Limping to the finish line, but we reached it.
I am so mentally destroyed, it's incredible. I have done almost nothing but edit (beside when I recovered from the RFA and got the flu) for four months. Be it "Seismic Semester" or the 2024 editions of the novels with all the note taking (ended up 100 pages of hand written notes by the time I finished btw) that's been my life. Worse than "almost" for all of January. JUST editing.
I am spent.
So I'm taking a week or two off to watch television and stupid movies and...maybe even read someone else's novel! What a crazy idea!
When I come back, I will start the beta read and finally give you fans a set release date. March is all I can say at this point.
Thinking about a Friday release so you have the whole weekend, sound good?
After release...I want to write for a year. That's it. My favorite thing in the world. I can't mentally handle any more editing for awhile. So even if I finished the Vicky Novel (remember, it's 1/3 done!) or completely blow through "War to End All Wars" in six months, I just don't think I can do any more editing that soon.
So...Vicky Novel, "War to End All Wars", "Most Obvious Trap"...just gonna work on them all at the same time and whatever piques my interest is what I'll dive into. Probably the Vicky Novel first. That novel is constant political warfare. Gonna be fun!
Actually...they'll all be fun!
Just no editing!
Please!
Take your rest where you can find it, boss. Maybe... don't dive into Joe Abercrombie for the first thing you read? Not because his writing is anything but spectacular, but rather because it IS. And for me, that means an investment of mental energy I may not have, as well as the certainty that my own writing is garbage. You don't have to worry about the second issue... so yay you. Take care of yourself and enjoy life for a minute or two.
ReplyDeleteI constantly hate chunks of own writing, mate. The readthrough was torture. There's even a scene in "Seismic Semester" I'm still really frustrated with. Not that it's "bad" just doesn't pop and gets bogged down by its weight, I suppose.
DeleteYou just have to focus on the positives, because there's also moments where you're surprised at how good something is, right? I cooked that scene, nice bit of description, still tearing up/laughing after a decade, etc.
The good news keeps on coming. I'm looking forward to reading Seismic Semester next month and hearing that you'll be writing more this year warms my heart!
ReplyDeleteWell I'll put forth some Drew Hayes books as a good light read. There's probably some others I could throw out there, but his stuff is usually pretty fun. Plus his Fred the Vampire series is segmented more into a series of novellas for each novel so do with that as you will. Gonna be cool to see you blaze through the next three.
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ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to this! I've followed your health struggles here over the last few years and I am amazed that you've almost reached the finishing line. Good on you.
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