Showing posts with label serial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label serial. Show all posts
Plans and Musings
I thought a follow-up to my last update was required, so here it is.
I started ADHD coaching, and it's going great. My coach is so insightful, and I'm trying to make changes already. I know I've got a way to go, but I feel like I'm making positive steps.
I also heard back from the referral for an assessment, and I'm now in their system, so I imagine I'll be hearing back again in February-March. It's a long wait, but it is what it is.
I'm still waiting on a few other things to help support people with their mental health so they can get back to work, so we will see how that goes.
Overall though, I am feeling SO much better. I feel like a dark cloud has been lifted from over me, and now I see the future stretching out before me.
So, what does that mean both for my literary career and writing?
Well, I'm starting a proofreading course today, with the aim of launching a proofreading business in the new year.
I've done a little proofreading before and loved it. I feel like it will be a good use of my skills, and also fit in with my interests.
I've decided to go the self-employed route (rather than applying to publishers etc.) because I want control. One thing I realized is that part of why ghostwriting wasn't working for me anymore was because I didn't have enough control.
Hopefully with some changes to my routine and mentality, and skills learned in coaching, I can build a successful business while maintaining a better work-life balance, and not end up burned out.
Writing-wise, I'm working on a paranormal romance that I'm really enjoying. I have a vague plan for how the rest of the story goes, so I'm writing happily and seeing where the story takes me.
The story is actually set in the Ancile universe, and that's been making me think a lot about Liches, Legends, and Love. I very much want to finish the story, but I'm wondering if I should work on re-writing it so that it's a paranormal romance, rather than a contemporary fantasy with romantic elements so that it's more in line with my current WIP.
Another question I keep coming back to is what will I do with the story(ies) once they're finished. I'm *trying* to live in the moment, and just enjoy writing, but my mind inevitably goes to "what comes next?"
I LOVE serial web fiction, but it seems not everyone else does, as Liches only had one regular reader. Part of me wondered if it was genre-related, but I was posting to genre-specific sites, like Royal Road, so who knows.
I'm tempted to give serials one last try on Inkett and Ream, but I'd LOVE some feedback.
Who here reads online web fiction? If so, what draws you to a story?
Has anyone published a successful online web fiction? If so, what tips and tricks do you have for me?
That's all I have for today, and lunchtime is almost over, so it's time for me to get into work mode.
I'd love to hear if you've got any news you'd like to share with me.
Until next time.
Stay safe, and keep writing.
Liches, Legends and Love - Chapter Twenty-Two
Happy Easter, everyone! Chapter twenty-two of my serial Urban-Fantasy Web-Fiction LICHES, LEGENDS AND LOVE is now on my website. http://claredugmore.weebly.com/webfiction/liches-legends-and-love-chapter-twenty-two
Liches, Legends and Love - Chapter Twenty-One
Liches, Legends and Love - Chapter Twenty
Chapter 20 of my serial urban-fantasy web-fiction LICHES, LEGENDS AND LOVE just went live on my website! http://claredugmore.weebly.com/webfiction/liches-legends-and-love-chapter-twenty
Liches, Legends and Love - Chapter Nineteen
Happy Weekend, everyone! A new chapter of my serial UrbanFantasy WebFiction LICHES, LEGENDS AND LOVE is now live on my website! http://claredugmore.weebly.com/webfiction/liches-legends-and-love-chapter-nineteen
Liches, Legends and Love - Chapter Eighteen
It's Friday, and you know what that means? A new chapter of my serial Urban Fantasy Web Fiction LICHES, LEGENDS AND LOVE is now live on my website!
http://claredugmore.weebly.com/webfiction/liches-legends-and-love-chapter-eighteen
Liches, Legends and Love - New Chapter Coming Soon!
