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I figure if I can pull off one chapter a day I can have the rough draft finished by the end of March. Beta schedules allowing, that’d means it’d be ready to head off to the publisher by end of summer. I’m hopeful that edits for Worlds Collide begin about then, so that’d be good timing.
I’m months behind on getting Shadow Magic out to the publisher, and I’m thinking I can’t wait any longer for the last beta’s notes since that’s the reason the submission is so far behind. Soon as I finished this synopsis (I hate doing synopsis) off it’ll go.
As much as I’d like to have stuff out in anths so that I have more name recognition with folks, I don’t want to stretch myself too thin. I have a novel I’d like to have ready for the Wiscon writers workshop, so that means it has to be ready to go by mid next month. It’s mostly written (Bloodstained Innocence) but I’m thinking if it want it to really have a shot at mainstream markets I have to make some hefty revisions which takes time. I had great comment from reader on the possible openings to be used, and I think the Chi one won out over all. That also means I need to look carefully at the numbers of POV scenes, adding some in Chi’s POV to even things out. That’ll be the hardest part I think.
Update on Bloodstained Innocence: Okay I've moved stuff around and I don't think I have to add as many Chi POV scenes as I though, and the ones I do have to add I am completely seeing how they fit in (yea!). So, this will be far less painful than I thought. Hurrah for Moontime creative juju! Right now Bloodstained Innocence is at over 65k and I'm thinking it'll be closer to 70k or even 80k when I'm finished with the revisions.
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And here’s the new eggs!
Now I know for many of you the new year comes the first of January, but for people of the Dianic tradition and many others who have ties to Celtic heritage the festival on October 31st marks the end of the harvest and the beginning of the new year. Within my own Cherokee heritage this time of year is also seen as a time to turn inward, to prepare for the coming winter and for a time of dark and quiet when families come together to tell stories and to suggle safe from the cold. For these reasons and more I find this time of year a comforting time to look within and seek the paths I wish to take in the coming year.
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What was Primal Magic and is now called Shadow Magic is one it’s last betas and soon to be off to the publisher. Same can be said for Bloodstained Innocence which I am happy to say is much better for the extensive rewrites. Soon too that will be going to the publisher. With any luck that will be two more contracts.
Nanowrimo is coming in a couple weeks and I have narrowed my choices of projects to two, one of which I am leaning toward more because it’ll take less research to pull off. My muse has been hard at work and even danced with me this week so we could create an intense western erotica piece for a anthology call due end of the month. Ad long as I keep my muse happy and the part time work I am still hunting for doesn’t suck up my creative juices, there’s several more calls I think I can pull off this year still and into next.
My mind is so full of the fears and excitement as we near November, not just because Nanowrimo will begin, but there is the coming election to consider.
Now, I know I will (and have) ranted a bit about a certain woMAN who seems to think more like the old white guy network then most of the guys do, so to give you a break from that part of my thought pattern, here’s a few excerpts from my soon to be submitted sequel to Ancestral Magic, now titled Shadow Magic.
I want to thank the hard working betas who have scrambled in their busy lives to help me pull this one together, and Goddess willing, this should be ready to submit to PD before November. Remember folks, this is pre pro edits, but I hope ya’ll will enjoy anyways.
In the craziness of kittidom and kids still home from school I have gotten a few things done that could be considered productive…
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