The first scene — about a thousand words — are done on Ch. 18 of SOTM. I’m going to take some time out to do a content read for another author, and then take a look at where I left off on Lowborn to see if I’m ready to dive into that.
Still waiting for word from Roust that he’s back up and running. I’ll try to keep you updated on his status, as it’s critical to getting the next chapter of SOTM posted.
Started on Ch. 18 of SOTM this morning. Just a little beginning of a scene to get the file established so far, but it is moving. Probably finish at least this scene a little later today.
I think I’m going to pick up on Lowborn after that, though. Have to see if it’s flowing for me. As I’ve said before, I’d really like to finish this one and start posting it. That’s going to be a month worth of having my name out there, even if I post two chapters a week ( which I’m seriously considering )
Got a little caught up in writing a story in my third name *laugh* It’s still not done, but I’m going to work on either the edit of SOTM 16 tonight, or finish that scene in 17 so I can start on 18 — I promise.
Until Roust is back up and running, I’m not likely to post anything, anyway. I don’t do all that bad, but Roust catches just enough that I sit and stare at, wondering how in the hell I made a mistake so stupid without catching it in my final reads and grammar checks.
I’d planned to do all sorts of things during this week of vacation. Clean out the back bedroom. Replace the faucet on the kitchen sink.
All I’ve done is write and edit.
I’m sure you’re all terribly dissapointed to hear that 😉
EDIT: ( A little later ) See, I promised! SOTM 17 is now actually complete, as opposed to my oops proclamation earlier. I’ll be diving into the edit of Ch. 16 next, then get started on 18.
EDIT: ( Again, a little later still ) The edit of Ch. 16 is finished. It’s ready to send off to Roust as soon as he’s back up and running. As with the previous two releases, it will go into the queue at Lit on the Monday following the approval of a final draft, aiming for a Thursday night at midnight release. I’ll be sure to post here when I’ve put it in the queue.
My editor’s computer is on the fritz, so there’s a chance that Ch. 16 might get delayed by more than I originally intended. I’m going to go ahead and start my part of the editing process tomorrow, but it will be a matter of when Roust gets his system brought back to life when it will actually post.
If you haven’t already, go read my contest story ( see previous post ) at Lit. If you like my stuff as Dark, you’ll probably like this tale of love and magic as well. I got screwed by a late posting, and while it’s doing okay, the delay in getting it up has hurt the number of views and votes. On top of that, it posted after all the audio stories, further hiding it.
Can really use the reads and ( honest + only one per reader! ) votes, if you haven’t checked it out yet.
Heart of the Wood is back from editing, formatted for submission, and even tested in preview to make sure the tagline fits, the scene separators display properly, and the paragraphing is correct.
I’ll be submitting it some time tomorrow afternoon, expecting a midnight release.
Alternating between working on an Earth Day story in my third name and finishing that scene in SOTM 17. Hope to have one or the other of them done by the time I submit Heart tomorrow.
Both would be nice.
I’ve added the cover to the covers page ( as well as the one for Kindred, which I somehow forgot ) but here’s a direct link NSFW:
This was originally supposed to be a Valentine’s story, and I’d actually finished the cover before the story fizzled out on me and I couldn’t finish it in time. I actually prefer this one, so I thought I’d show it off.
