Who wants two new chapters this week???
I’m so excited to announce that The Talkers are Talking has met its Quill goal and will become a part of the collection!! I just want to say thank you to all of you lovely, wonderful, generous and supportive readers. I couldn’t have done it without you, and now as I start the long road to publication, I promise to do whatever it takes to make Talkers the best it can be. More updates to follow (also in regards to Breaking the Bechdel Syndicate- hell yea people, we are really making a formidable group against manic pixie dream girls and other depth-less female character tropes), but for now, thank you, thank you.
Look what got a temporary cover (only because I don't have the rights to the picture) and a title!!! Next up: a blurb. Should have a rough one in a month or so, and I'm hoping to start writing the official draft (as I already have random scenes and a sketchy summary) in the summer! I'd love to have at least 100 followers by then, so please rec this to anyone who might be interested!
I hadn't intended to send out an update today, but something occurred to me. I've been doing most of my posting about potential plans for the future of Exile, Magus over on a Goodreads forum which not all of you may have been to. With that in mind and me still wanting as much feedback as possible from all of you I figured that I would share a link to the group: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/17928984-ended-but-regrouping-let-s-get-exile-magus-into-quill
That's all I've got for today. Next Sunday I'll have a full book recommendation update. Enjoy the rest of your day and the week to follow.
I’ve attained the dizzy heights of 40 pre-orders. Yay. Go me.
Quill is still in reach, but will be hard work.
Meanwhile I have been editing. I’ve been told there is a bit too much description, and I appreciate the criticism.
I originally intended the book to be educational as well as interesting. I have since decided to abandon all attempts at education in favour of keeping the pace up.
To that end, I have been fairly ruthless. A great deal of description, especially background explanations as been expunged.
Some descriptions remain, but they are tighter now and more built into the action. This came from a writing tip I saw on Twitter.
"Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." Chekhov
The process is still ongoing but has resulted in the loss of about 300 words so far.
Getting it below 55,000 words seems like a sensible goal. So 231 to go.
Meanwhile, could I ask anyone who hasn’t pre-ordered to dig deep, and anyone who has, please recommend me on Twitter/Facebook/carrier pigeon/smoke signals etc.