Liches, Legends and Love -- Chapter Sixteen
Chapter 16 of my serial urban fantasy web fiction LICHES, LEGENDS AND LOVE is now live!
http://claredugmore.weebly.com/webfiction/liches-legends-and-love-chapter-sixteen
LICHES, LEGENDS AND LOVE - Chapter Fifteen
Liches, Legends and Love - Chapter Fourteen
Happy New Year, Folks! Now that the holidays (and illness) are done, I'm here with a new chapter of my serial urban fantasy web fiction LICHES, LEGENDS AND LOVE. READ IT HERE FOR FREE: http://claredugmore.weebly.com/webfiction/liches-legends-and-love-chapter-fourteen
Liches, Legends and Love -- Chapter Eleven
Chapter eleven of my serial urban fantasy web fiction LICHES, LEGENDS AND LOVE
Liches, Legends and Love -- Chapter Ten
A new chapter of my weekly, serial, urban-fantasy web fiction, LICHES, LEGENDS AND LOVE, is now online for your reading pleasure!
http://claredugmore.weebly.com/webfiction/liches-legends-and-love-chapter-ten
A-Z Challenge/ CampNaNoWriMo Theme Reveal
Some of you might be familiar with my urban-fantasy about oppressed witches, as I wrote it during last year's NaNo, too. Since completing the second draft (I actually came up with the idea, and wrote the first draft in 2012) I've decided it's STILL not quite the story I want to tell.
Hopefully this serialised version will be closer to the vision in my head. As this project is only projected to be 54,000 words, it will serve as "book one" of the Triquetra series, and I plan on developing the rest of story ideas into at least two more books.
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“Should those with the witch gene be prevented from procreating?”
This is the question asked by agents of the Paranormal Investigation Department (PID) in the latest government summit about those with magical abilities.
Being a witch in the current political climate is tough. Since a terrorist attack twenty-years ago, the PID have been cracking down on witches, imprisoning many with magical abilities without trial.
Those the PID don’t catch go into hiding – if they’re lucky. If they’re not, they’re caught by religious fanatics and publicly hung.
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Chapter Index:
A is for Action
B is for Battle
C is for Casualties
D is for
E is for
F is for
G is for
H is for
I is for
J is for
K is for
L is for
M is for
N is for
O is for
P is for
Q is for
R is for
S is for
T is for
U is for
V is for
U is for
X is for
Y is for
Z is for
Bonus Chapter
NaNoWriMo A-Z Challenge 2019
Yes, I know I haven't updated in almost two months. I have started writing a March entry (which will become a March/ April entry now), but I've been busy with work (YAY! I have work. More on that in the full update). But I wanted to announce my participation in both NaNoWriMo and the A-Z Challenge this April, and ask for your help.
I've always wanted to combine the A-Z Challenge with NaNoWriMo. Some of you may remember me previously serializing All It Takes for the A-Z challenge, and the format works perfectly for me.
This time around I want to write a new(?) story and post a 2,000 word instalment each day for the challenge (the title of the chapter will be a corresponding letter of the alphabet.)
My problem is which story, and this is where y'all come in.
I have four different story ideas, and I want everyone to vote on which you'd like to see me write in April. Part of my reason for doing the challenge the way I am is to attracted new readers to my work, so what better way to do so than by writing something you're all interested in?
Here are the choices (some might be familiar to you, as they're re-writes of previous unpublished works.)
1. LGBT, Sci-Fi romance about parallel universes.
A recent episode of The Flash had me wondering, if parallel universes were real, would you be drawn to the same person from all universes? What happens if you've lost your lover and meet an alternate version of them?
The story I have in mind centres around a young (25-ish) lesbian couple - Sian and Jasmine - who met in uni, and have recently gotten married. Six months after getting married, Jasmine is killed in a car accident. Sometime later, a freak storm opens the doorway between universes, and a version of Jasmine comes through from Earth 2 to Earth 1, where she meets Sian. But E2 Jasmine doesn't know Sian, because in her universe they never met and fell in love.
2. Choosing Sides; urban-fantasy about witches oppressed by the government.
Those of you familiar with my writing will know Choosing Sides is my urban-fantasy novel about three young women, who discover they have magical abilities, in a world that hates those with magic.
This will be my third draft of the story, as I try to get onto the page exactly what is in my mind.
We have Esmee, who works with the 'good' witch resistance, and believes with the right policing witches and non-magical people can live peacefully side-by-side. Nola, who is part of the 'bad' witch rebellion, and believes witches should have power over those without magic. And Maggie, who is part of the PID, a team who believe witches are dangerous and should be imprisoned/ wiped out.
3. YA fantasy about a gender-divided magical school.
This one is a new idea, and I see it as a sort of cross between The Handmaiden's Tail and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
The story centres around a magical society where males are the elite and females are inferior. Men train in magic to become leaders, military, doctors, lawyers and other esteemed professions. Women are taught housekeeping, cooking and child rearing related magic.
