Work in Progress Wednesday #19
December 9, 2009
A WIP Wednesday! Oh my!
This week's baby steps back into a healthy writing habit have included getting Working Stiffs back out on submission, typing up handwritten plot notes for my current novel WIP (Miss Preston's Masquerade) and working on a new flash story to hopefully appear as part of #fridayflash this week. Definitely a more organizational type of week, but I think getting everything together in some semblance of order is important. It's like getting your utensils and pots and ingredients out before you cook.
I've also done some thinking on which projects I need to cull from the herd. After taking a look at notes from my critique group on In Your Dreams, I've decided to permanently shelve that story. That's not to say I'll never want to tell those characters' stories, but I need to wait until I can/will do it well. A lot more world-building is involved than I thought for that project and it's not something I'd like to work on right now. I also realized that without major plot revamping, a couple smaller project ideas will go nowhere, so they've been put on the very, very back burner for now.
As the year comes to a close I start to think about my writing goals for the next year. 2009 has been an insanely good year so far as my writing life goes, and I hope to improve upon that awesomeness in 2010! One goal I will be setting for the upcoming new year is to finish one of my unfinished novels. I had an epiphany about how to continue writing Demon Catharsis (m/m urban fantasy romance with angels and demons oh my!) and I've attempted to brainstorm on how to fix a horrid plot kink in A Prince's Ransom (m/m romance with pirates arrr!). Both stories and casts of characters are near and dear to my heart.
P.S. I am aware of the fact that the tag search function is currently completely broken on my website. I'm still looking for a solution to the problem. Hopefully, however, commenting works again. :)
For more info about the wonderful WIP Wednesday phenomenon please check out Kate Karyus Quinn's blog. Share your weekly progress!
Tags: in your dreams, submission, a prince's ransom, process, writing, wip wednesdays, working stiffs, miss preston's masquerade.
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