Writing this week has been like pulling teeth, wisdom teeth in fact. It’s been slow, painful, and downright tiring. It took me a while on and off to write the final 8500 words for Her Fallen Angel<\/b>. I had wanted to have it done by Tuesday but that rolled into Wednesday, and I finally finished it Wednesday lunchtime. I was severely relieved!<\/p>\n
It’s not the story that was the problem. I was just so tired this week and didn’t have the energy to write. I blame the clock change to British Summer Time. I lost that hour and then it was like waking up at 5am for work even though it was 6… it was all dark and grim… and wet and cold… I kept sneaking time in to read snippets of Forbidden Blood<\/b> and Heart of Darkness<\/b> instead. In other words, I procrastinated. Rather badly.<\/p>\n
But still, the first draft of Her Fallen Angel<\/b> is now complete at 28,500 words and I’m pleased with it. I had to fiddle with the final chapter to get it satisfactory, but I got there in the end.<\/p>\n
I need to plot out Her Warrior Angel<\/b> now, which I’ll start writing in a couple of months because my schedule is rather hectic at the moment.<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
Because I’m desperately trying to clear my backlog of books for editing and proofing. At the moment, Forbidden Blood<\/b> is resting. A friend of mine (male) is reading it as he likes to find all my mistakes for me, and generally give me feedback. I think he just likes seeing it before others and while it’s still evolving into a final draft. Perhaps it makes him feel involved and like an insider. Who knows. It’s helpful anyway so I’m not complaining.<\/p>\n
I’ve also decided to edit down Love Immortal<\/b>. A test run yesterday showed that I could chop around 18,000 words off it, bringing it down to a more reasonable 140,000 words. It’ll take me around 3 weeks but I think it will be worth it in the long run as it should improve the books chances of being published, and ultimately I think this story deserves it and I’ve put a lot of time and effort into it, so I want to see it out there on shelves.<\/p>\n
I would also like to get the second draft of Ascension <\/b>done before I go away on holiday at the end of May. That way, I can take it with me, along with Forbidden Blood<\/b>, as paperbacks to read on the plane when I tire of movies. There’s no rest for the wicked. I edited Love Immortal<\/b> in paperback when I was on holiday in Japan last year. Ah, the writer’s life. You squeeze it in wherever you can!<\/p>\n
Of course, when I get back, I’ll have polishes to do and the second draft of Heart of Darkness<\/b> and Her Fallen Angel<\/b>… and it never ends.<\/p>\n
I’m off to watch some telly, drink some tea, and eat some chocolate before shoehorning in some editing time on Love Immortal<\/b>.<\/p>\n
All this effort… one day an agent better request more of my book!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Writing this week has been like pulling teeth, wisdom teeth in fact. It’s been slow, painful, and downright tiring. It took me a while on and off to write the final 8500 words for Her Fallen Angel. I had wanted … Continue reading