Hello again! You’ve noticed I’ve stopped calling these ‘Liliy is a blank’ – why? Now that I’ve got links to these ‘series’ up top…it seemed redundant. XD I’m still keeping the Author #X though…ha ha. For me.
It’s crunch time this week (much to the dismay of my WaM fans…) and it’s time to put the stone to the grind, and the pedal to the metal, and all that jazz. (To quote Peggy Hill: “Oh yeah!”)
Children of Hephaestus
I originally made my (new) goal for finishing the 2nd draft edit for the 14th, but my editor has expressed if I could get it to her a little earlier, it’d be more convenient due to some free time that’s appeared. She said not to push myself, but since I’ve already missed my original deadline for December 31st, I’m going to try and push to get this done by the 11th. That way, I have the 12th to transfer mark-ups to Scrivener, which means my editor should have it by the 13th…
Here’s to making that happen. *cheers with a cup of Mountain Dew*
The Candlemaker’s Merman
Ironically, in my attempts to do some editing last night for CoH, I ended up writing 1500 words for this instead. So, productivity from my procrastination! At least it was that instead of getting lost in Skyrim again… In any case, Book 2 is now halfway done with it’s raw draft, and things are looking up.
I think I’m going to try and push out four or five books before going back to edit the first one. That way, by book five I’ll have enough of a grasp on my characters that I can analyze them a tad better in the first two books. One character in particular is turning out completely different from what I first envisioned for him, so I want to see where that goes.
Random: Having your keyboard sit on an uneven surface is really annoying when it’s rattling back and forth in a teeter-totter motion.
Still enjoying the series though and I can’t wait to share it with you! :D
Author Blog
Today’s recommendation? Mike Duran. I think I discovered Mike while looking up Christian Horror topics, and followed his Twitter. I haven’t picked up one of his books yet, but I have been reading his blog. He likes to cover controversial topics and sticks to his guns without shame. I think the best part of that is reading the comments–all of them insightful, and bringing up debate over such topics as Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain.
The main post that caught my attention, while mostly referring to the Christian genre, is Why You Should Review Books You Don’t Like. I think this can be applied to all genres and readers, because at the heart of the matter it focuses on the importance of honest, thought out reviews.
Read for the posts or the comment debates, but either way it’s educational. :D