I'd offer to help too if not for my total lack of applicable knowledge.
Part of the reason 23 is so long is my attempt to add a bit more detail to things. I'll be very curious to see what betas think of various parts and try to figure things out like the level of detail and inner monologue and other stuff. Maybe I can also find bits of plot to kill as well. I somewhat worry that everything seems straightforward for too long before everything starts to change. I also worry that some of the twists are too telegraphed. Though maybe everything isn't as straightforward as I think since I know everything that is going to happen.
Listening (I use audiobooks a lot to double up on my commuting time) to fantasy books can be frustrating. I need to find something that is recent, has a manageable word count, and that I like, to get ideas of how others have balanced things. When I listen to books with 240k - 300k word counts the level of detail and complexity are just way beyond a book of 120k words.
Sigh, I think I'm a long ways from being done and have many things to consider.
I just got an author questionnaire from my editor.
I've NEVER had to fill out an author questionnaire. They want everything but my bra size.
That's the next step ... or is that only for romance writers?
They want everything but my bra size.
I'm sure you can just write in the details they forgot to ask.
That's the next step ... or is that only for romance writers?
Erotic romance, maybe. *snerk*
I'm sure you can just write in the details they forgot to ask.
Yeah... I'm thinking something just need to stay quiet.
They may be thinking about doing an author Q&A in the back of the book (or website). I know a lot of books-that-get-used-in-school have those, especially if they reflect experiences that the author would be knowledgeable about, but the kids likely wouldn't. Kids like doing author biographies.
Well, I know several publishing houses do them, but my neither of my former houses did. It's a kind of cool (if somewhat overwhelming) experience.
I'm still working on 23, hopefully I'll wrap it up tonight. I'm closing in on the halfway (hopefully) point of the first revision!
Congrats on the half-way point, Gud!
I'm up to about ten responses from potential participants for my research project (the one that I hope will eventually become a book), and I've only advertised in one little specialist interest magazine so far. This is somewhat terrifying, as I don't know quite what I'm doing yet. It's a good sign, though.
Meanwhile, dissertation writing might kill me in the next 30 days, which is how long I have to complete it. I might have to hold interview-transcribing parties, or something. Otherwise it simply won't get done. You know that end-of-the-world kind of terror? Having that. (The research is still masses of fun, despite this. Qualitative coding makes me happy.)
