progress – A Mad Pursuit

February 13, 2014

editing, fantasy, fiction, geek, gothic, publication, watcher of the skies, WIP, writing

pilgrim of the sky, process, progress, publication, publishing, watcher of the skies, writing, writing advice, writing issues, writing problems, writing process, writing rants, writing tips

How Pinterest and Process Saved My Novel (And Can Save Yours, Too)

Writing a book, as the old adage goes, isn’t the hard part. I mean, yeah, it’s hard. It’s a butt-ton of work. For me, writing books isn’t the hard part. It’s something I do, more or less, whether or not I want to. But while the writing part isn’t exactly a mystery to me, there... / READ MORE /

January 18, 2014

editing, music, Rock Revival

editing, fiction, learning from writing, music, natania barron, progress, publication, rock revival

Being as Good as My Word: On Getting Distance from Writing

Writers. We’re a funny bunch. I fully believe that in order to cope with the general stress and chaos of having many worlds and stories and people in our heads, we impose odd deadlines and limitations on ourselves. We don’t always share these with the masses, and some of them are downright personal. But it... / READ MORE /

March 13, 2013

writing

change, progress, road blocks, writing

World keeps turning, words keep churning…

I have not been a good blogger. But then again, I haven’t written much fiction. There have been lots of articles in the week, true, over at GeekMom and Geeks Are Sexy and whatnot. But the last month–in fact, all of February, which is an historically cruddy month as it is–was horrible. Horrible really doesn’t... / READ MORE /

from Flaxman's Iliad - 1792. Public Domain.

November 14, 2012

blog, editing, fantasy, fiction, nanowrimo, pilgrim of the sky, poetry, watcher of the skies, WIP, writing

friends, Joss Raddick, karen gadient, life, nanowrimo, poetry, progress, Romanticism, writing

Watcher of the Skies and Thoughts on NaNoWriMo

So, my last post really did make it sound like I wasn’t doing NaNoWriMo, mostly likely. And apparently that’s the thing that got me going. Or something. I’m not going to try and explain it in too much details, but it goes something like this. I screwed up my back. I had to take medicine.... / READ MORE /

July 4, 2010

fantasy, gothic, indigo and ink, weird, WIP, writing

gothic fantasy, progress, squid, writing, writing progress

Titles, Tentacles, and Trust

Explosition: in a narrative, the presence of excessive exposition. i.e. expository barf Well, 80K has been surpassed. This is good. This is very good. And as I plunge into the last few chapters, I’m realizing I do have more to say in this space. So I’m thinking the draft will be around 95K now… give... / READ MORE /

June 25, 2010

fantasy, indigo and ink, publication, weird, WIP, writing

progress, writing

This is the last time.

Writing has been slow since my birthday when, as a promise to myself, I scaled that 60K mark. Huzzah! But yeah, that was on the 14th of June, and here we are more than a week later and just cresting 62K. I have excuses, but really I don’t. It should be more. Anyway, I did... / READ MORE /

May 4, 2010

indigo and ink, WIP, writing

30K, indigo and ink, progress

You’ve got a messed up conception of happy.

More writing has been done, and I eked over the 30K mark this afternoon. This is good.( I apologize if some of these posts are a little repetitive, but currently I’m trying to track my output and want to be a little more book-centric during the process.) Stuff accomplished in Ardesia, where it’s spring and... / READ MORE /

May 4, 2010

indigo and ink, WIP, writing

indigo and ink, progress, WIP, writing

Movin’ right along… footloose and fancy free…

Finally had a chance to do a little bit of writing today. The weekend was horrible, and writing was not an option. I had an epically bad reaction to medication on Saturday (I am a lightweight of unparalleled proportions) and was in no shape to be writing. I mean, I do have a drug addict... / READ MORE /

February 5, 2010

blog, publication, steampunk, writing

progress, publications, short stories, writing

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Things have been a little toward the crappy side lately, and while I’m not going to get into the details, one of the most pressing and irritating issues is that I’ve got some pretty severe carpal tunnel going on. I’ve had to resort to using dorky looking braces, taking lots of Aleve, and not typing.... / READ MORE /

September 17, 2009

blog, fantasy, peter of windbourne, publication, writing

life, peter of windbourne, progress, stats, writing

“Be patient, keep writing” and other things I tell myself.

Last night I finished chapter 20 of Peter of Windbourne, and am now approaching the part in the book in which a series of Very Bad Things happen. The draft is sitting at 101,122 words at this moment, with hopefully no more than five or six chapters remaining (generally my chapters hover between 4-5K). It’s... / READ MORE /