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Forever West

Five Chapters and an Intermediary done, starting on the sixth chapter.  I have a bit more world building to do first before I can have our heroes move much farther.  I had hoped to maybe do that in an rpg session this Saturday but I'm not so hopeful for that...still, who knows.

I've written two short stories, "Mr. Hamburger" and "Abraham Lincoln's Doctor's Direwolf."

And I mean to do a lot more.

Working on Ace Talkingwolf's "Wand Project" script so we'll also see how that comes out.

Meh

So on the one hand the novel seems to be going well. Forever West has characters that sing to me and I know where they need to go and what needs to be done. But for 'singing' I've written 5 chapters in 2 months. At that rate it will be years before I complete this and my goal is the end of the year. Still...we'll see.

In all other areas though I've hit a wall. No...I know what I want to write and am getting better at writing it but except for Julia I don't really think anyone cares. Can I write for just one person?

My family supports me, and in theory supports my art...in abstract.

Things were going well if not slow until yesterday and on a day when I'd scheduled 2000 words I got nothing. Literally.

Its an awful place to be where you have just enough compulsion in your soul to force you to be an artist and feel incomplete without it, but not enough that you'll need it like air...the end result is tepid works that show occasional potential for brilliance and the abstract support of those around you with very little practical results to show for it.

Forward Ho/Backward Mo

Chapter 4 is in progress in Novel 5, and it is working out quite well. It even has a title...Forever West. It makes sense, cause its about a guy who tries to make 'the old west' last forever or at least as long as he possibly can. And it looks like he will do a good job of it to, unless our heroes stop him.

The three chapters done so far are solid. Julia likes them, and i'll be expanding my beta readers a bit on this. King recommends finishing the book before finishing but really...that isn't working for me. We're trying something different.

In a set back, my initial ideas about how to market my stuff (ie with help) seems to potentially hit a bit of a brick wall, but there are always work arounds. We'll see what happens.

Slow but Steady

Finished Chapter 2 of the 5th Novel (4000 words), about as far as I've gotten on my other two aborted tries but unlike the other two, where this is going is slowly spilling out into my mind even though I do NEED to do some more work on the background even though I dare not stop. Still, need to do some other writing...maybe a script or short story on the side.

Julia has read Chapter 1 and liked it, so I think it is a good start.

Note to Self

Read these:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/steampunk/top-10-steampunk-books-of-2011-3n9d

Ideas

So I have a rather clear picture on the 5th novel, but I want a working title and to begin filling in details. I'll potentially try exploring some of that here.

I'm also debating the Tossing Grenade's at Windmill's podcast reading either the second, third or current novel as I write.

Regardless, so the basic premise of the 5th novel is a man who has seen the future in 1807, who doesn't like it and wants to change it, but ends up making something similar to steam punk. I've thought of some rather grand changes but there is still a lot of research I need to do. Particularly about the changes that will occur in the west.

I've also finally worked out some plot kinks that I had with Kitten re: the Tenth Muse which I hope to begin actually writing in Wed.

Also, I am having difficulty getting myself to transcribe the Unfood script to Celtrix. Its free but unfamiliar and I do have my habits while writing. Lately that involves being around people as much as possible.

Finally, I've decided that the next script I'm writing is called "Mr. Hamburger" based on a short story idea I had, though I will potentially write the short story first.

Wow, that sounds boring somehow, despite my interest in those projects.

So..I'm enjoying the writing for the first time in a while, even if I don't sound hyperbolic about it.