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Beginnings Are–Still–Hard

Posted in writing, tagged , , , , on April 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I did write yesterday. I have not written anything–yet–today. I still might.

I’ve come to the conclusion that it is just–or, at least, mostly–that I’m still finding my way into this story. A story that is not the one I had expected or prepared to be writing at this time. There are things I just need to figure out, still. And, since I don’t have any momentum built up yet, it’s hard to visualize the next scene so that I can write it. That will change with progress–and time spent just thinking about the story. Which I have done today.

I have to keep reminding myself that this is a first draft. It doesn’t have to be perfect–or even good. It just has to get the story out where I can fix it.

I may decide to skip ahead–something I don’t usually like to do–to write a scene or two with characters from the first books–characters I already know–in order to get things moving along better. We’ll see.

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Late Again

Posted in writing, tagged , , , , on April 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I’m late posting this again today. But this time it was intentional–well, I didn’t mean for it to be this late, but . . . .

I’d set aside time to write this afternoon and I did plan to write this post afterward, so it was intentional to that extent. It didn’t end up being hours of uninterrupted writing. That would likely have been too much to hope for. But I did write. I finished the scene I was working on. And I’m pleased with that level of progress for now.

One step at a time. Forward.

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Habits

Posted in writing, tagged , , , , , , on March 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I’m late getting this posted. Another habit I need to work on. In my defense, now that things are finally drying out, there’s an awful lot of yard work to be done.

Bad habits may be hard to break, but good habits are just as hard to re-establish. Prioritizing my writing will be a process, but I am writing.

I know I’ve said before that I only really get ideas when I’m writing. Bit of a Catch-22, that. But I proved it again today, when I had an idea about what may be at the root of at least some of the writer’s block on MAGE STORM

Mage Storm

I’d been trying to just expand on the story I already had written, but I’m very much afraid that’s not going to work. I think part, at least, of what’s been bothering me is that my characters–Rell, who was the only POV character in the earlier versions of MAGE STORM and Katria, whose getting almost equal POV in this one–aren’t matching up the way they should, based on where the story is going to go.

Katria is way more mature than Rell. In part, that’s okay. She’s the oldest girl in her family and, when we first meet her, has the responsibility of looking after her younger siblings. And Rell is the youngest in his family. So some disparity at the beginning is all right. But . . . yeah, I think I’m going to have to really do a rewrite, not just a very heavy revision. Just, start with a clean page–allowing myself to go back and look at what I already wrote, of course, but doing it fresh.

Well, DAUGHTER OF THE REBEL MAGE is on deck, now. And I need to just keep working, rebuilding those writing habits.

 

 

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Habits

Posted in writing, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Not much progress to report. Partly, that’s because I’ve had other things that needed to be done. But, partly, it’s because over the course of this writer’s block, I’ve lost the habits of prioritizing my writing.

However, recognizing the problem is the first step. So . . . forward.

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#Am Writing

Posted in writing, tagged , , , , on March 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Well, at least a little. Too soon to tell if I’ll be able to build up any momentum, since I’m still on the Prologue. Fingers crossed.

This is the Cinderella retelling (sort of) recast in the same world as DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED KING.

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Current title: Daughter of the Rebel Mage.

Wish me luck.

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Have I Started Writing Again, Yet?

Posted in writing, tagged , , , , on March 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Um . . . kinda, sorta.

I haven’t actually started on any novel, but I have been writing out a bit of the backstory for Daughter of the Secret Mage. It’s mostly stuff that will likely never make it into the novel, but that I need to know so I can get to the starting point.

Also trying to think out at least some of the major plot points. Not an outline. I’m a discovery writer. More of a couple of sign posts so I don’t go wandering off too far into the weeds.

Maybe, maybe something will break loose, soon. Sure hope so.

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Map

Posted in writing, tagged , , , , on March 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »

So, I decided I needed to re-read DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED KING.

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(Is it bad that I enjoyed it?) And make a map before I could move forward with thinking about a sequel.

 

Children of Power Map

This map isn’t perfect. And you can see I haven’t gotten around to putting the names on it. But it is as good as it’s going to get for now, because anything more would just be fooling around with the map instead of trying to write anything.

We’ll see if this breaks the log jam.

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Maybe . . . Almost

Posted in writing, tagged , , , , , on March 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I’ve been thinking about that different take on the Cinderella story that might just fit into the same world as DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED KING.

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I might just be getting ready to take a stab at writing it, because, at this point, that’s the only way the rest of the ideas are going to flow.

But, I’ve realized I’m going to have to do a map. I didn’t have one for DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED KING, but I’m going to need one now. And, before I can make a map, I need to reread DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED KING so I can remember where everything is supposed to be. And how many days by coach it was supposed to take to get from one to the other.

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Stuff

Posted in Real Life, writing, tagged , , , , on March 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I’ve been doing some thinking about that Cinderella story potentially set in the same world as DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED KING. I think it might be titled DAUGHTER OF THE SECRET MAGE or something similar, if it works.

If it works, this will become a series centered around saving the world–or this corner of it–but not around the same cast of characters. The main characters of DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED KING would be only side characters, perhaps mentors, in this book. And so on for, perhaps, three or four books.

Also, I think I may need to reread DAUGHTER OF THE DISGRACED KING before I actually start anything.

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But thinking is all I’m doing right now. I have several things to figure out if I hope to make this work. Also, there is just too much real life stuff going on. I thought March would have to be better than February that way. Sometimes, when you hope for something like that, the universe laughs evilly and sets out to prove you wrong.

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Progress of a Sort

Posted in writing, tagged , , , , , , on March 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I’ve started writing the prologue to WILD MAGE, the sequel to MAGE STORM.

Mage Storm

I’m not sure yet if this is actually going to resuscitate my enthusiasm for MAGE STORM, but at least it’s writing.

I’m pretty sure what I’ve written so far is going to turn out to be more like an extended outline that I’m going to have to flesh out more, because right now it’s just back story. And if that’s really needed, then at least some of it is going to have to be SHOWN, not TOLD.

But, like I said, at least it’s writing. Maybe it’ll get me out of this writer’s block. Or else, I’ll have to try writing something else entirely. There are other stories waiting in the wings. One of them just has to start scratching at the back of my brain for attention. None of them have done that yet.

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