Today marks the release of the penultimate volume in Christine Rains' 13th Floor Series; The Oracle and The Vampire. I'll be hosting Christine on her blogtour on 16th May, and we're talking about vampires and banshees in fiction and what's next for the paranormal romance genre.
For a full schedule of Christine's tour, check out her blog here.
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I'm still plugging away on my current WiP, trying to perfect act one, which is now around 10 chapters/ 21k words. I refuse to move on until it's just right.
Though this story is giving me more trouble than any of my past stories. So much so, this
weekend I contemplated shelving it, and working on something else. One of my problems is I'm not getting enough feelings in there. I don't know if it's because I'm not used to writing in first person, or if my plot/ paranormal development is distracting me from my character development. The idea I contemplated working on over the weekend was actually a straight contemporary romance. Then I though, 'no, why should I sacrifice something I think I'm good at (paranormal)?' so now I'm trying to improve the character/ emotional aspect of the story. I know it's only a first draft, but I'd like this to be a lot tighter than my past first drafts have been. Hopefully my new method of writing will have helped.
I'm still plugging away on my current WiP, trying to perfect act one, which is now around 10 chapters/ 21k words. I refuse to move on until it's just right.
Though this story is giving me more trouble than any of my past stories. So much so, this
I'm also looking into branching out, possibly into non-fiction writing. For a while now I've been looking into getting some sort of job, but one thing that's holding me back from a regular nine-five is that I still want time to devote to writing etc. Mum suggested looking for other things in the industry, and it has been something I considered - I briefly looked at proofreading positions but I feel under qualified to apply for any. So now I'm sending out emails to local publishers and writing organizations, seeing if any are offering volunteering opportunities. Heck, I don't care if I have to start out as a tea lady in some publisher's office, as long as I'm in the industry making contacts, gaining experience and learning valuable lessons. Another thing I wondered about was internships, but I wouldn't even know how to go about any of that. I'm also looking into article writing, and possibly even doing a course of some sort to help me improve my skills and gain some experience.
