Barren Harvest is off for editing. So, barring any complications, I’m on target to submit for a Thursday night release.
Working on my other one now. If I get it finished ( likely ) that will be two new tales in Danica’s world coming out within the next couple of weeks — one starring the lovely lass herself 🙂
Just finished my first cold read of Barren Harvest. Made a few wording changes and added some scenery spice, but I’m otherwise happy with it.
I’ll do the nuts-n-bolts first pass edit in a little while, then get it off to Roust. Since it’s been a while since I’ve mentioned it, this is the next in the Arts Ardane series, as well as a Halloween story that gives more details about the Harvest Festival in Danica’s world.
After that, I’m going to get back to Flesh. I’ve been mulling it over, and I might just change it up a little. I hit a snag last night where I was having trouble dealing with how the characters would react — as well as feeling as if the story was dragging. There are a couple of neat scenes that I really like, but I’m having trouble getting them to flow with the overall story. I may just have to scrap them and save them for another tale.
Just have to see what happens.
3500 words on Flesh and moving nicely. There’s only a little more to the build-up of this one beyond what I’ve written. It’s going to come to a head fairly quickly — and nastily. It is horror, after all.
Probably start editing on Barren Harvest tomorrow after work. I’m still aiming for a Thursday night release on that one.
Well, I had a brainstorm on Flesh just as soon as I said I was going to let it stew for a while *laugh* So, it’s underway. With only so much time left to submit ( 20 days isn’t much at the rate I write sometimes :/ ) it will probably be the only other major story I submit. The Wood series is just going to have to wait a little longer, most likely.
I’ll probably begin the editing process on Harvest tonight, aiming for a Thursday release.
Back to work.
I’m running into walls with both of my other potential Halloween stories ( in my known names ) so I think I’m going to try a little shift tomorrow. I’m very likely to get off work early, and even with going to the store to supply the house, I should be home early. Think I’m going to jump on Lowborn or SOTM and write a bit.
I need a fresh perspective on both of the other stories ( Flesh, erotic horror and Spirit of the Wood, non human this time ) and need to stop rolling them over and over and over in my head. Put myself in another place, with other characters, and see if those stories can’t sort themselves out in my subconscious.
Biggest problem with Flesh is deciding a POV. I have three potential characters that could be the one, but just not sure which one is going to have the best POV for the horror category. To me, horror isn’t just monsters. There has to be some actual terror for the protagonist in there.
One has plenty of potential for fright, but there’s a section in the middle that I wouldn’t know how to handle. One has the advantage of being someone the readers will cheer when bad things happen to him, and he’s the most likely prospect, but I’m having a bit of trouble with his reasoning on some things. The third is another one readers should cheer for when bad things hit her, but I envisioned her misfortune as very quick – not conductive to terror.
With Spirit, my concern is that it isn’t “Halloweeny” enough. It’s autumn, and it would be easy enough to state the season ( after all, Dan and Brooke have small children ) but I’m not sure there’s enough Halloween in the main characters’ story. Mulling that over.
Two or three ideas in my third name, but those are usually a lot quicker to write, so I’m putting them on the back burner.
We’ll see. Lots of wordage getting down, anyway. Lot of it getting backspaced – but not lost. There are good scenes that I just decided didn’t fit the story. They may very well fit just fine in another later 😉
