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24 May 2021 22:21
Fighting the writing
My goal for this year - and it's a soft goal because I don't want to go the burnout route of many previous years in my life - is to actually finish at least one of the *checks notes* five nearly-finished novels I've got here on my laptop.
And by nearly-finished, I mean they're only missing one or two chapters before they're officially a full draft. I'm soooo close on so many of them, and yet...
They of course need plenty more rewrites, all of them, but it'd feel so nice to at least have one whole draft of a book after all the hard work I've put in already. So here's a little mini-list for myself to keep in mind before I go starting yet more long-term projects (of which I already have waaaay more than five XD):
Nearly finished novels
[ ] A Werewolf in October (accidental!werewolf urban fantasy story with found family feels and set-up for f/f & m/m romance that will pay off in a later book...if I ever get that far XD)
[ ] Equilibrium and Professor Balance (superhero BDSM-femdom-flavored f/m erotica with way more plot than first planned)
[ ] Mages and Marriage (m/m former!BFFlovers-to-enemies-to-fake-marriage-to-lovers-again fantasy/romance/erotica with a murder mystery side-plot)
[ ] Of Elves and Dwarrows 1 - Soul-Stealing Elves (a fairly classic fantasy tale with some steampunk elements and a plot focused on culture clashes, prejudice and dealing with miscommunication, romance of all kinds, and ending a war)
[ ] Secrets in Ice (illustrated steampunk-y action/adventure fantasy story that I'm co-writing with my sister, about two sisters trying to rescue a kidnapped brother and all the obstacles they climb over to catch up with his kidnappers)
A Werewolf in October is the closest to being "readable", so I've got parts of it up on my writing blog. It's on draft 5 now, heading into draft 6, and I think I'll stop at 7. I'm only one person with 0 beta readers and I'm not looking to publish professionally, so I can only polish my stories so far. Just want to have a fun time writing - I post my stories online so I can share them with friends :) If anyone gets curious and takes a peek at what I've got thus far, please keep this in mind while reading XD
In other news, my healthy eating is really going great! :D
( Beware the talk of food and weight below this cut! )
And by nearly-finished, I mean they're only missing one or two chapters before they're officially a full draft. I'm soooo close on so many of them, and yet...
They of course need plenty more rewrites, all of them, but it'd feel so nice to at least have one whole draft of a book after all the hard work I've put in already. So here's a little mini-list for myself to keep in mind before I go starting yet more long-term projects (of which I already have waaaay more than five XD):
Nearly finished novels
[ ] A Werewolf in October (accidental!werewolf urban fantasy story with found family feels and set-up for f/f & m/m romance that will pay off in a later book...if I ever get that far XD)
[ ] Equilibrium and Professor Balance (superhero BDSM-femdom-flavored f/m erotica with way more plot than first planned)
[ ] Mages and Marriage (m/m former!BFFlovers-to-enemies-to-fake-marriage-to-lovers-again fantasy/romance/erotica with a murder mystery side-plot)
[ ] Of Elves and Dwarrows 1 - Soul-Stealing Elves (a fairly classic fantasy tale with some steampunk elements and a plot focused on culture clashes, prejudice and dealing with miscommunication, romance of all kinds, and ending a war)
[ ] Secrets in Ice (illustrated steampunk-y action/adventure fantasy story that I'm co-writing with my sister, about two sisters trying to rescue a kidnapped brother and all the obstacles they climb over to catch up with his kidnappers)
A Werewolf in October is the closest to being "readable", so I've got parts of it up on my writing blog. It's on draft 5 now, heading into draft 6, and I think I'll stop at 7. I'm only one person with 0 beta readers and I'm not looking to publish professionally, so I can only polish my stories so far. Just want to have a fun time writing - I post my stories online so I can share them with friends :) If anyone gets curious and takes a peek at what I've got thus far, please keep this in mind while reading XD
In other news, my healthy eating is really going great! :D
( Beware the talk of food and weight below this cut! )
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