Sunday, February 27, 2011
Are You Done Yet?
"Are you done yet?" I'm getting that question almost daily from my Eaters: The Beginning beta readers. They want to know if I've finished the sequel, because they are anxious to read it. My goal for the ROW80 challenge was to finish Eaters: Dark Journey by around the end of February or early March-ish. I'm going to stop saying, "I may finish tonight or by the end of the weekend", because this novella is turning out to be longer than I anticipated. I'm good at starting with a hazy idea of point A and point Z, but filling in all that in between in a logical and suspenseful manner takes time and thought. I've nearly hit 31K on this one, so far. (Eaters I was only 2/3 that length.) I don't know for sure how much I have to wrap this up, but it's really nice to be on the home stretch. Writing one of the final scenes late last night, I told my husband, that "I'm creeping myself out." Hopefully, Eaters: Dark Journey will happily creep out a few readers as well.
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a novel no less!! these peices of writing have lives all of their own - good luck next week
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read the sequel! Seriously. I loved Eaters and The Gardener. I'm so glad you decided to go the indie route!
ReplyDeleteOf course the in between stuff is hard. Otherwise everyone would do it. It'll come to you when you least expect it. And, nice on creeping yourself out. Good sign you're on the right track.
ReplyDeleteThanks albertaross, lauralynn, and Andrew! I would not be published at all without the help of good friends :) It's creepy right now. I always wonder what those noises are downstairs when everyone, including the animals, are upstairs. Sounds like something small being dropped on the wood floor. Fodder for my next ghost story...
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