Hi everyone, I’ve got this need to change things up.
You see I’ve being doing these memoirs for a long time now, and I feel after
everything else that I’ve changed that this is out-dated.
So instead I’m going to take this time, once a
fortnight to talk about my books.
It basically means that instead of me doing my
monthly rap-up I’m going to talk about it in fortnight snippets.
It will also hold information and just random things
I need to talk about regarding the books and where there going. I need that
outlet, only I’m going to hopefully do this a little better, and in a way
that’s enjoyable for everyone, since I feel the way I’m doing now needs more
information behind it.
But mostly I’m not going to put in numbers. Or at
least that’s the thinking, but it will also give me a chance, every 2 weeks to
take a break and look at where I’m sitting and what I defiantly need doing.
Let’s see if this helps me, because the other way
just seems to be work, and therefore isn’t helping one bit.
So firstly, the beginning of this month was horrid.
I basically didn’t nothing.
I wrote one short story for Moonlit
Wolves series, as well as started a read through on book 5: A Werewolf’s Howl to see if I can clean up
some of the sentencing, because it’s one of my (many) things I’m crap at and
the kind editors and proofers at extasybooks are trying to help me fix.
The short story is a little on Tim’s nightmares
which he’s been having since… well you read the book and find out (he, like my
throw at promo) I originally had the 7 boys sitting in the lounge room telling
how they became…. Yeah, I don’t think I should be talking about this, as it
will spoil everything for the next couple of books.
Anyway, what I wrote wasn’t bad, but what was there
is screaming for an actual story of it’s
own, rather than them talking about it. So it’s on the back burner.
I’ve been considering writing an ‘ending’ to book 1, I don’t really like the idea, and it would
be a short story, because to me there isn’t anything all that interesting
between when that story let off and when we meet up with them again in book 2. But if it’s something that you all really
want, and I’m allowed by extasybooks, I’ll write it for my birthday or
something. It will be rough, and it won’t go anywhere near the book until the
contract is over.
Tell me if you want it or not, because if no one
says anything I’m not writing it. I like that there’s possibilities and maybe
in book 7 you’ll understand more about it,
or at least, about Jex and how he was raised.
I’ve started editing on Love
without Knowing it, which is the first book in my Movember series (series name pending, I need to
make sure it’s not trademarked). I ended up taking out pretty much the end of
the last chapter and instead giving it an epilogue, which is the first one I’ve
ever written.
Update: We have had some slight delays with this
one, as for a pending death. It’s not that we are or were ever in a rush as
this book doesn’t come out until the 1st of November, no exception,
and so we have time. But I’d have like to have gotten it all over with before
Uni started back up again.
Sigh. Shit happened, and we can either take a breath
and deal with it or drown. I prefer the first option.
Oh, and I’ve started No Biggy,
Its Just a Kiss, which is going to be a little longer than I originally
thought it would be (so 6-10k rather than 2k)
Anyway, this story is going to be YA, or at least YA
with Adult themes, because he’s 16 and it’s a ‘coming out’ story, with him
realising that being gay doesn’t mean camp.
Anyway, I like the idea, but I’m getting clogged
‘cause it’s got potential, as well as a lot of different roads he can run down,
with a different person on each and they all
want to be in the story I’m having trouble starting. But no matter where or how
he goes he’s always hit the same end and that end is still a little fuzzy, but
what I’m getting is coming kinda needs to be shown to me before we start or I
won’t be able to put in the details.
Okay, so it’s actually Friday now, and I can safely
say that I have done nothing but what’s written above.
I have completely finished re-reading book 5, and it’s off to the editor, but since that
book doesn’t come out until May there’s no rush.
I’m going to do the same with the start of book 6 and I’ve been thinking on it’s lameness and
things have circled and it looks that this might actually get a backbone. Since
there’s at least one shit storm that needs to happen if I want the book to make
any sense or be anything other than a pile of shit.
My thoughts have just started up against with No Biggy, mostly because I’ve decided that once book 6 is done I’m taking a break and writing that
one. but I’m already doubting that I can actually write this book in the way it
needs to be written as I hope I’m not just writing another of the many coming
out stories the world already has. But I’m not sure, with what I know (it’s not
a lot) it’s a bit different, in the scene of why he doesn’t want to be gay,
though he clearly can’t stop himself.
I think that’s it. I’d like to say that I will have
at least started book 6 re-read by the time
you’re reading this, but I don’t think I will be. I’m actually tossing the idea
of crying tonight, rather than leave it until I can’t hold it in anymore.
The fact is, I haven’t cried for over 3 months, and
yeah, it’s not that odd, but in that same time, I have had my Grandad die,
learnt of my mother’s cancer and now my Gran’s going to (or has), which is a
lot to grieve about and I haven’t.
I have this thing in my mind that maybe my blocks
and problems in general are because I haven’t let myself cry, and I mean really
cry so I’m leaning more towards reading a book that will make me.
Only I don’t wanna. Not because I don’t wanna cry (I
don’t) but because the books I have that are destined to make me cry are like halfway
down my WANNA READ list and whenever I pick up my iPad I just wanna read those
on top.
So it’s not helpful in any way.
Anyway, I guess we’ll find out next fortnight.
Thanks for listening
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