Meh. I hadn't meant for it to be so long between updates. Just been somewhat busy recently, with writing, Evo, and everything. (BTW--for those who might be interested, I'm running Fighting the Blank Screen Blues, a workshop on combating writer's block, this week over at Evolution.)
I've been pretty busy this week, especially. Stronger's been giving me royal fits. Mainly because Eric doesn't want to cooperate, and I really need to have his character fleshed out more before I start the actual rewrite. He's the weakest link, and I hate having underdeveloped antagonists. Too many authors, especially in the fantasy genre, resort to cliches and easy answers. I like my characters realistic and complex. ;)
About four or so days ago, I started thinking about it, because EvoLunacy starts on August 1st, and I'm so not ready with Stronger. On the other hand, I had To Weather the Storm partially plotted.
Okay, I had the rough premise and a couple character bios. That said, it wasn't giving me nearly as much fits as Stronger.
So, the rewrite is on the backburner for the moment, with Eric tied up and gagged in the closet, and I'm working on To Weather the Storm. I've been working hard on worldbuilding, character development, and plotting, and I'm really liking what I've come up with. It's definitely expanded in both scope and complexity--but that's the whole point of the work I've been doing. What's the point of writing a simplistic novel? ;)
At this point, I've got enough material for one book, certainly, with threads leading into another, and I might could get a third out of it. (That being said, I'm planning on wrapping up what I can in one book, just with threads I could pick up on should it sell. :)
I hadn't really wanted to do this... I'd planned on waiting and doing the prewriting along with Above and Beyond, the advanced novel-writing class I'll be teaching over at Evolution come September. *shrugs* I guess I'll go back and work on Shadow's Blade alongside that, and go back to Stronger as soon as I've got To Weather the Storm finished. (Which should be within three months, given Stronger is roughly that length and it took me about four months to complete that.)
Anyhoo. Getting sleepy here. See y'all later. :)
Nonny Blackthorne wrote at 2:09 AM
