Milestones

On Wednesday night I passed the 100,000 word mark for Planes Shifter. For a fantasy novel, that’s still a little short. However, it’s the longest I’ve ever managed to get one story to be, and I’m not quite half-way through …

Katy Rose Playing in Field

Redrafting a Novel

The first draft of Planes Shifter was around 78,000 words, and comprised of a girl finding a bird of prey, and together, they find love and go home to claim the throne. The second draft of Planes Shifter had all …

Aspects of Editing

I found the original idea for the Planes Trilogy this week; written on the back of an envelope. While writing draft one, I kept a note of the anything I wasn’t yet sure of including; such as questions about the …

The Next Big Thing Meme: Planes Walker

In my last post I wrote about my main novel project of 2012: Planes Shifter, as I was tagged by C. R. Trumbo in a Blog Hop called The Next Big Thing. Much like writing the summary and query letters, despite being …

The Next Big Thing Meme: Planes Shifter

Back in December I was tagged in a Blog Hop by C. R. Trumbo. I thought it might be nice to answer this meme here. 1) What is the working title of your book? Planes Shifter is the first book in …

Forward Progress

On Monday night, I began the next round of edits on Planes Shifter. For the second draft, I chose two beta readers; one who is a writer herself, and one who likes to read. This way I have a readers …