Caught Up!

I've broken the 12K mark, which means I'm on target for October! Blood War is taking a rather interesting turn. I'm following the outline...mostly with a few changes here and there.

I've got a very old draft to work from as well, but none of that is making it into this one beyond the general drift of the story.

I'm toying around with doing the third volume; Blood Hands, but haven't decided for certain. I've pretty full up on my schedule, but we'll see.

I sent The Grave Watchers, last years Nano, off to a publisher, and Legion's Web is next up but that requires printing the whole damn thing and that's a whole lot of dead trees.
Any who, still chugging away at the January issue. I have high hopes for it. I really do.

Cheers

Catching up and Nano prep

I am catching up, I should break 10K shortly, which will put me on goal for the month. I'm also prepping for Nanowrimo next month.

Whew...

Mostly it's just some research and a general idea. No outlines, or any writing on it cause, that's the part of the thrill of the challenge.

I have a title, a general plan of attack and world scheme. Necromancy and You! A to Zombie, will fit into the Vampirism and You! world so I may do cameos, or not, of the characters from VAY.

More importantly, the steampunk edition of the CFM is coming along nicely, we're getting submissions and starting to sort through them. I have high hopes.

See you later.

Novel of the Month - Blood War

Novel of the month is Blood War.

Official starting word count : 1212 words. My shortest starting count to date, to help me prepare for the upcoming Nanowrimo.

Yikes, that's just next month. No idea what I'm going to write for it either.

In other news, the January Issue of the CFM is coming along nicely. We're featuring a couple artists, have an interview and book review and are currently taking submissions for art, articles and stories.

Our first featured artist is the lovely Rachel, whose gallery is on Devart.



























































She makes these adorable paper robots.

And they're articulated! They move! And they're made of paper!

Anyway, Blood War is the sequel to Blood Lines, one of my previous challenges. I'm going to start out with an outline (cause I ought to) and then buckle down. I'm starting a bit behind so I'm hoping to catch up this week.

Cheers.

Late Finish

As of October 3, 2010 I am done with Vampirism and You! It's shy of the word count I'd like it be, but I am happy with the ending.

It was a very different sort of thing to write, and I accomplished some things in it that I'm pleased with.

As for this month's novel of choice, waiting on a quick vote.

Day 27

Well, I got a job. It put something of a dent in my writing schedule.

I'm still working though, and hopeful. So far VAY is at 32K and I think if I push I can get past that 50K mark.

Wish me luck.

Day Ten

And we're on 22,000 words! I'm pleased to have broken the 20K mark, and will be even happier to break the 30K. I'm a bit worried right now, but the plot is starting to take a life of it's own beyond the outline, so it should start fleshing out to get me to the 50K mark.

I hope.

In the meantime, I'm starting a new job soon. Hurrah for gainful employment!

Also working on All Opposed a bit here and there. Been watching too much sci-fi I suppose. To the left is the MC, Lavender, as she appears in her introduction.

And never again. Bright colors...I had to tone down that yellow, way too bright in the first version. I pretty happy with this one though. Watercolor is my friend.

Anyhow, as usual Vampirism and You is now demanding I return to it.

Cheers!

Day 3

So far so good. I'm at 17,000 word for VAY, two new chapters and working on a third.

Some plot twists I didn't expect (I even outlined, how did that happen?) but I like them so they'll stay.

Meanwhile, I'm also doing ART! Yeah, that needed to be shouted. I haven't done anything in a while so this is of rather large import.

The image to the left is available on t-shirts here. I really pleased with how it turned out.

For one thing, I did a background and it doesn't piss me off, which happens only once in a blue moon.

Anywho, back to work on the magazine...

Cheers.