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A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Holli - May 31, 2012 3:56:01 pm PDT #5308 of 6690
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Gudanov - May 31, 2012 5:59:05 pm PDT #5309 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I could read it if the time frame is long enough. I've got a bit of a beta-reading queue.
I'm the guest blogger on my agent's blog today :)
hippocampus - Jun 01, 2012 3:33:26 am PDT #5310 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Nice, Gud!
Gudanov - Jun 11, 2012 5:41:27 am PDT #5311 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I think I have my storylines for Cog and the Copper Dragon. I still need to assemble the story and come up with a more concrete idea of the ending, but I'm liking what I have. I love my character Essy, but I don't think she's going to get a storyline in this book, it's already pretty full. It would be fun to do something with Arla too, but I think she'll have to be content with being an occasional member of Cog's scooby gang when they need some muscle. Cog will have to deal with a dangerous mystery, betrayal, friends at odds with each other, her Papa's scary new girlfriend, turning fourteen, and a boy.
I getting excited about getting up to some more steampunk fun.
Amy - Jun 11, 2012 6:09:35 am PDT #5312 of 6690
Because books.
That's the sequel to Cog, Gud? Nice!
ita posted this in Movies, I think, but it's worth posting here, too: Story rules from Pixar.
Gudanov - Jun 11, 2012 6:21:58 am PDT #5313 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Yep, it's the sequel. It's what my agent would like me to work on next (not being pushy about it or anything), and I agree it makes sense. It should be fun to work on, and now that I've got my head wrapped around the storylines, I'm getting anxious to start digging in. I'm going to have a lot of demands on my time for awhile though.
Amy - Jun 11, 2012 6:30:11 am PDT #5314 of 6690
Because books.
I think it's smart to get to work on the sequel, Gud. Do it!
Amy - Jun 11, 2012 11:45:28 am PDT #5315 of 6690
Because books.
I've maybe once in a while written 10K words a day, but not exactly willingly -- more like with a deadline breathing down my neck.
Still, her advice for maximizing your writing time seems pretty sensible. Writing more and better is a good goal, even if I don't think I could get a daily word count that high.
Gudanov - Jun 12, 2012 9:43:16 am PDT #5316 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
My problem tends to be simple lack of time. These days getting a half-hour of free time a day is about as much as I can hope for. Well, there's commuting time that gives me time to think if not type.
Starting a sequel is kinda tricky. I don't want to get the new reader lost, but I don't want to do too much of relating info from the first novel. Also, the opening scene is bit more straightforward when it's the start of everything instead of the start of a subset. Well, at least for me.
Ginger - Jun 15, 2012 11:48:04 am PDT #5317 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The WSJ on the "weird world of fan fiction." [link]