I see you've managed to stumble across my page..brilliant. Apart from the finished poems and my stupid short story, everything is either in the beginning stages or undergoing the process of rewriting. The City of Vimes was absolutely horrendous, and I am going to rewrite the entire novel. The Reaper is in its early stages; I am currently writing the outline and will then proceed with the book. The title will also be changed eventually. Shadow on the Wall will be taken care of next, and Vimes will be the last as it is a major project (if i go back to it at all...).
Moonlight will be taken care of first; check back regularly as I'm employing speed-writing tactics to get this done and then revise.
The 'updates' section has been cleared out and will start fresh; check back regularly for news on my painful progress.
All in all, this whole thing is a major upheaval, and you, dear reader, must bear with me as I try to sort things out while juggling school and dance.
Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.
- Marsha Norman
Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
- George Orwell
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
-Solomon Short
Updates:
14.02.07 - Happy Valentine's Day one and all. Lovely. I've been moving right along with my outline for The Reaper, and I'm hoping to have it finished by the end of the month. The first five chapters have already been written, and any feedback is well-appreciated. Constructive criticism please! I enjoy the compliments, but I would rather hear about the flaws in my work so that they can be corrected and then avoided in the future.
30.04.07 - Sadly, The Reaper has been taken down until further notice; I really want to get the outline done so that I can continue with the writing process, but finals are coming up and I am ridiculously busy. Check back soon, though! (Comments on the other rubbish still up are greatly appreciated, though!)
12.09.07 - I am alive! I promise. While working this summer, I came up with a brilliant idea for a new book. All projects are on hold because this one is going to be finished if it's the last thing I do. An entire outline is in-progress, character development is well under way, and the entire plot from beginning to end is in my head.
NOTE: I will be taking a survey of titles once I come up with a couple more. Choose the one that you would most like to read if given just a list of titles.
11.04.07 - I wrote the prologue! To my new book! I promised myself I would outline everything first. But I couldn't help it! Reviews would be nice. Please.
Oh, do you think "A Curious Visage" is a good title? Or... maybe "Responsibility Vindicated"... Hm...
11.29.07 - I finished the first chapter! Hurrah for me!! Yaaaay. I am so easily distracted that I'm amazed it got finished at all. More to come soon, promise!
26.12.07 - I'm in complete "rewrite mode." I had finals the week before Christmas, and then I went down to Southern California to do a string of dance shows with Molly's Revenge. (check them out at mollysrevenge.com; they're amazing!) So, now I finally have some free time to myself (for now, at least), so hopefully I can overhaul the prologue and first chapter and continue on. I didn't realize how much work I have to do to get this up to par, so be patient, all right? I'll get as much done as I can before I go back to school in January.
29.12.07 - Hmm.. I've renamed my story "Moonlight." I've got my ending in mind and think this title will work nicely. Let me know if you love it / hate it / etc. Chapter two is in progress and well under way; hopefully I'll have that up in the next few days. The prologue and chapter one were rewrites, but everything after that is simply a product of my crazy speed-writing to get stuff on "paper", so to speak. After all of that, the review process will begin again in earnest. So. Understand that this won't be the final draft.
THAT BEING SAID: I'm going to rely heavily on reviews to identify recurring problems with the work. Please, do not hold back in your criticisms! I would rather read a scathing, HELPFUL review that improves my writing rather than "it was good." So, thank you in advance for all reviews; happy writing, and happy new year!
29.12.07 - My mind was wandering from "Moonlight" a bit, so I drafted a storyboard and the opening lines of a new murder mystery; I'm ridiculously excited. This adds to my motivation to finish Moonlight; once it's done, I can begin working on this unnamed creation. wheeeeeee
01.01.08 - Hmm... there are plenty of views on Moonlight, yet no reviews... that is quite discouraging. please, if there's a reason why you didn't continue to the last chapter other than lack of time, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!! i can take pretty much anything by now. i really want this to be improved as much as humanly possible. Please. Tell me what's wrong with it!! Cheers
09.02.08 - Ok, the murder mystery idea wouldn't leave me alone until I had finished chapter one and thought up some possible endings. Once I think of a suitable title, I can put up this first chapter and go back to writing "Moonlight" in peace!!
26.03.08 - The first chapter of my murder mystery is finally up; please let me know what you think of it as an opening (and check out Moonlight while you're at it). It's been tentatively titled "Dark Secrets" but I just came up with that off the top of my head and it is subject to change. Maybe if you are wonderful enough to review, you can come up with a new title! What amazing people you are.
28.03.08 - "Dark Secrets" now sounds completely ridiculous to me, so I've renamed it "Splintered Silence." Let me know if you like that one better, and please critique the first chapter!!
I've also written the fourth chapter of Moonlight! Oh hurrah. I'm quite wonderful today.
29.03.08 - Thought I should let you all know that I've made myself available as a beta-reader! What wonderful news. Don't be shy; let me know if you want me to review something, either a simple grammar sweep or a more in-depth look at the writing itself. Cheers.
10.05.08 - Busy busy busy!! I'm still in the middle of A.P. exams; bear with me until... Wednesday! So, hopefully I can get a few more chapters finished for various things within the next week or so, but bear with me. Also: anyone giving me work to look over: I will get to it, I promise, and I'm putting it before my own writing right now, but I am taking strenuous exams, so, be patient.
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