Update on my attempt to be a published author
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:13 pm
Hello Earthfriends!
The novel-writing has been progressing slowly. Maybe it's due to living with all these disorders - internal and external problems plague me constantly. If the only thing Covenant had to worry about in reality was leprosy - no, he had social problems, too. Supposedly, there was still a social stigma in the US in 1977 regarding those with leprosy. I don't know if that's how it really was then. I suppose it's plausible that somebody with leprosy in 1977 US would be ostracized.
So, I have these two novels in the works. Editing is uncomfortable and slow. I want to improve the rough drafts, but it's difficult and I don't have $1200+ to spend on an editor at Fiverr. Cheaper editors don't do very much and often renege on their promises. They say they'll do this and that, but then they only do "this" and not "that."
The copy of chapter 1 (first novel) that I posted here previously was crap, but hopefully I improved it. I had an author read it, and all she had to say was that it's good but I should describe eyes more often. Some people just have a thing for eyes. It's not like I'm writing a romance.
While I'm not writing or editing (I rarely do either), I spend time plotting the sequel in my head. The sequel must contain the same themes as the original work which contains mythological characters. So I was thinking of bringing back Cain, who recently escaped from Hell and is perhaps more evil than ever. He was aided in his escape by Samyaza the arch-demon. Cain will be one of the mid-bosses to defeat. I describe him as having red hair and a long red beard. He unconsciously twists parts of his beard between two fingers, creating intricately twisted designs out of clumps of hair. Cain will be in charge of a feral pack of wild dogs. That may sound like an SRD rip-off, but I got the idea from a recent news story about grey wolves.
I've been considering doing a twist on the ending of "The Power that Preserves." Instead of waking up convinced that the Land is real, my MC will wake up in a mental hospital only to find out that the whole thing had been a delusion. But it feels like a cheap ending that doesn't explain anything important.
The novel-writing has been progressing slowly. Maybe it's due to living with all these disorders - internal and external problems plague me constantly. If the only thing Covenant had to worry about in reality was leprosy - no, he had social problems, too. Supposedly, there was still a social stigma in the US in 1977 regarding those with leprosy. I don't know if that's how it really was then. I suppose it's plausible that somebody with leprosy in 1977 US would be ostracized.
So, I have these two novels in the works. Editing is uncomfortable and slow. I want to improve the rough drafts, but it's difficult and I don't have $1200+ to spend on an editor at Fiverr. Cheaper editors don't do very much and often renege on their promises. They say they'll do this and that, but then they only do "this" and not "that."
The copy of chapter 1 (first novel) that I posted here previously was crap, but hopefully I improved it. I had an author read it, and all she had to say was that it's good but I should describe eyes more often. Some people just have a thing for eyes. It's not like I'm writing a romance.
While I'm not writing or editing (I rarely do either), I spend time plotting the sequel in my head. The sequel must contain the same themes as the original work which contains mythological characters. So I was thinking of bringing back Cain, who recently escaped from Hell and is perhaps more evil than ever. He was aided in his escape by Samyaza the arch-demon. Cain will be one of the mid-bosses to defeat. I describe him as having red hair and a long red beard. He unconsciously twists parts of his beard between two fingers, creating intricately twisted designs out of clumps of hair. Cain will be in charge of a feral pack of wild dogs. That may sound like an SRD rip-off, but I got the idea from a recent news story about grey wolves.
I've been considering doing a twist on the ending of "The Power that Preserves." Instead of waking up convinced that the Land is real, my MC will wake up in a mental hospital only to find out that the whole thing had been a delusion. But it feels like a cheap ending that doesn't explain anything important.