Monthly Archives: November 2011

Closer, but…

Work and the young one conspiring against me.  On top of the Thanksgiving rush, we’ve got bigwigs coming in around the holiday, which means an orgy of cleaning and painting the whole bloody place.  Long days doing meaningless ( more than usual ) work is bad for the creative juices, and the energy.

Top that off with the boy not wanting to go to bed, and there you have it.

I did get the scene order down and figured out the transition from the scene I finished, though.  I still don’t think I’m in the frame of mind to move forward.  I’m seriously considering a quick read of what I’ve written, doing some of the tweaks I usually do during the editing process.  I tend to add a lot of the color to the world while I’m editing, so I could go back and get some of that done, to keep me from losing the drive.

The good news is that tomorrow is the last day of work before a 4 day weekend, which should help alleviate the issues vexing me at the moment.

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3/4 Mark on SOTM 18

Made it to the 3/4 mark ( of average chapter length ) last night.  A lot of the scenes I’d planned to go in this one are actually going to get pushed into the next chapter, after that one scene I was talking about last night ran away with me.

That could be good news, because I have several scenes very much fleshed out and “ready to roll”.  If I can keep on an even keel, the next chapter could move quickly for once.  I’d guess there’s half a chapter worth of scenes all ready to fire.

I’m more or less sitting here trying to decide what order I want the last few scenes of the chapter to fall in.  My original, planned end-point got pushed out of this chapter.  I need to get that locked in so I can do a proper transition from the scene I finished last night.

And so, I’m off to do that 🙂

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That was fun.

The scene I just finished tickled me to no end, and there’s more fun to be had with it too.

Hoping you enjoy it as much as I do when the chapter comes out.  I’m moving steadily toward the parts of the story where some serious action, fun, and heartwarming scenes come in, and those are always easier to write from a motivation standpoint, which is usually my biggest hurdle.

Here’s another little nugget before I release the first teaser on the forum:

That’s the image I’ll be using to advertise this chapter in my sig at Lit.

I’ll be back to writing tonight in a few minutes 🙂

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SOTM moving along

I went back this morning and did some tweaking and backspacing on Ch. 18, and now I’m moving forward.

Something I was more or less going to move past without much narrative has taken on a life of its own as I moved into new territory.  It provides all sorts of opportunity for touches of humor, and something even more interesting.  It will also be a nice contrast to what’s going to happen later in the chapter, as well.  I’ll be getting back to that as soon as I finish this post.

I’m planning to submit my Winter Contest entry with the intention for it to post on the Thursday following Thanksgiving.  Again, it’s an incest story, to warn you to avoid it if that creeps you out.

Truth to tell, it creeps me out too *laugh*  I only write these as challenges, and usually write them with some other taboo in mind, going back to find/replace and tweak to turn it into the final form.  Trying to write them straight makes my skin crawl *laugh*

There will be more of what’s common to my writing as Les coming, but sometimes, I just feel like writing a one off.  It’s called “Mom’s Stocking Stuffer”

Now, back to Danica and Marlena preparing for a very interesting new illusion, utilizing the gift given to her early in SOTM.

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Well, obviously…

I didn’t make it to that mark I was aiming for :p

The young one went on a tear for a few days, and other things came up.  Looking to get some more writing done tomorrow after getting my heater in the car looked at in the morning.

I also decided to review the stories in Lit’s Winter contest, so that takes up some time each night.  Again, while it puts a delay on my writing, things like this and editing for other authors builds relationships that I’ve found highly valuable.  When I need someone to read something, or give me an honest opinion, I have more to work with when I’ve already provided same.  In the end, that improves what finally comes out on my submissions page.

I had an idea as Les Lumens that jumps into a highly popular sub genre on Lit, which I’m writing for the contest.  Truth to tell, it’s almost as much to stick to someone there as it is for me.  I just can’t help slapping down a braggart sometimes *laugh*  I’m nearly done with it now, and I’ll probably finish it tomorrow, so it won’t be draining any writing time for long.

It’s going to be a mother/son story, so if that creeps you out there will be ample warning.  This one may not even go up at SOL.  It all depends.

I won’t be working a full five days until the beginning of next year.  I have at least one day per week scheduled off from now to after New Years, and I plan on taking a week of vacation on the second week of January.  So I’m going to have a lot more time to catch up on sleep and — hopefully — get writing done while the house is quiet.

I also plan to finally upgrade the website software during one of those long weekends, opening the door to programming everything to add more content.  I’m actually planning on Thanksgiving weekend, when I expect any problems that crop up will cause the least irritation to visitors.

I already posted a mini preview of the next chapter of SOTM on the comments from the previous chapter, and I’ll probably post a longer one on the forum soon.  So, keep your eyes peeled if you want a sneak peek before I finish the chapter.

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