I sold one!<\/p>\n
I actually sold a Homecoming<\/em> book, face to face, to a reader at a meet and greet. I’m so excited.<\/p>\n War Mage<\/em> is still<\/em> at the editor’s. I have been reassured that it will be ready for publication for RI ComicCon. Good thing I have a beta reader’s response here. My goal is to do some of that fixing over this week.<\/p>\n Grimaulkin<\/em> is going along smashingly, with 26K of perfectly beautiful flowing words that just won’t stop. However, I’m having issues with the mystery portion of this story. Grim’s\u00a0involved with the cops, and I don’t have the nerve to go up to the cops and say, “I’m, um, writing a novel, and, um, I’m just wondering what, um, procedures you do when you find a dead body somewhere? And how do you investigate?” I’d have to put together some questions and interview a detective.<\/p>\n I know how I want the “epic battle” to be, though I have to add a few things to make it more “epic”, and I’m wondering whether I should make that the end, or the wedding the end. The wedding will bookend the story, and possibly hook\u00a0a book two. If I keep going like this, I’ll have it done by the end of this month definitely. I have to do some serious editing. I first had it take place in Boston, but then I realized that having it take place in Rhode Island\u00a0might be a neat selling point for the locals.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Casey and the Blue Lady<\/em> is still kind of bubbling on the back burner, though I haven’t done very much prep for that book once Grim<\/em> showed up. I might skip the whole NaNo thing and, if I can get Grim<\/em> done in a month, I’ll put that in as NaNo. Hey, it’s 30 days, right?<\/p>\n I’m going to order a mic and get a podcast going. Probably next month.<\/p>\n Book review:<\/strong><\/p>\n Run, don’t walk, and pick up Syd Field’s Screenplay<\/em>. It’s amazing, simple, and has everything you need to write a screenplay. But not just that, it goes into how to write a story! I’m in the middle of it now, and I am just amazed at what films he chooses for illustrations (I haven’t seen some of the classics, but I will!). It will hopefully be a help with me and Grimaulkin<\/em> (two stories at the same time and trying to balance both).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I sold one! I actually sold a Homecoming book, face to face, to a reader at a meet and greet. I’m so excited. War Mage is still at the editor’s. I have been reassured that it will be ready for … Continue reading