What are you working on right now?

Up to 50,000 words on THE DRAGON MISTRESS now. Very pleased with my progress so far. Hoping I can maintain the pace for most of the rest of the year. Hoping to have this rough draft all wrapped up by the first week of January, but we'll see.

On a side note, I'm curious about my main character's name. How would you pronounce Alysha?

A-lee-sha

or

A-li-sha?
 
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Working on the first draft of the third part of the trilogy right now. Very exciting bit. Might have a character's nose bitten off. Not decided yet.
 
I recently went back to a fantasy I've put off for years. I brainstormed and jotted down notes for it over time but now I'm committed to it. I've been filling in the grey areas and developing the world for the past two months or so nonstop. Something new is always being added or amended. It's such a fun experience. Also, I've been researching via YouTube as well.

I have been considering writing some short stories as well.

A co-worker of mine told me he asks himself a question when it comes to reading. He says he asks himself "what don't I know about yet?" That's his motivation for reading. I'm following suite.
 
I recently went back to a fantasy I've put off for years. I brainstormed and jotted down notes for it over time but now I'm committed to it. I've been filling in the grey areas and developing the world for the past two months or so nonstop. Something new is always being added or amended. It's such a fun experience. Also, I've been researching via YouTube as well.

I have been considering writing some short stories as well.

A co-worker of mine told me he asks himself a question when it comes to reading. He says he asks himself "what don't I know about yet?" That's his motivation for reading. I'm following suite.
Finally finished the third unpublished Thumar novel. It hit 1002 pages before the glossary and character list. I did not intend to have it grow this big at the onset, but it grew into what it is. I'm thinking that when I get to this one, I'll split it into two books. Any thoughts on this?

Should start the (hopefully) final edit of book one. Now I am going through the second one, changing the tense from first person to third person.
 
Finally finished the third unpublished Thumar novel. It hit 1002 pages before the glossary and character list. I did not intend to have it grow this big at the onset, but it grew into what it is. I'm thinking that when I get to this one, I'll split it into two books. Any thoughts on this?

Should start the (hopefully) final edit of book one. Now I am going through the second one, changing the tense from first person to third person.
Whew! That grew into quite a brick! Not that I'd mind. Some of my favorite reads are massive tomes. Makes it easier to forget the inevitable loss felt at the end when you no longer spend time with those characters. I guess it depends on whether you think it holds up better as one comprehensive piece, or can handle the probable cliffhanger at the end of the first half.

Either way, congrats!
 
Any thoughts on this?
Yes. apologies, in a rush to get ready for work so this will be quick...
1. Provide word counts rather than page counts. Page counts can vary, e.g. font size, gutter, margins, line spacing, A4 or paperback size. If, for example, it's in manuscript format (ie double line spacing) then that makes a helluva difference.

2. apologies if you know, but splitting a book in 2 isn't straightforward. If you split it in half then the traditional beginning-middle-end is gone, and you've just got a beginning and a bit of a middle, i.e. no climax at the end, no resolution. That's likely to put anyone off as a reader, because reading a book with no ending is not fun.
It can be done, of course, but it's unlikely to be a simple/quick process. Of course, your story may lend itself to being told in 2 parts with a bit of tweaking so it isn't necessarily a massive chore either.

A longer third volume isn't necessarily bad, but it kind of depends on the other books and their respective word counts (i.e. 10 times longer than volume 2 might not work).
 
Up to 50,000 words on THE DRAGON MISTRESS now. Very pleased with my progress so far. Hoping I can maintain the pace for most of the rest of the year. Hoping to have this rough draft all wrapped up by the first week of January, but we'll see.

On a side note, I'm curious about my main character's name. How would you pronounce Alysha?

A-lee-sha

or

A-li-sha?

Well done on your progress.
I would also have pronounced it A-lee-sha
 
with a slight left turn I'm now writing a submission for the 4th Spectral Book of Horror Stories. I like it but I hope it's right for them (Obvs!)

after that...I have an anthology to get out for Alternative Realities which is sat waiting for me to sort formatting etc. Then I need to return to my own stuff and get out a free collection of short stories I've been promising subscribers to my newsletter for like 3 months...I got edits back from the editor at the weekend...so that'll be me submerged for a bit.

then after that, I've got to approve the second Oligarchy book and THEN start writing book number 2 in the Fox's Hope series for Ticketyboo.

It's a bit overwhelming when out on paper.
 
Finished work on the possible short story anthology. 82,000 words, so not too bad.

It's been a bit of an eye-opener reading all these diverse stories in one go. I see themes that I'd not noticed before… braziers, music and flautists, and lots of African references. Also a kind of 'neon-surreality' that I begin to notice now even in my SF - Palestinian Sweets for instance.

Hope it gets published.
 
I'm working on Sleepy Grove for NaNo. Word count for month is just under 32,000, and SG is 27,000 of that. I'm just about past the point in the plot where Id' ended my first draft that I'm totally rewriting, and looking forward to letting loose even more.
 
Having seen that market forces may well be coming into play, I've moved up the sequel to Unfathomed. I'm currently 10K in and really happy with the direction its going.
 
Seriously considering shelving SG. It's evolving into a wholly different story than the Gothic horror I wanted. Thing is, I don't know what else I want to write.

Yes, move on to something different. I first had the ideas for THE CURSED MAN and THE DRAGON MISTRESS maybe about 4 years ago. It's only this year that I decided to sit down and write them, after they had had time to coalesce in my mind.
 
Passed the 30K mark for Sleepy Grove, and have hit the 36,000 mark for the month. I will be hitting the NaNo target again this year (I have to keep telling myself this)
 
Rebellling on NaNo so doing the 1 hour editing = 1K words thing, and have gone over the 50K as of yesterday but still motoring as I'm only just under half way through the novel on this editing round.
 
Finished work on the possible short story anthology. 82,000 words, so not too bad.

It's been a bit of an eye-opener reading all these diverse stories in one go. I see themes that I'd not noticed before… braziers, music and flautists, and lots of African references. Also a kind of 'neon-surreality' that I begin to notice now even in my SF - Palestinian Sweets for instance.

Hope it gets published.

This inspired me to take a quick retrospective look...93k in Mythaxis stories and you're right, re-reading them in one go does throw up themes. For me it tends to be synthetic personalities (not just AI), retro-noir and a fondness for flawed main characters.
 

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