WIP Update

I’m guilty of not doing one of these for a while, so below is a list of how things are going at the moment.

The Bargain (Working Title)

 m/m,     current wordcount 12,214/50,000

(Yes the expected end wordcount has gone up just a little bit). This is my vampire/werewolf road trip story, and my main WIP at the moment. A very small teaser can be found here. At the moment it’s looking like a two part story and I’m hoping to have part 1 completed and submitted to crit group by the end of October. The Bargain is set in the same Universe as the Land of the Fey, but centuries later.

 

Robert (working title)

m/m fantasy, word count 0/50,000, outlining

Yep, I suck at thinking up titles. This is my NaNo piece and is what I’ll be concentrating on in November. Probably working on The Bargain Part 2 at the same time.

 

Land of the Fey

Raven

m/f, current word count 12,250/50,000

I’ve written and submitted several chapters of Lily and Darvan’s story to crit group. I know the major plot arc of the story but at the moment the beginning as written isn’t working. So it’s back to the drawing board for a rewrite.

Fox Prince

m/f

Genys and Reynard’s story. It’s possible Reynard’s story may be completed before Lily’s. Fox Prince will give a much broader overview of the Fey World and the larger situation at the time of the Civil War. It will also explain why Genys allowed Alaric to be wounded.

Other Works

Silvertree

m/m sci/fi, current word count – 8000/50,000, on hold

The beginning of this needs rewriting. LOL – mainly because I’ve nicked a big chunk of it and am going to incorporate it into my NaNo story. So leaving this one with a big piece of plot missing.

The Tithing

m/f, current word count – 50,000/50,000

Awaiting revision. This was my 2006 NaNo novel. It needs tightening up and slightly replotting in places but I’d really like to look at this again before the end of the year. It’s a vampire fantasy kind of set in the same Universe as the Land of the Fey

So that’s the situation at the moment.

I’m Back

So I made it back from holiday  – refreshed and recuperated and ready to get stuck back in.

I completed the outline for Raven, currently it’s looking to come in at a minimum of 50,000 words. So a little bit longer than If Wishes Were Horses.

I also completed a second outline for a completely unrelated story following a remark I overheard about adjoining bedrooms. LOL – inspiration comes from everywhere.

So my task over the next couple of weeks is to get the first draft of The Bargain (now looking like a working title) completed and then I’ll start working on Raven. Hope to have a teaser from The Bargain up some time this week.

Land of the Fey 2

So after a great deal of procrastination, I’ve come to the conclusion that was probably obvious to everyone else. The next Land of the Fey story will be Lily’s.

:slaps forehead:

One of the biggest hurdles I have as a writer is how easily sidetracked I get. For instance in IWWH I know the backstory and motivations of every character*. Whenever a character does something I want to know why – and often the why is very interesting. Which is why I’ve been pulled towards wanting to do Genys and Reynard’s story. Genys is quite a powerful character, she never appears on page in IWWH, but it is her actions that are the pivot for Alaric and Valerian’s relationship. She makes an incredibly hard decision, sticks to it and because of that everything changes. So I will definitely be writing her story at some point.

Back to Lily. I’m giving her story the WIP title of Raven. So you’ll see that changed in the sidebar. Currently working on getting the outline down, the whole story is in my head, I know exactly what happens. But I just need to get the major points down so I stay roughly on track.

* – With two exceptions. Jerin and Marek. Jerin is strong and silent, and probably has a very interesting story to tell, but he’s keeping it close to his chest. And Marek is very young compared to the others, very earnest and hasn’t really done much yet.

The Day After

Hmmm, staying up ’til 3am was perhaps not the best idea I’ve ever had, and I definitely paid for it today. But I had a great time at the chat, and look forward to taking part in my next one. Though hopefully not as early in the morning.

In writing news, Bargain is coming along really well. At the moment I’m managing about 1000 words a day. As I’m aiming for 20,000, I’m looking at finishing the first draft in just under three weeks.

Also still working on the outlines for Land of the Fey 2. Once I’ve got both of them written, I’ll make a decision as to which book I’m going to concentrate on first.

Works in Progress

So before I head off into my writers cave again. I thought I’d do a little update on what I’m working on. You can see progress meters in the sidebar but I thought I’d give a few more details.

Land of the Fey – currently I’m outlining Book 2. At the moment I haven’t decided for certain which couple I’m going to go with - Lily and Darvan, or Genys and Reynard. After I’ve got the outlines written I’ll decide. It would seem obvious that I should write Lily and Darvan, but Genys and Reynard’s story plays an important role as well. And I’m almost equally drawn to both stories, but for different reasons.

The Tithing – Well this is my vampire story. And it needs a lot of revision doing on it before it gets submitted anywhere. LOL – it may never get submitted anywhere, but there are a lot of things in this story that I love, so I hope I can knock it into shape. It may stay on the sidebar in revisions for a while.

The Bargain – This is a short story/novella featuring a vampire and a werewolf. It’s male/male. And details the first meeting between the pair. I’m hoping to have this ready for submission in a few weeks. So watch that progress meter go.

Silvertree – Another male/male. This one is sci-fi and currently on hold whilst I work on The Bargain. But anyone who’s seen my yahoo mail address will know this one is close to my heart. So hopefully I can get over my block on this and get going on it again.

Land of the Fey Page

I’ve written a little bit of a glossary for the Land of the Fey series. (You should see an extra tabbed page at the top of the screen.) Slightly more detailed descriptions of some of the species. There’s still a few more species to be added, but at the moment (with the exception of the pixies because I wanted to get them in there) I’ve just stuck to the ones mentioned in If Wishes Were Horses.