Partly I'm posting just because I feel like if I report progress someplace I don't want to stop making progress to report. In theory I have two people looking at it, my wife who has no information expect what's on the pages, and another guy who is a big fantasy reader who has some information about where I'm going with stuff. I've only got feedback from my wife, but the other guy is in the middle of moving so I can understand being a bit slow to respond.

In other news, an agent-turned-author (but still agent, too!) posted a link to her blog piece about her first sale. And I sort of thought, uh, unless you were writing the worst drivel in the WORLD, your first sale story is probably *not* as impressive as someone who doesn't have years of industry experience and contacts, lady.

Yeah... I know exactly who you're talking about. And you know, I know her personally and like her a great deal-- when she talks about writing, she geeks out and is every bit as enthusiastic as the next person, which I definitely respect, but in terms of heartwarming story... NSM.

I'm also annoyed about her most recent release, but that's a different story altogether.

Smart Bitches had an item that RWA now has a GLBT chapter.

And Gud, we can totally do more cheerleading if you want it! I'm really impressed with what you're doing.

Barb, yeah, I love her personally, but come on. There's a reason I didn't write about my first sale, you know?

Smart Bitches had an item that RWA now has a GLBT chapter.

Really?! Dude, I have to check that out. That ... surprises me, given some of the huge splits in attitude about erotic romance alone.

Yeah, the Rainbow Romance Writers. It sparked some bitchiness of the "oh, you're freakin' kidding me!" variety on the RWA-PAN loop, but that got shot down as the ignorant crap it was in a heartbeat.

It was officially announced on May 1.

And Gud, we can totally do more cheerleading if you want it!

I was just feeling bad that I was doing 4 and 5 back to back posts. I welcome encouragement and advice though, there is a long ways to go.

I'm really impressed with what you're doing.

That's easy to say when you're not reading it. :) Actually, I don't feel as bad about it as I thought I would even if I'm still skeptical about the quality. However it turns out, it will still be an accomplishment just to do it.

However it turns out, it will still be an accomplishment just to do it.

And like they say, you can't revise the blank page. It's excellent to get it *out* and then tweak and polish and move stuff around.

Smart Bitches had an item that RWA now has a GLBT chapter.

There's nothing I can contribute to this, but I did manage to figure out what the RWA TLA means.

I have character in my story who I kinda thought of as gay, but it really has no impact on the story if he is or not and I can't see wasting words on it because it just wouldn't be all that interesting. As I've developed the story I ended up with another character who could be gay even though I never envisioned her that way before. Since that case would be interesting I'm tempted to leave that open but sprinkle in a few tidbits that kinda sorta might imply it, but nothing explicit enough to nail it down. That way I wouldn't have to really decide.

It's so very different from the way I write.

Just out of curiosity, how so?

Um. I tend to be what they call a seat-of-the-pants type. I hate to outline, because sometimes when I figure out too much of the story, I get bored with it and don't want to actually write it anymore.

I also don't write the same kind of thing you do, so the focus is a little different. I tend to write fairly close-in perspective, either first person or third limited to maybe two people. And I'll skip around, write scenes as they come and then, well, wedge them in later. Sometimes when I'm writing, since it's usually about some sort of very personal character experience, I'm writing simply to figure out what the story is, you know?