lagilman | Back to the Day/Night Job… (Reply)

Politics does not stop the work. Not much of anything stops the work, short of the flu (avert, avert). My best-beloveds know this (which may explain why my best-beloveds are either likewise focused, or really really mellow).

Last night, we crossed the point to 75% funded on "From Whence You Came," which was the point at which I'd promised I would stop second-guessing and hesitating, and write the hell out of the story the way it's been asking for.

This morning I wrote another 1200 words, hit a major plot-pivot, and re-evaluated my outline. Yeah, we're looking at 30,000 words minimum, here. Maybe closer to 40,000. Well, I always knew this wasn't a "little" story....

That's what you get for $5. For $30, you also get the "origin" story for Wren & Sergei (of the Retrievers books). For $75, you get the novella, that short story, and another "origin" story for how Jerzy (of the Vineart War trilogy) ended up a slave. Plus other "backer bonuses," depending on where you come in.

This is all a massive experiment, but - unlike bio class back in high school - an enjoyable one. Are we going to make it happen? I sure hope so...

Meanwhile, I have gone back to the very rough first draft of the mystery, with a printout and a red pen. That's going to occupy my afternoons, while I write FWYC in the morning. My beta readers expect this by New Year's, and I'm scared enough of them to make it happen.

And the evenings? That's.... a secret. For now. :-)

and here: have an evil-eyed kitten: