Category: Ge Mi: Part Two

News: Writing Continues

3/26/2017

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3/26/17

I have begun writing book seven of my Supernatural Consultant series. I'm almost finished with the prologue, which will connect this new story to the end of Dragon Spy as well as fully connect the new arc started in Spy with the hints I dropped in Dragon Deception and Dragon Dilemma. Unfortunately, the prologue is the only part of the story I have planned out at the moment. I'll need to return to planning the rest of the book once the prologue is completely written. I haven't figured out a title for the book yet either. What I do know is Nickel and Platinum will be the main characters. There will still be considerable input from Lumie, but after what happens to him in Dragon Spy, Lumie needs a bit of a break. Right now I'm expecting book eight to return to Lumie's point of view.
You won't believe how many questions I've received about when the second half of Ge-Mi will be released. It's almost as many as when readers have asked for more Tori or more Lumie. The reception this story has gotten is amazing and has galvanized me into starting work on part two. There is a lot of work to still do for this story, but putting together the overall plot and much of the research was done for part one. I'm hoping that means writing part two will go faster, but I can't make any promises.
Most of my writing time has been spent working on some of my fairy tales. I am currently writing three different fairy tales and am hoping to rewrite a fourth. If I combine those with my two fairy tale stories that recently went out of print, I feel like I could have a nice compilation. There's still a ton to write, but I'm really enjoying putting these stories together so I hope to have some of them completed soon.
I have been wracking my brain, trying to figure out what to do with Hadash Aviv. For those of you who don't remember, Hadash Aviv was my cute little contemporary crime thriller that recently went out of print. I absolutely adore this story and I want to get it reprinted, but it's too short. LT3's (and most publishers) minimum word count for stories they'll accept is 10k, but Hadash Aviv is only 7k. I've read through the story and I'm concerned that adding another 3k words will ruin the flow. I could release it as a free story, but that isn't fair to the people that purchased a copy. I thought about pretending it was a Beauty and the Beast inspired story so I could slip it into my fairy tales, but it's really not. Hadash Aviv will unfortunately continue to sit on my computer until I can come up with a solution.

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News: What I'm Working on Now

10/25/2016

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10/25/16

I have been writing, but I can't stick to one story. I added a bit to If A Butterfly Don't Fly, then switched to Ge-Mi: Part Two, then added 1k words to my story with the awkward working title of Coliseum Story. I've also worked on Ground of Resurrection and another story with a working title of Coup. If I could stick to one story, maybe I would feel like I was making progress, but I'm still feeling a bit stuck. Of course, a few months ago I wasn't able to write anything. Some writing is considerably better than no writing at all. I'm hoping that this upward trend will continue and I'll be able to write even more soon.
LT3 and I have been talking about a few things. First, my Dragon's Hoard series is going out of print early next year and I'm talking with LT3 about a reprint. What that means is the series will go through a thorough edit, possibly get updated covers (I'm not sure about that since the original covers are so fabulous), but overall the series won't change too much. I'm hoping to finally get my short stories completed in time for the reprint, so there's lots to do.
Second, LT3 and I have begun talking about producing Supernatural Consultant 1-3 as an audio book. This would be in the same style as the print book with all three of the first books in the series (Dragon Consultant, Dragon Deception, and Dragon Dilemma) together in one audio book. We're at such an early stage of this process that it will be at least a year from now before the audio book might be released. I'm just so excited that it's happening!

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July was supposed to be my comeback month, but I am still plagued with writer's block. I am having a lot of trouble finding the motivation to keep working on any of my works-in-progress. It's honestly a bit maddening. I want to write, I do, but it's just not happening. July ended up not being a good month for my goals.

Editing. I returned the edits for Dragon Soldier and Elemental Ride to LT3. I'm still working on the edits for The Case of the Wandering Wolves. I have also received the edits for Ge-Mi: Part One, so have been trying to get those completed as well.
Magnified, Book Three. I haven't touched this book all month. I wanted to, especially since I know what I need to do to finish the scene I working on, but it just wasn't happening.
Ge-Mi: Part Two. I tried to get some planning accomplished in this story. I know the overall plot, but am missing a lot of final details that are needed to have a smoothly-flowing story. Once I have those details figured out I should be able to return to writing this story.
The Oracle's Current. This is the story I wanted to work on the most, however when I read through what I have written I realized there is a lot of editing that needs to be done. It's missing something, which is why I think this story has been sitting stagnant for so long. I need to figure out what that something is so I can finally complete it.

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July Goals

7/1/2016

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July is a wonderful month. Everything is warm, but it isn't scorching outside yet. My birthday is coming soon. And, of course, I usually have a great time with writing. This has always been my "last month of freedom" before that hellish six week job I've been doing every summer, except this summer I don't have to go back! I have my full time job, which, admittedly, I'm still settling in to, and it is so much better. With all that to look forward to, I'm really hoping writing will start picking up again.

Edits. I still have to finish the edits for Dragon Soldier. I'm delinquent on getting them back, so they're a priority right now. I also have the first round of edits for Elemental Ride and the second round of edits for The Case of the Wandering Wolves in my inbox. The first round of edits for Ge-Mi: Part One are on their way as well. That's a lot to do, so I need to get cracking.
Magnified, Book Three. I need to think of a title for this. It will be something-fied, but I haven't figured out what will work just yet. I also want to finish writing the prologue this month. It's only about 7k words to write, which is doable.
Ge-Mi: Part Two. With part one now having a release date, I realized I need to get cracking on part two. Mostly I need to start planning out the overall plot, which will require a good bit of work considering I haven't thought about this story in a long while.
The Oracle's Current. Speaking of stories I haven't touched in a while, I think this story wins that bet. It is long past time I finish writing this and complete the fifth and final part of this story set in the Oracle universe. There's a side story I want to write too, The Sentinel's Prophesy, but let me stick to one story at a time. When Current is finally completed I'll return to Prophesy.

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January Goals

1/1/2016

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1/1/16

Happy New Year! I'm hoping to start off this new year with a lot of writing, particularly focusing on my stories that are almost complete. Here are my goals for January:

Editing. I have two stories that need editing. Elemental Ride is back from the beta reader and I need to finish those edits so I can get it ready to submit on time. I also received the first round of edits for Magnified, which I need to get back to LT3 this month.
Submissions. Once the edits for Elemental Ride are complete, I need to get it formatted and ready for submission. It's due at the end of this month. I would also like to submit my Hanukkah story this month, although it still needs a title. If I'm able to finish both of those, I would then like to move on to getting Justified and Ge-Mi: Part One ready to submit as well. Will LT3 hate me for submitting too many things at once again?
Writing. I'm leaving this open ended again, but I want to try to focus on the stories that I'm almost finished writing. I would like to get a large portion of Ge-Mi: Part Two done and see about getting Dragon Soldier and Kelpie Blue completed, but I'll be happy with whatever I work on.

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