writer at play
Posted in kai, numbers, short stories on Oct 24th, 2009
Since I haven’t posted about my progress recently: Kai’s book is at 26, 181 words. Rainbird (the short story I’m currently working on) is at 1,169 words. I’ve been researching how to design a winged humanoid (solution: your typical fantasy fairy or angel is highly improbable). Isn’t it amazing the things you can find people [...]
Posted in kai, writing process on Sep 19th, 2009
Definitely slow, not as steady as I would like. I’m 18.5 K into the story, solidly in the part where all the political intrigue comes into play. I have at least one cool scene coming up which is going to throw my MC into a tailspin and send her running for her life. Is it [...]
Posted in kai, writing process on Sep 13th, 2009
I re-started work on Kai’s Book a couple of weeks ago. Here’s the premise, by the by: A cursed runaway princess, despised by her people, returns from across worlds to save the homeland she fled after committing murder. The “princess” part is a bit misleading since your typical princess doesn’t exist in this world. It’s [...]
Posted in goals, kai, motivation, short stories on Feb 16th, 2009
So far this month, I have: Got a total of 9K words on the new book Revised and submitted a short And am in the process of revising another short My plan was revise and submit three shorts this month. One was to be the latest Elinor story, but I think I need to write [...]
Posted in kai, writing process on Feb 7th, 2009
It occurs to me that I have neglected to report my writing progress of late. Not that there is much progress to report. Cold-suffering kids, cranky kids, cuddle-wanting kids; evening time brain numbness; the siren-song lure of fantasy novels and my own lack of self-discipline have made the progress slow. However. I did finish tinkering [...]
Posted in kai, season of rains, short stories on Jan 28th, 2009
Got over 3K words on the new book. Can I just say that the romance in this story is going to be SO much fun to write? I still get a warm fuzzy contented feeling when I think back on Saturday. D. took the older kids and went out the entire morning and early afternoon. [...]
Posted in inspiration, kai, random, writing process on Jan 14th, 2009
The economy must not be doing so great. I didn’t get a single free calendar in the mail at the end of last year. Not from my alma mater. Nothing from our insurance agent. No calendar love at all. Since I can’t function without a calendar (I’ve been scheduling everything in my head and if [...]