What are you working on right now?

abrucestewart said:
Yeah, I know that feeling! I am quite torn between funding a decent version of my novel and self-publishing, or sending it to publishers; I guess if my beta-readers love it, then I'll send it on to the publishers, and if they kinda-don't I'll self-publish as there'll be someone out there who'll want to read it. Or am I being really gauche and naive? Of course, if they hate it then it goes in the round filing cabinet!:cry:
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My rule of thumb is pretty simple - if my beta readers (and my editor) don't love it, it doesn't go out, in any format. Sp because a book isn't good enough to publish is something that sets my teeth on edge - it's what gives sp a bad name for quality.

Anyhow, here we go:

Teardrops in the Sky on its first round of agent submissions. We'll see.
Abendau's Legacy, just had a big revision and tighten and now away to the editor for review at some point
Galaxy of Flowers - currently being redrafted to novella length to submit to Tor.
Waters and The Wild has a publisher's edit to do but is being left to July. It's not a huge edit, so should be straightforward.
Short story around some of the themes in Inish Carraig to be started soon (I thought I might have fun and show the alien invasion)
Short story on something scary to be done by the end of July.

I'm hoping, in the autumn, to have more cleared shelves and get to my new fantasy duology in earnest.
 
Shakes head, and not for the first time. So Jo, you don't need sleep then? Massive work load. And you're going to coach as well? You've got a time machine. Yeah,that's it. A time machine. Sneaky.
 
Droflet said:
Shakes head, and not for the first time. So Jo, you don't need sleep then? Massive work load. And you're going to coach as well? You've got a time machine. Yeah,that's it. A time machine. Sneaky.
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Yes, a time machine. It must be the answer, Droflet. I've had my suspicions for some time.
 
Droflet said:
Shakes head, and not for the first time. So Jo, you don't need sleep then? Massive work load. And you're going to coach as well? You've got a time machine. Yeah,that's it. A time machine. Sneaky.
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And hopefully do some teaching around writing (more when I know for sure.)

The coaching - I've just started a coach-to-write business, basically offering developmental coaching to anyone who's stuck and could do with some help finding direction to their goal. I wonder should I post a thread on the Chrons? I don't expect to get much work from it, but perhaps enough to reduce some of my non-writing work a little. :)
 
It sounds like a great idea for a part-time business, Jo. I think/hope people here would be interested. Personally, if I can make up my mind to try to finish any of the pieces I've worked up, I would be thrilled to have your counsel. I know for myself it might be the one way I'd ever finish anything...if I had deadlines, and someone else who was waiting on that deadline, I'd be much more likely to actually work at writing (I'm doing nothing right now...lazy-lazy me; would you have to tailor your approach to the individual...crack that whip on lazy slugs like me??:)).
But best of luck with this, CC
 
Hand of Glory with the copy editor. :eek:
Christmas short story to finish this week.
WIP Stoneman Green to work on.
Another short story to work on deadline end of the month.
WIP Catnip(working title) to work on.
Ideas folder to sort out.
Old novels to look at to see if they could actually be made to make sense.

The Christmas story in the most important.
 
Cat's Cradle said:
It sounds like a great idea for a part-time business, Jo. I think/hope people here would be interested. Personally, if I can make up my mind to try to finish any of the pieces I've worked up, I would be thrilled to have your counsel. I know for myself it might be the one way I'd ever finish anything...if I had deadlines, and someone else who was waiting on that deadline, I'd be much more likely to actually work at writing (I'm doing nothing right now...lazy-lazy me; would you have to tailor your approach to the individual...crack that whip on lazy slugs like me??:)).
But best of luck with this, CC
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I won't derail this thread (I'll go start another) but that's exactly what the process is for, helping an individual achieve their goals - and, yes, it is tailored. In fact, it's led by the person being coached. (It can also be done on a group basis but I think, for writing, individual would be more effective.)
 
Working on going through my novel, and trying to clean it up for beta readers. I am about a quarter way through it so far.

I have Kraxon stories to finish up, and hope to write something for Tickety Boo's Roswell, if I come up with an idea worthy of a story.
 
You lot make my to do for this week look easy. Six pieces I'm beta/editing for others and a third more on the first draft.
I'm fairly certain I've missed something though, it didn't make it to the todo, so that'll annoy me on Friday.
 
Wow I can't believe it's been over a year since I've been here. So much has happened.
I dropped 50,000 words of my first attempt at a novel and the new version feel so much better. It would have been a nightmare to edit the first draft.
Also, just self published a short story with some friends, does having an ISBN number mean I'm "published"? I don't know.

So yeah it's back onto the wagon and getting more chapter of my sci-fi done and as a side project continueing with a continuation of the aforementioned short story.
 
Started the slog of listening to the latest version in the robotic voice on my old style Kindle, pausing it and rewriting - so far I'm not finding typos etc, but some paragraphs just stand out more as needing a rewrite.
 
Working on two stories at once for a collection (I hope). Meant both to be long short stories or novelettes, but I think they're both moving into novella range. Now I'm worrying bout the collection size! Well, anyway, looks like both will be done around the same time. Soon.
 
Actually shelve my previous post, I've decided to create my own story writing application. The software out there just isn't making the grade.
 
I'm nearing the end of my 1760s strand and so am researching for the 1349 strand of Sour Ground which I'm looking forward to. I've really grown to love Josiah and Nestor, but it's time to give Shielde and Cryer some time now. I've completely changed the 1349 story from what it was of a farmer's guild (anachronistic) to a 'Hocktide Jury'... (I didn't know Hocktide celebrations were arranged by several men so it was more serendipty). Now I have my Constable, my town cryer, two ale tasters, etc etc, I'm delighted to still have seven people to kill. :D

I expect to have finished 1760s by mid-July and will then begin with the 1349 era...

I'm still reading How to be a Victorian so Richard (or Evie, if I change gender which I probably will) will have to wait.

pH
 
Currently working on my first novel. Hard SF in the flavor of Mass Effect/Firefly/Cowboy Bebop, mostly writing just to test myself and see if I can follow through to the end. ~12k words in, and my plot outline has long since started to fall away as I let the characters lead me where they should go. It's a bit unnerving not having any real clue where I might end up, but the lack of control is also somewhat freeing too, if that makes any sense.
 
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