Oh my, its been a long time since I wrote on here. 2020 has been such a struggle, it had even prevented me from writing for a while. A key stealer of my writing has been stress/anxiety, which I know has been the same for a lot of people. I hope all of you are healthy and finding happiness in life despite everything.
Update on my works in progress:
I have been making a lot of forward progress on Story 20 over the last month or so. I am re-reading it so I can tidy up the end. It is currently 208,000 words long. My editors are going to take a look at it and figure out the best thing to do. I want to keep it one story, but realistically, that's kind of crazy. So we shall see. This book still needs a title and cover art, but I'm not all that concerned about either of those things with this book, especially if it stays one book.
I am still waiting for my latest edited manuscript, but I know it will arrive eventually. I do have a title for this book, but not a cover. I had an idea, but I can't seem to make it work the way I want to, so I keep hoping something else will come to mind. Or I figure out how to do my idea. I've still have some time though since once I get the manuscript back, I have to attend to their critiques and the oopsies that I made, and then re-read it at least one more time before I will send it to copyright.
My friend gave me back my third person story (Story 15) and said she loved it and had no problems with the way it was written, minus the usual grammar problems I struggle with. So I will continue to work on that one, once I have the opportunity.
I have the second book for Rise of Ansea next to my bed. It too is nearly complete, just needs a few more details.
Story 17 is patiently waiting for me to go over the edits and input from two people who took a look at it for me. I have cover art for this book almost done. So I just have to keep writing to figure out if that book is going to be extended or if its going to be two books. (This is a book that I was almost done with when a new person decided to join the story and now it's not almost done.) I don't know how much more this new person is going to add to the story. Once I can invest the time to figure that out, then I can decide on a title and that will be almost done, again.
Never a dull moment here, especially not in my head/writer's world. Not gonna lie, I've missed all this chaos. The other chaos, where I am just staring at my stories and shaking my head because I'm too full of other negative crap that I can't do anything about, is horrible.
