I’m going to be honest with you guys: since the beginning of this
month, I haven’t really done much as far as writing goes. I had a sort of
emotional breakdown about two weeks ago—mostly to do with writing—and I decided
that stepping away for a while would be good for me. I was stressed by the fact
that writing The Guild Conspiracy has
been rather difficult and the fact that I now essentially have to start over. As
a result, I was seriously worried that the book wouldn’t come out when
originally planned. It was a bit much when heaped on top of other life things.
I also learned what my priorities are. First and foremost, I need
to get the new version of The Clockwork
Giant ready as soon as possible. So that’s what I’m going to work on next.
I am going to reread the book, making any necessary changes—cutting a line of
dialogue here, clarifying a description there, etc—and as I go, I’ll be marking
quotes to add to my Pinterest board. In this new version, I’ll also put my new
biography in, as well as an excerpt from The
Guild Conspiracy. Though the second book isn’t finished, most of what I
have written will be in the next draft in one form or another. For the excerpt,
I plan to use one of the mech fight scenes that I’ve already written.
Rereading the book will serve another purpose too. It’s been a
long time since I’ve read it, since December at least. The first (partial)
draft of The Guild Conspiracy began
three months after the ending of The
Clockwork Giant. But with the new draft, the story will start days, perhaps
a week or two, after the ending of the first book. I think rereading The Clockwork Giant will help ground me
in the voice of the story, the pacing, setting, and characters, and I’ll be
better able to pick up on story threads that were left open at the end of the
first book.
Once I’ve made all the necessary changes to the new version of The Clockwork Giant, I’ll rerelease it.
No fancy schmancy party or anything. I’ll just be like, Hey, the new version of my book is up. Boom. Same price, same story,
just different packaging. Hopefully by then, I’ll have a better guesstimate of
when the second book will release. Right now, I’m going to say March-ish. Hopefully
sooner. But if the past few months of writing are any indication of how writing
is going to go for the next few months, well… yeah. I hope that’s not the case.
Anyway, that’s my news for now. I’ll go back to Propp’s Fairy
Tale Functions next week. Have a good weekend
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