Breena enrols at the Arcanium at fifteen, like all others her age, and at first falls in line like the other girls, knowing no better. But as her time progresses, she starts to see the inequality in the world and forms a group to challenge it, eventually uncovering a dark secret about society.
4. Cupid; upper YA/ NA paranormal-romance.
This is another one regulars to my blog will recognise, as it's a re-write of a previously unpublished story.
Eighteen year-old Ruby Collins discovers her biological parents are fae, of the Cupid verity, and now she must give up everything she knows and loves - including her adoptive parents, and her best-friend Lucas, who she's never worked up to courage to admit she's in love with. If she doesn't embrace her new destiny as a Cupid, and help seventy-two couples fall in love before her nineteenth birthday, a dark fae named Abraxas will claim her soul.
So those are my four story ideas. Two romances (though scifi and paranormal) and two fantasy with social commentary.
Whichever gets the most votes, I will write and serialize on my blog during April, and then probably self-publish a paperback edition. The other three will be the projects I work on throughout the rest of the year - so don't worry, you will get to read all four stories eventually.
To vote for your favourite, and the one you'd like to see me write during April, please visit the following poll:
NaNoWriMo 2018 and Writing Update
Due to various reasons, I haven't done much in the way of writing the last few months.
I did add a bit more to Choosing Sides, and I now have about 12, 000 words/ eight chapters left until completion.
Additionally, I decided to serialize it on Wattpad. You can check it out here: www.wattpad.com/633473780-choosing-sides-author%27s-notes
Kyra and I resumed work on our co-novel, and decided to make some changes.
The story we wrote in part last year, is now going to be book two in a series focused on a UK wrestling company. Book one will introduce the male lead for book two, but also follow two best friends, who're debuting in the company.
It's a story Kyra and I have drafted a couple of times over the years, and we now feel it's the right time to really work on it and get it out there.
It was going well, but we've had to put it on hiatus for a few weeks, so Kyra can work on her solo novel, Say What You Feel (Chaos and Consent #2), as she's on a tight deadline for it, because of it being due for release on November 6.
Once her book is out, and she's had a break, we'll get back to it.
I spoke about re-writing my 2012 novel, Cupid, and I did start work on that, getting about 5k down, before illness hit. Then I lost my motivation to write ... until NaNoWriMo was approaching.
I've been conflicted on what to write in November, as I recently had an excellent idea for a young-adult, high fantasy book/ possible series.
But, after much deliberation, I feel Cupid is the best choice to go with. It's more developed that the high fantasy, which I'm still working out the details of, and with less fantasy world-building needed.
I think both could be excellent stories, but the high-fantasy probably isn't the right thing to write during NaNoWriMo, and I need to give myself more time to iron out the plot, and nail down all the world building aspects.
So I will be sticking with Cupid, and after re-reading the 5000 words I wrote in September, I'm certain it's the right choice. Damn it, I love that story, even if I do say so myself and what I've written so far is excellent. I'm so excited to work on it again once NaNoWriMo starts.
If you're interested in following my NaNWriMo progress, or learning more about Cupid, please check out my profile here.
That's it in the way of writing updates, but if you want a more personal update, please check out my recent blog post over on my website. http://www.claredugmore.com/blog/october-update
Until next time. T.T.F.N ...
Every Moment With You: Chapter Twenty-Two
Now we're properly into 2018 I'm back to regularly updating my age-gap romance serial EVERY MOMENT WITH YOU, so expect a new chapter every Tuesday from here on out.
Thanks to everyone who has read, commented on, shared, and liked the story so far. I hope you all continue to enjoy it.
Thanks to everyone who has read, commented on, shared, and liked the story so far. I hope you all continue to enjoy it.
Chapter Twenty-Two now live on Wattpad and Fiction Press.
Every Moment With You: Chapter Twenty-One
Seth's ex-wife, Tessa, continues to cause trouble for him and Jade.
Find out what causes her to punch Jade in chapter 21 of EVERY MOMENT WITH YOU,
now live on
Wattpad and FictionPress.
Every Moment With You: Chapter Twenty
Have Seth's demons of the past finally caught up with him and caused heartache for his fifteen-year-old daughter?
Find out in chapter twenty of age-gap romance EVERY MOMENT WITH YOU, now live on
Wattpad and FictionPress
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