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Sep. 15th, 2013 11:21 am*dusts off journal*
It's been a while since I posted here. It was about finishing Susie and Percy. Since then I've finished and submitted an 8,000 word story to Torquere Press. It's called 'Peace On Earth' and it's set in 1918. Yeah. That was a silly time to pick for a Christmas story, considering how damaged it made all of my main characters. I think I made it work, though. It's about Effie, a nurse and ambulance driver; her childhood friend Henry, a soldier awaiting demobilisation; and James who was Henry's superior officer for a while and one of Effie's patients later on in the war. I love them and have LOTS of ideas for them, so I might expand it. No word back on 'Victorious War, Beauty Ashore' yet - but that's because they pushed the closing date back to the 31st September. Waiting is not fun, though I've had several things to distract me.
Quick summary of what they were (aside from 'Peace On Earth'): quit my job, moved to the UK, been to Dragon*Con in Atlanta and started job hunting. I'm currently living with friends in North Wales and I love it so much. It's much better than being at home, though obviously the sooner I get a job and get settled into my own place the better.
As to writing I'm not sure what to do first: edit Susie and Percy or edit Bertie and Jack (or find a title for either of them). Susie and Percy will be the easier job, I think, and I could get that out relatively quickly, but BERTIE AND JACK. I wrote 500 words of the new chapter one yesterday, after having a great idea for how to start it off, and it was so great to be writing them again. I missed them.
But I've also started having more concrete ideas for a longer length story about Cornelius, Freddie and Thomas. And of course Percy's sister Laura wants me to tell HER story... But my priority now is getting the two first drafts to work the way they should and get them submitted.
Oh, and finding a day job. Of course!
It's been a while since I posted here. It was about finishing Susie and Percy. Since then I've finished and submitted an 8,000 word story to Torquere Press. It's called 'Peace On Earth' and it's set in 1918. Yeah. That was a silly time to pick for a Christmas story, considering how damaged it made all of my main characters. I think I made it work, though. It's about Effie, a nurse and ambulance driver; her childhood friend Henry, a soldier awaiting demobilisation; and James who was Henry's superior officer for a while and one of Effie's patients later on in the war. I love them and have LOTS of ideas for them, so I might expand it. No word back on 'Victorious War, Beauty Ashore' yet - but that's because they pushed the closing date back to the 31st September. Waiting is not fun, though I've had several things to distract me.
Quick summary of what they were (aside from 'Peace On Earth'): quit my job, moved to the UK, been to Dragon*Con in Atlanta and started job hunting. I'm currently living with friends in North Wales and I love it so much. It's much better than being at home, though obviously the sooner I get a job and get settled into my own place the better.
As to writing I'm not sure what to do first: edit Susie and Percy or edit Bertie and Jack (or find a title for either of them). Susie and Percy will be the easier job, I think, and I could get that out relatively quickly, but BERTIE AND JACK. I wrote 500 words of the new chapter one yesterday, after having a great idea for how to start it off, and it was so great to be writing them again. I missed them.
But I've also started having more concrete ideas for a longer length story about Cornelius, Freddie and Thomas. And of course Percy's sister Laura wants me to tell HER story... But my priority now is getting the two first drafts to work the way they should and get them submitted.
Oh, and finding a day job. Of course!
