October came and went with a bang.
Started a new job with that all important health insurance plus a
steady paycheck. Not a glamorous job, but one that’s also not soul
sucking. Moved into a more permanent place for the time being and
managed to get most of my crap out of the storage. Working full time
with the commute does make writing full-time at my leisure not a
viable solution. October started out pretty rough and it took some
effort to get past the bumps.
In terms of writing, it’s was a mixed
bag of promise, disappointment, and things in between. My novella,
Fire & Frost will appear in a collection of urban fantasy
stories. E-book only format for the time being, so expect that I’ll
be pimping that hard when the time comes. Most of my energy went
towards writing my novel, not at the pace I wanted, but I did hit my
goals for the most part. 29 out of 31 days involved writing in some
manner and I found a good routine in the morning and evening.
Submitted two short stories, one of which has been rejected already.
Disappointing, but there’s other opportunities that I’m
investigating.
November is National Novel Writing
Month. I’m getting back on the horse for the ninth time and
shooting for a seventh win. I have a lot of motivation to complete
the novel and since it’s more than the 50k word count, I could even
get into the books two of the series. I have found myself going back
and adding scenes to chapters one and two, while working on chapter
three. I've blocked out scenes in chapters four and five that have
come to mind in the process. Chapter six is still a blank slate but
that will change once I get a feel for how chapter five resolves
itself.
Other than the novel, I've got two
short stories in process plus the edits on my Fossil Lake II story.
I’m going deep instead of wide for the next few months but expect a
few side projects along the way. Feeling good about hitting goals and
keeping ahead of the curve in terms of writing this month. Full steam
ahead and no looking back.
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