The Ramble

Wow.  So it took me a lot longer than I intended to actually get this post up, therefore it’s going to end up being August and September goals because holy cannoli, it’s already almost September.

I have no idea where August went.  At all.

Starting next week, I’m back to the classwork grind, but that’s not going to stop me from having some very ambitious goals for the rest of August and through September.  Cross your fingers, comment, share, and wish me luck.

Breaking everything down by project for now.

UNSETIC Files: Lost and Found

• Write acknowledgements and dedication by 8/31 (acknowledgements will include my $20+ patrons!)
• Write the book blurb by 9/1
• Draft a cover by 9/15 (or bite the bullet and hire an artist to make one)
• Get the monster done by 9/22
• Start revisions by 9/30

Lost Angel Chronicles: When All’s Said and Done

• Write two more chapters by 9/15
• Write three more chapters by 9/30
• Do more revisions on previous sections as needed

Epsilon: Shattered

• Write a total of 10,000 words by 8/30
• Write another 10,000 words by 9/7
• Write another 10,000 words by 9/15
• Write another 10,000 words by 9/30

Epsilon: Redeemer

• Write 7 chapters by 9/19

Like I said.  Ambitious goaling.  But we’ll see what happens, right?

Hope everyone enjoys the last couple weeks of August.  As for me, I’m ready for autumn leaves and cooler weather.

Let me tell you what: July was rough for writing.  I didn’t get nearly as much accomplished as I’d have liked, but that was probably due in part to being completely overly ambitious in my goals.

Which is okay.

All of it is okay.

What I’m going to do is concentrate on what I was able to figure out:

– I have a lot of ideas that are starting to percolate for the whole UNSETIC Files/Lost Angels universe, not just the major focus projects, but big throughline, whole universe plots and subplots.

– Lost and Found is going to be longer than I originally thought (which is awesome)

– Lost and Found is going to end up setting up a lot of other things in the universe

– There are many connections between the things that are slowly being revealed in Lost and Found and in another recent project, Universe, having to do with the Grey family and stuff that’s happened with them in the past and things that will happen with them in the future (White Rabbit is still in the cards)

– I need to do some more groundwork for Epsilon: Shattered

– It’s okay to skip around in drafts (though I already knew that)

August will hopefully be a bit better for writing, but we’ll see.  There’s a lot to do around my place before classes start up again in a few weeks and on top of that, I’m training for a new position at my day job while training two people to do my old job.  Sounds like fun, right?

Stay tuned for a goals realignment post in the next few days.

June is almost in the books, so now it’s time to look forward to July!  It’s going to be a busy month full of fun and work (with changes) and, of course, writing.  Once again I’ll be at least attempting CampNaNoWriMo, this time with the intent of putting together a (very rough( draft of Epsilon: Shattered, a book from Ren’s point of view that’s intended to bridge the gap between the end of Broken Stars and the beginning of Redeemer.

In addition to working on Shattered, there’s a few more things on tap for me:

• Four to five more chapters of Lost and Found
• Five chapters of Redeemer
• Get back to the draft of When All’s Said and Done and hopefully write a few chapters

As of right now, those are the major things I’d like to accomplish next month — we’ll see how it all goes.

Wish me luck!

Ducked out today in the 85+ degree heat to pick up some bulletin boards—time for some more long-term series plotting!

Updates to come…

Help me pick a something (or a few somethings) to focus my posts on for July!

I’ll be working on things for the Epsilon universe as well as items in the UNSETIC Files/Lost Angels universe, and–as always–Awakenings.