What are you working on right now?

[Juliana]

most people edit by subtracting words..i seem to be editing by adding more of them in...

That's me; I always add at the editing phase. But I underwrite the first draft, so all's peachy.

 

[ZombieWife]

Still revising the book. On draft 3 and it's getting closer. Being in school doesn't give me much time.

I just finished a short story that I'm hoping to submit to the WotF contest. Letting it sit for another month before I go back to revise.

Toying around with a fantasy romance that I might self-publish in small volumes. Pure fluff, but it's fun to write.

 

[Wo7f]

Publishing process harder than I thought, but I'm winning so far.

 

[Nick B]

29 pages of edit/rewrite done and a good start made in the opening sequence of the sequel done.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

Spelunking Cheques of The Master's Talent with some fix up of mistakes / skipped bits. Then in a few days assemble as one text, full proof read on kindle, quick fix-up and give then 1st draft to some readers.

 

[Dan Jones]

I've this week started the second novel in my epic fantasy series. Only 2 chapters and 4000 words in the first draft, but happy so far. Have already settled on a title, The Woman With Fingers Of Gold.

Specifically, I'm drawing up a seven-sibling family who are at the heart of a murder mystery, as well as fleshing out continuing storylines from book 1. Am enjoying myself

 

[Jo Zebedee]

The rewrite from hell. Again. When will I ever get it right first time?


But it's tons, tons better...

 

[Ray McCarthy]

When will I ever get it right first time?

You desire to be a god?

 

[Jo Zebedee]

You desire to be a god?

Goddess, thank you. they have more fun.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

Goddess, thank you. they have more fun.

For some reason I can hear "Ride of the Valkyries" just right now. I can just see you in the distance with setting sun glinting off your "push up" brass bustier as you wave your Goddess Sword. With the way the horse is jogging, I hope the brass outfit has internal padding.

It's like Mankind, godhood includes goddesses. Probably they can be either, depending, Or a Bull, or whatever takes their fancy. I never understood the whole bull thing. Owls made some sense.

 

[Juliana]

About 3/4 through rewrite and trying to work out some timing issues between my various POV characters. Maybe next time I should write something that spans months or years rather than a week...

 

[Jo Zebedee]

About 3/4 through rewrite and trying to work out some timing issues between my various POV characters. Maybe next time I should write something that spans months or years rather than a week...

I've always found long time spans harder to manage.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

As I progress through The Master's Talent chapter by chapter doing the simplest fix up of spelling and missing bits I'm getting depressed. My characters seem little better than generic shape paper dolls with different names written on them.

At ch 13 of 24

The story has to cover about 3 years. About 14 months of space flight time though. (Flight to jump, jump x 2, flight from jump, visit planet, flight to jump, jump x2, flight from jump).

 

[Kerrybuchanan]

There always seems to be a part where you get depressed and certain you're writing rubbish @Ray McCarthy. The hard part is working on through that hurdle to give your characters more depth and personality. Grit your teeth my friend. There is light at the end of the tunnel!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

As I progress through The Master's Talent chapter by chapter doing the simplest fix up of spelling and missing bits I'm getting depressed. My characters seem little better than generic shape paper dolls with different names written on them.

At ch 13 of 24

The story has to cover about 3 years. About 14 months of space flight time though. (Flight to jump, jump x 2, flight from jump, visit planet, flight to jump, jump x2, flight from jump).

Hugs. It takes time to flesh out, I find, especially characters.

 

[chopper]

working on a nice simple (sub)urban fantasy featuring a 60' narrowboat and decades of child abduction. what could go wrong? :/

 

[Jo Zebedee]

working on a nice simple (sub)urban fantasy featuring a 60' narrowboat and decades of child abduction. what could go wrong? :/

Don't know what narrowboating experience you have so thus might be redundant but I've narrowboated in a 58 footer a couple of times and am happy to help with research if needed. (Though i'm far from a pro)

 

[chopper]

thanks, Jo, but I've been a 'boater since the 80s and that part isn't going to be a problem. plenty of research walks coming up along the Shroppie
faerie lore, on the other hand...

 

[Jo Zebedee]

thanks, Jo, but I've been a 'boater since the 80s and that part isn't going to be a problem. plenty of research walks coming up along the Shroppie
faerie lore, on the other hand...

Oh, so jealous. If there is one thing that would tempt me to move across the water, it's the canals, and the Shroppie's right up there!
I'm also researching fairies as it happens, but it's of the Oirish variety...

 

[Juliana]

I'm also researching fairies as it happens, but it's of the Oirish variety...

I've been reading Elizabeth Bear's Blood and Iron which is (so far) a really cool fairy story... So last night I dreamt I had forgotten to add some very important details of fairy lore to my UF WIP and woke up this morning in a panic. Imagine my relief when I remembered: there are no fairies in my WIP.