back burner. The only thing that was really bothering me was the beginning. I tend to suck at first draft beginnings, though. I end up reworking them, like, twenty times before I'm finally happy. But there's nothing wrong with that--trial and error. Anyway, the beginning. I feel like I dragged it out too long. Like I just need to cut it all and work the information in throughout the story. The beginning, as it stands, is just a whole lot of setup. And I like to stand behind "cut the setup, and get to the meat."
So, I'm probably going to get rid of all the "I was born, I grew up" stuff and sprinkle in background details throughout.
My List of Potential Projects:
-Inhuman-
Sequel to Lights Out. Not sure if this going to happen or not. I don't advocate starting a sequel before selling the first book.
-Cimberlyn's Bracelet-
Novella. Urban fantasy. I'm not going to say anything about the actual idea, or I'll spoil it, but I will say I'm pretty excited with it.
-Vengeful Deep-
Novel. Fantasy. Again, I don't want to say too much and throw out a spoiler. It's about a small fishing-sustained village whose fishermen have started dying mysteriously.
-Together-
Sequel to Ophelia. This book could stand on its own, so the "not before selling book one" rule doesn't apply.
HAPPY WRITING, LOVELIES!
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