Here’s a bit about what I’ve been up to in the last week. Just to keep me honest.
Writing
I’ve managed to write every day for the last week! That’s pretty amazing considering the fact that I haven’t done that since I found out I was pregnant.
Progress on the novel in progress is still slow, but I’ve pulled two 1,000-word days and I’m pretty happy about that. With some work tomorrow and this weekend, I’ll likely hit my goal of 1 chapter per week.
My current short story–Victorian monster gone steampunk…with a twist–went out for a fourth round of critique and I think I finally have a better idea of what to do with it. Keep an eye out for more reports of submissions!
I also finished a secret side project this week. **EDIT: Announcement and reveal forthcoming! I published a guest blog on writing more realistic hikes over on Dan Koboldt’s Science in Sci-Fi, Fact in Fantasy series! Thanks, Dan!**
Editing
Now that I’m also back in the saddle at work, I get to work on other people’s books, too.
This week I started working on a memoir and ran into my first instance where 3×5 cards will be a Godsend. I think careful attention to structure–what is revealed and when, especially–is as important with this project as it is with any good piece of fiction.
Social
A few choice tweets from this week:
Writers and bloggers: if you write something that an editor thinks is worth being published, you are worth being paid for it. Period. @wilw
[in nature]
WATS THE WIFI PASWORD OUT HERE
[birds chirp]
[wind rustles the leaves]
[sunlight glimers off the lake]
…
IS THAT ALL ONE WORD
@johnnysun
God save us from middle aged men who tell the young people (who they do not manage) what their true priorities should be. @gilldaniels
Some nights I awaken, heart pounding, mind cobwebbed w/ memory of vague creeping things, & can only whisper: “The horror… the horror…” #VP19 @jgstewart
(That hash tag references Viable Paradise. If you’re a SFF writer and unfamiliar, check it out.)
Victoria Sandbrook 