{"id":450,"date":"2011-06-06T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/blog\/?p=450"},"modified":"2011-06-06T15:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T15:50:00","slug":"editing-designing-and-actually-some-relaxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/06\/editing-designing-and-actually-some-relaxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Editing, designing, and actually some relaxing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been scatterbrained all week because I’m really absorbed in playing Assassins Creed: Brotherhood at the moment. Since my original PlayStation 3 went kaput with the red light of death post software update (and Sony denies that it could possibly have anything to do with that) and I had to get a new one, I wanted to play a game that I hadn’t started and lost the data for. AC: Brotherhood was that game. I think I’ll definitely end up re-playing the second Assassin’s Creed game too as I loved that one to pieces, and playing this one has opened a deep desire to play that one too.<\/p>\n

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I have managed to get some progress done on my second draft of Her Guardian Angel<\/b>. The edit is coming along really well but I want to get it finished this week because I’m away on holiday for a few days next week. I don’t want to lose my flow with the story and know that I will if I suddenly have a break at such a critical moment. I have around 60 more pages to edit, but that includes beefing up a few scenes, and adding in a completely new scene to the ending to really magnify it and make it end on a more dramatic and satisfying conclusion. I can’t see it taking me too long to get it done, and I think I can definitely get it done this week if I’m good and can resist the lure of AC: Brotherhood long enough to actually get some decent work done.<\/p>\n

I still haven’t decided whether I’ll be writing another story in this series. I need to weigh up everything I want to get done for next year and see if I have room for it, and see if there’s enough interest in the series when Her Guardian Angel<\/b> hits virtual shelves. If there’s a good response to this novel, then I might write another novel in the series.<\/p>\n

Aside from editing, I’ve been busy adding a new section to my website. I have a fun stuff section back in place now. At the moment, there’s just some computer desktop calendar wallpapers there. I’ll be adding more stuff as it comes to me. You can find it in the main menu of my website under the heading Goodies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve been busily writing down notes this week too, mostly for stories in the Hades’ Boys<\/i> series, Vampires Realm<\/i> series, or Shadow & Light Trilogy<\/i>. I’m hoping to get some more books written for the latter two series soon, and also get the Hades’ Boys<\/i> series started.<\/p>\n

Part of my preparation for writing this new series, and continuing my writing in general, comes in the form of four new books that I purchased last week. I’ll review them here when I’m done with them and let everyone know what I thought about them, and whether I think they’re any good as tools in a writer’s toolbox. Here’s a list of the ones I’ve bought:<\/p>\n

Characters and Viewpoint <\/b>by Orson Scott Card
Beginnings, Middles and Ends<\/b> by Nancy Kress
20 Master Plots and how to build them<\/b> by Ronald B Tobias
What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers<\/b> by Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter<\/p>\n

I’m mostly interested in the first two books at the moment. I also want to re-read some of my books that I love and keep on my shelves. Most of them are in the Write Great Fiction<\/i> range and are really useful and insightful. I’ve learned plenty from them.<\/p>\n

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I think I’m going to read the first two books on this list before I write Masquerade<\/b>, my next Vampires Realm<\/i> novel\/novella.<\/p>\n

In other news, I’ve been busy formatting all the files for Forbidden Blood<\/b>‘s release on June 18th. It’s going to be a manic release weekend for me as I’m away in Istanbul just before it and won’t have much time to prepare for the release. I’m hoping to get Forbidden Blood<\/b> added to Smashwords and Amazon just before I go, so it should be available for purchase at those sites a few days before its official release. Not long now. I hope you’ve all been enjoying the sneak preview chapters of this book, and that you’ll rush out to buy it. It’s going to be a great new series for me. I’m debating whether to set up a mini-site for the series, a little like my Vampires Realm<\/i> website.<\/p>\n

That’s all from me for now. Excuse any typos as I’m tired and it’s cold in my office today, which makes typing difficult… and I really need to crack on with my work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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