Just checking in. Making steady, if slow, progress on Tangleways. I'm still aiming to finish it this year, but haven't been nearly as quick as I like.
My speed on different types of stories, and sections in them, can vary wildly. Second books in a series are particularly hard because it's necessary to introduce the existing world and through-plot while carrying the new one in an interesting way, and avoiding it turning into a dull info-dump. So the establishment chapters of Tangleways have been particularly challenging for me (bringing in enough of the world without weighing everything down), with such a complex world as the Trifold.
I also needed to settle some plot details before I could start writing toward them, and fortunately have figured out some of the major ones. I tend to look forward to and plan out 'fun scenes', and am soon to reach some of them, which will be nice.
Anyway, still here, still going! My philosophy on writing is that as long as I keep adding new sentences, even if it's only one a day, I'll eventually end up with a book.
as long as you keep adding new sentences, even if it's only one a day, you will end up with LOTS of books
ReplyDeleteGlad you are keeping on writing
ReplyDeleteOh yay! This is my favourite series of yours. Very happy to hear this is in train.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're making progress!! I look forward such news :) ~ Lexie
ReplyDeleteA thought….if you do a nice “previously on” recap at the beginning to catch readers back up, that takes a ton of pressure off so you can just continue forward rather than worry about b4. I highly encourage all my authors I alpha/beta/ DE for to do this. Readers LOVE it. L. O. V. E. 💙💙
ReplyDeleteI did that with the Touchstone books, but I don't think it would sit so well with the Trifold ones, even though I definitely wouldn't recommend starting with Book 2 of Trifold, I think it's worth making it able to stand on its own.
DeleteAt lunch today, I was telling a friend of mine about my recent re-read of The Starfighter Invitation and how much I wished for a sequel, but how -- given my own ridiculously slow pace of writing and my own lack of production of long-promised sequels -- I didn't feel like I could really ever say so to you. But then I came to my own blog for a post-lunch distraction and found a lovely comment from a reader who basically said that she pops in every now and then to see if a new book has dropped and she "just wanted to write some kind words so you know there are people out there waiting" and I thought, well, that I could do. Should do, in fact! So I just wanted to let you know that I'm waiting patiently, for whatever you want to publish, rereading while I do, and looking forward to whatever comes next. I love your books!
ReplyDeleteThank you Sarah! I decided to finish Trifold (and, ah, side project) before the next Starfighter, but I definitely plan to get the sequel done. [And Book 3, since I wouldn't really call that story rounded off until Book 3.]
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