My Cluttered Mind: 09/25/2011 - The Fault Lies Not Progress

My Cluttered Mind: 09/25/2011 - The Fault Lies Not Progress: I'm starting to see some regular production. I'm trying to follow a regular schedule...or as regular a schedule as I can considering my wor...

09/25/2011 - The Fault Lies Not Progress

I'm starting to see some regular production.  I'm trying to follow a regular schedule...or as regular a schedule as I can considering my work schedule changes from week to week.  But as long as the stories continue to move forward, I'm not going to question it.

So as of today, "The Fault Lies Not..." is at 10,057 words.  I knew I wouldn't be able to keep it under 10,000 words.  The story's moving toward its conclusion, and there's a lot that still has to be told.

I'm also looking into epublishing, rather than going through the more traditional route.  The one thing I have to pay attention to is how I'd get paid.  Anyone who uses PayPal will by necessity be avoided.  I have issues with PayPal that I don't want to go into detail right now.  Let's just say that if I went with someone who uses PayPal, I won't see anything from my sales for a while.

Not that I have anything ready to go right now.  I do want to gather my completed stories into an anthology, something a traditional publishing house would be reluctant to do for an author who hasn't a real track record.  A couple of the stories need some work (one needs a lot of work), so this won't be happening for a while.

My Cluttered Mind: 09/23/2011: Before The Dawn Progress...Finally

My Cluttered Mind: 09/23/2011: Before The Dawn Progress...Finally: After much hemming, hawing and dwelling, I've finally made some real progress into Chapter 22 of Before The Dawn. It took a bit of shifting...

09/23/2011: Before The Dawn Progress...Finally

After much hemming, hawing and dwelling, I've finally made some real progress into Chapter 22 of Before The Dawn.  It took a bit of shifting around, switching two scenes around but I think it's back on track now.

Of course, the last scene of the chapter includes the interrogation of one of the Hunters.  Part of this has Marina forcing her way into his mind to get the information they're looking for. Think of the scene in 2001 when Bowman turns HAL off.

As of now, Chapter 22 is 1899 words in length.  Overall, the novel is 65258 words in length, with 14742 words until my entirely arbitrary goal of 80000 words.

My Cluttered Mind: 09/03/2011: "A Voice in the Darkness" Progress

My Cluttered Mind: 09/03/2011: "A Voice in the Darkness" Progress: Despite the stress of the current job, and the stress of trying to find a better job, I managed to make some headway on Side Project 2, "A V...

09/03/2011: "A Voice in the Darkness" Progress

Despite the stress of the current job, and the stress of trying to find a better job, I managed to make some headway on Side Project 2, "A Voice in the Darkness".  As of now, the story is 7,850 words in length.  I might be able to keep it under 10,000 but I'm making no promises.