This week in writing

[azhure]

This week was actually a good one for writing.  The last few days have been hot, and we’ve been without air conditioning, which resulted in my brain melting, which resulted in this week’s wrap-up post being late.

And if that sentence made any sense, you’re doing better than I am straight away.

I got a good deal of editing done, and enlisted the services of some beta readers to try to nut out what wasn’t working about the first chapter of TWR.  I think I know what’s wrong now, mostly, and I just need to figure out how to fix it.  I have some ideas, I just need to play around to see how it all fits together.

I also had a random epiphany on how to change something in the upcoming plot so that things mesh well better with the main storyline.    It’s kind of like putting together a jigsaw right now.  I’m heading towards the dreaded middle of the book, where it’s way too easy for me to veer in three hundred directions at once.  Hopefully my trusted betas who are reading these edits chapter by chapter will help me keep on track.

[cross-posted from my website]

Comments

[3circledsun.livejournal.com]

Do you have anything published? Are you writing a novel?

[azhure.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have a handful of short stories published (my bibiography is available over on my website). I'm currently editing one novel and querying agents with another.

[3circledsun.livejournal.com]

Yea, I am just about ready to start querying. I have the query letter finished but I need to write a synopsis now for one specific agency. What's your novel about?

[azhure.livejournal.com]

The novel that I'm querying is traditional urban fantasy (think Charles de Lint), but with a dark twist. The one I'm writing now is more in the vein of what modern urban fantasy has become.

[bookgirlwa.livejournal.com]

And if that sentence made any sense, you’re doing better than I am straight away.

Tttt. Are you kidding me? That made perfect sense - because it describes what my life is like all the time in this weather. (But off I go to cool Tasmania with hotel aircon on Thursday!!!)

[sidheblessed.livejournal.com]

What changes are you going to make to White Raven?

[sidheblessed.livejournal.com]

BTW, do we get more background on how the three main characters became who they are from the people they were in that photo? That would really interest me.

[azhure.livejournal.com]

There's a bit about it, but since it's mostly backstory, there's not a lot of detail about it.

[azhure.livejournal.com]

I'm changing one of Alanna's main plotlines :) You'll have to wait and see how :)