Coming soon, notes from the writing life

[pbray]

Yesterday I sent my editor the opening chapters of THE FINAL SACRIFICE (book 3), along with my suggestion for which scene we should pick for the teaser that will be included at the end of THE SEA CHANGE. As a marketing idea, it's great. As an author who still has major chunks of the novel to write, it's a tad scary, knowing that whatever scene is chosen must somehow make it in to the final book, regardless of how the story changes between now and final revisions.

With that said, I need to get cranking on the new book, so I've joined novel_in_90. How can I resist a community that has "We Will Mock You" t-shirts? The community is open to all, and the next 90 day challenge officially starts June 1st. Folks can join now, and start warming up.

Oh, and in the SHINY! category, I received two copies of the bound ARC for THE SEA CHANGE. Later this month I'll be raffling one off--details will be posted here and on my website.

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

With that said, I need to get cranking on the new book, so I've joined novel_in_90. How can I resist a community that has "We Will Mock You" t-shirts? The community is open to all, and the next 90 day challenge officially starts June 1st. Folks can join now, and start warming up.

Thinking about it, even though early summer is my fave time of year and the outdoor work is plentiful.

Need to sell the damned thing first...

[pbray.livejournal.com]

>>Need to sell the damned thing first...

That's always an important step in the process for me :-)

I'm going to try something new and try writing before work each day. Not a natural morning person, so we'll see how this goes.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

...possibly I should join NiN, too, given that I'm, let's see, 16 days away from being overdue on a book that is, for all intents and purposes, not started yet.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Whee, it will be fun!

And yes, I don't have 90 days to finish mine either.
Plus, there will be motivational mocking.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Plus, there will be motivational mocking.

Yeah, that's the part that turns me off, actually. :)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm into self-mockery. I generally ignore what anyone else has to say on the subject.

And I have no intention of mocking anyone else, unless they specifically ask me to.

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of joining this community as well, to work on Well of Sorrows. I still have a few days to mull it over. But June is bad in the sense that I have that 10 day "grade AP Calc exams" stint in the middle of it, so . . .

[pbray.livejournal.com]

So, you can skip 10 days and be good for the other 80 :-)

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered if those coming soon! teasers were as scary for the author as they seem. Being a person whose outlines for things (assuming an outline even exists) almost never bear any discernible resemblance to the finished things (assuming said things ever actually get finished), I find that particular marketing idea downright terrifying.

Congrats on the shiny ARCs :D.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well, if the book were 90% finished, the teaser would be a whole lot less scary. Which makes this my bad :-)

[naominovik.livejournal.com]

If it is any comfort, my first chapter for book 4 (originally included at the end of book 3) has now been significantly changed. But as I have yet to see if this will lead to my getting pelted with rotten fruit by readers, it is not actually much comfort. :/

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Speaking as one of those readers, I forgive you in advance :-)