Posted in Real Life, writing, tagged e-publishing, fantasy, first drafts, Real Life, series, writing on November 27, 2016| 2 Comments »
Somehow, I always set myself up for this. A long weekend comes along and I start thinking about all the writing I’ll get done. Well, of course, it never works out quite like I’d planned. Especially this time of year.
Still, I’ve accomplished quite a lot. And had a nice time with family, too. So I’m going to be happy with that. And try to remember to adjust my expectations next time. (Though don’t hold your breath on that one.)
Posted in writing, tagged e-publishing, fantasy, first drafts, Multiple Projects, Real Life, revisions, rewrites, sequels, series, Writer's Block, writing on April 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Not yet. But as of next week, I’ll have three writing projects in process.
The first revisions of WAR OF MAGIC,
which will be my primary project. The rewrite of MAGE STORM. And the first draft of BECOME.
That should be interesting.
Both BECOME and MAGE STORM have been significantly delayed by a whole lot of real-life administrative stuff I’ve had to deal with lately. It’s not writer’s block, but it almost might as well be. Hopefully, I can get that all out of the way before it’s time to get serious about revisions on WAR OF MAGIC.
Posted in Real Life, writing, tagged e-publishing, fantasy, first drafts, Multiple Projects, Real Life, rewrites, series, writing on April 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Because writing and making up stories is part of who I am, nothing can keep me from it for long. So . . . yeah, I’m back working on MAGE STORM. And a little bit on BECOME.
And on Plan B for the other issue. Because there’s never just one way to solve a problem.
Forward.
Posted in Real Life, tagged Real Life, Writer's Block on April 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes real life just sucks all the creativity out of you. I thought I’d gotten a handle on things. Friday that blew up. And I’m finding it very difficult to concentrate on writing anything right now.
Posted in Real Life, writing, tagged e-publishing, fantasy, first drafts, Multiple Projects, Real Life, sequels, series, writing on January 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Well, not quite. There’s still a lot of Christmas stuff to put back up, though the big stuff is taken care of. And one more family celebration.
But tomorrow I have to go back to work after two weeks off and that’s been messing with my mind today. Funny how, just as I start to sleep in, it’s time to set the alarm again. That, and they’re promising a week of unpleasant weather, to boot. Couldn’t have happened this week when I didn’t have to go anywhere but grocery shopping once.
Add to that I upgraded my PC to Windows 10 last night, which turned out to be more involved than I expected. It was one of the too-many things I’d had on my list to take care of while I was off so I figured I’d take care of it. I was prepared for the change to cause problems with some of my non-Microsoft applications. Never expected it to mess with Microsoft Office, though. That took a little time–and considerable angst–to work out. Oddly, so far all of the non-Microsoft products appear to be unaffected. Not that I’ve tried them all.
Nevertheless, I have managed to get some writing on WAR OF MAGIC done anyway.
I’m really going to try to have this draft finished by the end of the month. No promises, though.
Posted in Real Life, tagged Real Life on December 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Well, real life has a way of intruding on the best writing intentions. It appears my refrigerator has decided to die. Therefore, everything else that isn’t essential–including, unfortunately, writing–is on hold while I try to find a refrigerator I can afford.
Even this brief post is a day late.
Wish me luck.
Posted in writing, tagged e-publishing, fantasy, first drafts, Real Life, sequels, series, writing on November 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I had visions of hours of writing because . . . five-day weekend. I didn’t allow for reality. Reality won.
Yeah. Didn’t allow for the “holiday” part of holiday weekend. Still, writing is getting done. I’m at a very interesting part of the story, now. It’s just not as much writing as I’d hoped for.
Posted in Real Life, writing, tagged e-publishing, fantasy, first drafts, Real Life, sequels, series, writing on November 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
It’s a good thing I’m not officially doing NaNoWriMo, because I’m pretty sure I don’t stand a chance of getting 50,000 words done in the month of November.
Sometimes that’s because I’ve got a difficult (for me) part to write, like that first sea battle I’ve ever attempted. Sometimes it’s because real life interferes, like the week, almost, when my energies went more into dealing with car issues stemming from recalls. (Don’t get me started on that one.) And then, of course, we’ve got Thanksgiving coming up, too.
But that doesn’t mean it’s been a total loss. So there’ve been relatively few days I’ve made the goal of 1667 words a day. I’ve been making slow, but steady progress. And I’m now more than a third through the first draft half-way through the month. It’s been well worth it and I’m going to make every attempt to keep it up, even into December. I’d really love to finish this first draft by or in January.
Posted in Real Life, writing, tagged Real Life on November 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Every once in a while, it’s necessary to take a day just to let the creativity wells recharge. I hadn’t really planned to take one today.
Then again, I hadn’t planned to be woken–very rudely–at o’ dark something this morning–on my day off–by my cat.
It seems to have disrupted the rest of the day. So, recharge.
Posted in writing, tagged e-publishing, fantasy, first drafts, Real Life, sequels, series, writing on November 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I’ll say this for doing NaNoWriMo–even unofficially: it’s helped me build momentum in WAR OF MAGIC.
Especially through some tricky parts. I’d never written a naval battle–well, a battle between attacking ships and a moderately fortified city, anyway. I’m sure that my competitive spirit and trying to keep up with something remotely like the NaNo pace helped me get through that faster.
Not that I’m remotely close to the pace necessary to complete 50,000 words in a month–yet. But I am definitely building momentum in spite of a few real life issues that might have derailed me otherwise.
I’ve also got a pretty good plan–as much as a discovery writer plans ahead, anyway–for the next ten or so chapters. That should help.
Meredith Mansfield, Author 