The state of projects

I figured that I’m a bit overdue for a post on the state of my works in progress.

At the moment, I’m still only snatching bits and pieces of time to write.  I’m able to actually catch up on sleep now, thanks to a baby who suddenly sleeps through most nights, though I’m still somewhat in deficit.  It’s taking a little while to get my creative mind working well, so I’m trying to ease into it.

I’m also working on a couple of other non-writing projects, primarily trying to organise my writing area/library and make it a comfortable and welcoming place.  At the moment, I’m in the middle of organising and cataloging my books.  After that, I need to sort out all the other craft stuff that’s been tossed haphazardly into the room.  I’d also like to replace the desk that’s in there to something smaller and more comfortable, and get some artwork up.

I’m working on outlining and writing up character sketches and history for Never mostly right now.  It’s a different process for me, since I’m usually pure pantser.  But not having the luxury of hours on end to meander around the page right now, outlining is something I can do in snatches and pieces.  I have to wonder how much I’ll actually stick to the outline when I come to writing a draft.  We’ll see.

I’ve also been feeling a bit of a draw to get back to working on The White Raven.  I need to spend some serious time going through my notes and feedback from beta readers, and then pull everything apart and see if I can put it back together in some fashion.  And just as I’m typing this, I’ve realised that I can read the MS on the iPad.  Might be time to invest in something like PDF annotate.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

The state of projects

I figured that I’m a bit overdue for a post on the state of my works in progress.

At the moment, I’m still only snatching bits and pieces of time to write.  I’m able to actually catch up on sleep now, thanks to a baby who suddenly sleeps through most nights, though I’m still somewhat in deficit.  It’s taking a little while to get my creative mind working well, so I’m trying to ease into it.

I’m also working on a couple of other non-writing projects, primarily trying to organise my writing area/library and make it a comfortable and welcoming place.  At the moment, I’m in the middle of organising and cataloging my books.  After that, I need to sort out all the other craft stuff that’s been tossed haphazardly into the room.  I’d also like to replace the desk that’s in there to something smaller and more comfortable, and get some artwork up.

I’m working on outlining and writing up character sketches and history for Never mostly right now.  It’s a different process for me, since I’m usually pure pantser.  But not having the luxury of hours on end to meander around the page right now, outlining is something I can do in snatches and pieces.  I have to wonder how much I’ll actually stick to the outline when I come to writing a draft.  We’ll see.

I’ve also been feeling a bit of a draw to get back to working on The White Raven.  I need to spend some serious time going through my notes and feedback from beta readers, and then pull everything apart and see if I can put it back together in some fashion.  And just as I’m typing this, I’ve realised that I can read the MS on the iPad.  Might be time to invest in something like PDF annotate.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.