I actually wrote the last scene of the book tonight, which was weird. It’s so strange to write a book so completely out of order. I did the same with GW, but not to this extent. It’s funny to be so close that you can taste it, but you still have to write about 5k […]
Typo of the day vile – for – phial I seemed to be absolutely convinced of this spelling. I wrote it as “vile” four times. Lazy phrase of the day (used at least four times in forty pages) “His eyes looked too big.” Seriously?
Line edits, how I loathe theeeeee…. Read More »
… is that during the last 1/4 to 1/5 of the book, I’m focusing mainly on tying up plot threads and loose ends. This takes all the fun out of writing, for me, which is why squeezing out the last 10K of this book holds about as much “fun” for me as the idea of
What I Hate About the End of First Drafts…. Read More »
As somebody who’s incredibly bad at plot, I must say I’m ridiculously proud of myself for the triple-cross that plays out at the end of this book. It fills me with glee.
Plotting My Way Out of a Paper Bag Read More »
The first two-thirds of the book is all narrative. The last third of the book is all dialogue. Oh, for serious.
The Trouble with Black Desert is… Read More »
Seriously, I can’t believe I just did that to Nyx after everything I just did to everybody in this stupid book. The next book will be so much better. The “good” guys will actually “win”! …. sort of!…. in a roundabout way!! It’s like The Dark Knight of the series. Or the Empire Strikes Back
I was in the middle of writing a scene between Rhys and Yah Tayyib this morning, and realized how novel it was, writing a scene between two men in the God’s War universe. And then I realized they were talking about a woman. Heh heh.
Hoping to squeeze out a little more tonight. Close enough to fucking taste it, but there’s no way I’m going to be able to write my Big Bad Fight Scene Finale and denouement tonight. It’s coming, tho. Oh boy, it’s coming.
Dialogue & Debauchery Read More »
Had to stop because there was so much *talking.* Blah, blah, blah, mutant shape shifters blah blah bugs and death and bel dames and untrustworthy magicians and resurrections and blah blah. Need to do some sleeping and sorting tonight of what I kicked out today and yesterday, refocus, connect it, and wrap this fucker up.