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 …
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 …