I just haven't posted here in awhile. *ashamed*
I finished the first draft of my novel and also did one preliminary revision to it. Now I need to go through and really tear it apart. I have a few people reading it to give feedback and am thinking of joining a critique group. I also changed the title to Lineage. It's a relief to finish it but it's also daunting to think of the edits that are before me.
I also entered the Amazon Breakthrough Novelist Award and was just cut today in the first round. Ah well. I wasn't expecting much since I found out about the contest with only days to enter and wrote the pitch quickly.
I've also started on book two of the series. It's set mainly in modern-day and 1830s-1840s Ireland. Yup, I have my work cut out for me. ;) And I've already come up with basic ideas for more books in the series.
I'm hoping to finish revisions of book 1 by the summer and then I will decide if I want to try to get it published or go the self-publishing route. I'm excited and nervous about it all!
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Research, Research, Research
I put most of the major writing on hold as I do some research. I figured I have the summer to do it. My goal, is if I don't have the novel done by fall, it WILL be done by the end of the year.
The one difficult thing I'm encountering with research is the chosen time period isn't overly popular, so I might have to dig harder. I'm finding a LOT out about the potato famine, but I was hoping to go into the years proceeding it in this book. I'm becoming so interested in what I find, that I want to delver deeper into Eliza's story (she's Calista's ancestor from Ireland in the early 1800's). But I know I can't overload this novel. So I'm already throwing around the idea of there being a sequel from Eliza's perspective. Yeah, I'm still in the beginning stages of my novel and I'm already planning another! Crazy! LOL
So, for now, I'll try to concentrate on getting enough info to give the glimpses into Eliza's life like I originally planned. Her whole story will have to wait and we'll see if I even finish this book before planning another. ;)
The one difficult thing I'm encountering with research is the chosen time period isn't overly popular, so I might have to dig harder. I'm finding a LOT out about the potato famine, but I was hoping to go into the years proceeding it in this book. I'm becoming so interested in what I find, that I want to delver deeper into Eliza's story (she's Calista's ancestor from Ireland in the early 1800's). But I know I can't overload this novel. So I'm already throwing around the idea of there being a sequel from Eliza's perspective. Yeah, I'm still in the beginning stages of my novel and I'm already planning another! Crazy! LOL
So, for now, I'll try to concentrate on getting enough info to give the glimpses into Eliza's life like I originally planned. Her whole story will have to wait and we'll see if I even finish this book before planning another. ;)
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