The state of the author

[stillsostrange]

In a small publishing miracle, Orbit responded about the option novel within 45 days (and just after a hurricane, too!). They are passing on Dreams*, which means we're free of the option and arcaedia will begin shopping the book around elsewhere. What this does not mean is that Orbit has passed on any subsequent Necromancer books, or the Savedra books: I haven't pitched them any yet. As soon as I have a solid S&3 for either Isyllt IV or Savedra I, I will happily throw them at Orbit.

I am presently poking around on several projects at once, including Changeling Hearts, The Poison Court, and two other Necromancer-world ideas that haven't yet accreted enough plot. (Nothing ever has enough plot.) Having two intrepid young heroines surrounded by danger and intrigue, I vaguely wonder if I shouldn't try to mash them together. But I'm not sure if that would work out. I also need to designate a Work on Some F*cking Short Stories Day, and see what that produces.

But first I have to clean my bathroom.



* A mild disappointment, but not really a surprise.

Comments

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

I am letting Steles cook for a bit, now that I have 20K, and will be also Working On Some Short Stories.

Pact?

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Pact. *dogsigh*

[mmaresca.livejournal.com]

If I try to get deep into anything without figuring out plot first, it's a recipe for Pure Disaster. But that's me.

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

I'm incapable of writing past 15k without Plot. I can usually figure out a situation and maybe one complication early on, and then it stalls out until I figure out what's going on.

[mmaresca.livejournal.com]

That's about 10-15k more than I can manage without figuring out the plot. If I don't sit down and write up the rough out be first, then I'm frozen up, staring at the blank page.