the books I’m working on

The books I’m working on, or at least referring to in my blog these days, by initials: TB is THUNDERBIRD FALLS, the sequel to URBAN SHAMAN. (Let us not focus on the fact that in fact the initials of this should be ‘TF’; apparently ‘thunderbird’ is the important word in my mind.) This series as a whole is The Walker Papers, which probably won’t ever be referred to as TWP, but they /could/ be. Theoretically. TQB is THE QUEEN’S BASTARD. Epic fantasy. Being written on spec for a proto-editor at…

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wow, go *me*!

Okay, what Sarah gave me yesterday as an idea was *exactly, *exactly* what I needed. It’s something the reader can figure out, it’s something that Jo has an IC reason for happening that doesn’t necessarily associate with the *real* reason it’s happening, it can be used in flashes and gradually get worse, it’s *perfect*. It’s *exactly* what I needed. It’s *exactly* the kind of thing I’ve been trying to figure out for the whole book. It’s *perfect*. And now I’m burning through the wordcount, because I’m no longer hitched up…

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good grief

Didn’t go to the SinC meeting, but I did write a lot more. Another 1770 words or so, for a total of 3400 today, and I finished the 2nd chapter of TQB, which came in at 6400 words. 29 pages. I’ve written 2 chapters and it’s already 63 pages long! Ye gods. Best of all, though, I know what I’m doing with chapter 3! Ok, that was a *lot* of writing today. I think it’d bedtime now. ytd wordcount: 16,000

tired.

Tired. Only got 700 words written this morning, ’cause I got kind of stuck, but I talked to Sarah about the stuckness and she had a REALLY GOOD IDEA which will get me through it, so I’ll try to sit down and write my other 400 words at lunch. Yay! I have the coolest job in the world. :) Not the day job, that just pays the bills, but the writing job. I mean, wow. I get to sit down and write stories, if not for a living yet, at…

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