Update Oct 2021

The Killing Shadows and The Problem of Belcor have only 2 chapters left to go in version 1, but I’ve been working on an urban adventure novel, A Wolf in the City (finally gave it a title), and the other 2 sit and wait. Gotta finish them, but finishing is never easy, especially when you’re doing battle scenes. Wolf is on chapter 9, still in the younger years. This one is going to be long, I think.

Writing help

The travel notebook has a few notes written that might help with where you want to go with Colt, Nat, and the vampires. See what works out. And work on Wolf!

Nat

What’s a Nat, you ask? A gnat? Nope. A new story, now taking over. I hope to reach a stall space where I can go back and work on one of the other stories. They’ve been sitting on the sidelines long enough.

Reminder

Hey! Killing Shadows still isn’t done, with 2 chapters to go. This nameless Colt story seems to be stalled (as in I know where I need to go, even having written some of the next chapter, but I can’t seem to get there as I have to conjure monsters and threats without stealing from anyone, like Tolkien [Notice I didn’t do spiders]), so I need to decide what to do next. And what about Wolf? Nothing lately. Not good. A writer writes, and your writing buddies are getting lonely. At least Belcor got finished.

Another?

Another what, you ask. Damned book. Shadows is still 2 chapters from version 1 done, Wolf is into book 2 chapter 14, and now another book rears its head? This is Colt, apparently another fantasy (back in familiar territory), but I haven’t figured this one out. Well, my muse is all over the place, so I go where I’m sent. Have fun, me!

Late update 2023

It’s the beginning of October 2023, and I still haven’t done those last 2 chapters of The Killing Shadows, NANOWRIMO is around the corner, and I need to prep and plan. I’m not sure how many onsite sessions I can get to this time since they like Sunday sessions, and Sunday transporting isn’t the greatest (as in not starting until 1100 hours. My Wolf in the City series is in book 2 (book 1 is version 1, not edited but being reviewed by a sis and also by a fellow writer), and she’s been to Europe and is now in Quebec. I have to get her home soon because her school starts in a few days. Planning to do!

Done part one

Belcor version one finished yesterday. Yea! Now, to finish Shadows version one soonish. Will have a letter from Dorothy in a bit. We’ll be exchanging letters because I have to do one for her about her book.

And now it’s 2023

Belcor and Shadows are no closer to being done. Booooooooooooooooooooo! I am into book 2 of Wolf, and it’s moving, slowly, but moving. Dorothy Piper, Oldtimer from the WD critique forum, is interested in reading what I’ve done in my new story (I have her newest book; very different from other books I’ve read), so I’m sending her the 1st 3 chapters (more to come after), plus 2 short stories (The Hidden and Noman). Got the same 2 shorts to send to the Mouse when I send her the next chapters.

Okay, so finished the 1st 2 stories, please? Even if it’s a 1st draft, it needs to be done, before you forget what you’re doing.

Long Time Again

Nanowrimo 2022 just ended, and I didn’t write nearly as much as I hoped. Booooooooooooooooooooo! I will never do the 50,000 words in one month, but I thought 10,000 was doable. Not! Too many distractions, mostly this drat infernal machine (Thank you, Giles!) and the stupid tv. Okay, you, it’s not going to write itself. So, maybe every day after supper, you do more writing. Possible? Do it! And maybe change it up by working on the other two on occasion.

Long time no write update

Wow! How long? Sheesh! Well, A Wolf in the City appears to be more than one book. Book #1, Wolf Pup, was handscribed finished last night. And I just completed my goal in the Nanowrimo camp that just finished. Haven’t even looked back on the other 2 books in quite a while. Got to back on them and at least finish them in handscribed form (and v1 wp form). Yeah, in my spare time. A Wolf in the City still needs to be written and won’t do it itself.

New year 2022

Plans of mice and men? Mice do better. I wrote very little during Nanowrimo, and the older books remain unfinished. I did succeed in one of the camps last year. You set your own goal and your own project (doesn’t have to be a novel); I set the bar low but I did it. Yea me! Wolf is into chapter 12, and she’s 15, so this could be interesting. And what is it with the wolves? You know, the ones everyone says don’t exist? Yet Kori and Ethan have seen and heard them, and Kori even petted one. Ghosts? Or imagination? Except the tent thieves saw them, too. What the …….? Okay, me, let’s get at 2 older stories at least 1st draft finished, more chapters in Wolf, and see if you can find a home for at least 1 short story. Sound like a plan?