A while back I started working on my first book. Yep, got the writing bug just like so many others. The plan is that it’ll be a stand-alone urban fantasy novel with lots of magic and adventure. I don’t have a title yet, so WIP is it until I have the Eureka! moment that’ll give me the brilliant idea for a title.
The manuscript of this magnus opus currently stands at just over 9000 words and I’m figuring out that being a discovery writer (aka pantser) isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. So I’ve started brainstorming an outline the other day and in one session got further than I expected. Hmmm… Apparently you’ve got to know where you’re going if you want to get there in any kind of reasonable amount of time. Who knew, right? Right. I’m actually starting to wonder whether I should test-drive the various plotting techniques I’ve been hearing and reading about. Live and learn!
So what can you expect from this blog? First of all, writing updates. I am a newbie writer after all and will share all the pain of the learning curve. There will also be talk of the things I will learn as I go, helpful resources, fun writerly stuff (yes, my vocabulary is mighty), and even some actual writing pieces. I’ll be doing writing prompt flash fiction for my writing group and I’ll be posting those here, for all the world to see my writerly evolution. And sooner or later there will be talk of publishing, so brace yourself. Or not. It might not seem so intimidating when it’s actually time to do it, and for now I’m focusing on writing and finishing the book.
It’ll be a wild ride, I can tell already
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