Well, now that my final semester of school is just around the corner, I figured I should probably update my poor ignored blog and website.
So, over the last few weeks, I've been working on getting Resonance panned out. The next week and a half are crunch time (kinda like a NaNo redux!) with finishing things up. I will hopefully have the finished first draft done by January 31st, as long as things keep going well and I don't hit a huge brick wall with the story. I will probably still have some plot things to work out, but hey, a rough draft is meant to be rough, the polishing can come later.
I am also starting to work on a few images for the story, I would really like to publish it with images. I'll start posting some hopefully soon, I haven't decided exactly what I'm going for with some of them, and others are just taking an eternity to finish.
In other news, I have a possible mail thief that apparently likes taking my checks, even though there is no way they would be able to cash an Xcel Energy check. Still, having to keep cancelling checks is by no means how I want to spend my money, so I'm going to cross my fingers and hope that Xcel is just being slow in cashing their payments.
Been doing quite a few hats recently, lots of fun commissions, and looking forward to doing some more so I can hopefully get my Etsy store off the ground.
Also starting to get a few web design jobs, yay, and will be a teacher's assistant for CS 318, the first of the web design classes, also yay! This semester looks like it will be busy (when is it ever not?) but hey, for a last semester it could be much worse.
Although, it would be nice if we had a bit better weather...
Showing posts with label Infinite Winds NaNoWriMo Resonance Divergence Wings of a Wolf. Show all posts
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Saturday, October 16, 2010
How to finish a novel
When asked, "What are you planning to do with your life?" I typically say right away, "I'm trying to publish a novel."
There is a slight problem that I have run into in the process of getting a novel published, and that is finishing the blasted thing. As stated in previous blogs, the novel I'm currently working on is Resonance. I started it back in my Junior year of college as a nice little short story about this character who stupidly goes searching for something and ends up in a very bad situation (trying to avoid spoilers for those of you who don't want them). Now, it has progressed into a 4 part novel. Part One, Divergence, is based off this short story. So far, it appears that the actual length of Divergence is going to be well over 90 pages, when it was originally planned to be a 20 page prologue to the rest of the story. The storyline progresses happily along through the first about 30 pages of Part Two, then falls into the abyss of the unfinished novel. I have managed to get a few glitchy scenes in Part Two done, but it desperately needs fleshing out. Part Three and Part Four (I haven't figured out where the dividing line is between them just yet) are in a constant state of growth and flux. Parts One and Two really are mostly done to ease the reader into the world of Resonance, and Part Three is where everything starts to really come together. However, this is a problem, as the rough idea that I had for the last two parts of the book is going through an overhaul.
And the sad thing is, I already have the end scene and the epilogue written. So, I guess at least I know where the story will eventually manage to end. I just need to get there, and I need to get there soon.
In other news, my NaNo story is currently up in the air. So, to my friend and rival in NaNo over at By The Dwindling Moonlight ( you should all go check out his blog so he has to write more of them :D ) I am not cheating the NaNo rules, as Agni was only created a couple of weeks ago, and I will be thinking of a very good restaurant that I want to eat at when I have the largest word count come the end of November.
Look forward to a few Flash elements beginning to make their way onto the website, as well as a map and some images from Resonance as soon as I actually get the time to work on them, life has been pretty hectic recently between school, work and extra-curriculars such as finishing Resonance.
There is a slight problem that I have run into in the process of getting a novel published, and that is finishing the blasted thing. As stated in previous blogs, the novel I'm currently working on is Resonance. I started it back in my Junior year of college as a nice little short story about this character who stupidly goes searching for something and ends up in a very bad situation (trying to avoid spoilers for those of you who don't want them). Now, it has progressed into a 4 part novel. Part One, Divergence, is based off this short story. So far, it appears that the actual length of Divergence is going to be well over 90 pages, when it was originally planned to be a 20 page prologue to the rest of the story. The storyline progresses happily along through the first about 30 pages of Part Two, then falls into the abyss of the unfinished novel. I have managed to get a few glitchy scenes in Part Two done, but it desperately needs fleshing out. Part Three and Part Four (I haven't figured out where the dividing line is between them just yet) are in a constant state of growth and flux. Parts One and Two really are mostly done to ease the reader into the world of Resonance, and Part Three is where everything starts to really come together. However, this is a problem, as the rough idea that I had for the last two parts of the book is going through an overhaul.
And the sad thing is, I already have the end scene and the epilogue written. So, I guess at least I know where the story will eventually manage to end. I just need to get there, and I need to get there soon.
In other news, my NaNo story is currently up in the air. So, to my friend and rival in NaNo over at By The Dwindling Moonlight ( you should all go check out his blog so he has to write more of them :D ) I am not cheating the NaNo rules, as Agni was only created a couple of weeks ago, and I will be thinking of a very good restaurant that I want to eat at when I have the largest word count come the end of November.
Look forward to a few Flash elements beginning to make their way onto the website, as well as a map and some images from Resonance as soon as I actually get the time to work on them, life has been pretty hectic recently between school, work and extra-curriculars such as finishing Resonance.
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