Hello everyone! We're slap bang in the middle of autumn, and on the lead-up to spooky season. It's also the lead-up to Nanowrimo! So I'm all sorts of busy! Do you want to hear about what I've been working on? Alright then! Let's dig in... Since my last update... I have been stuck in an editing spiral. My self edits have five layers I have to go through for each chapter. This means I can spend anywhere from 2-6 hours working on one chapter at a time. If I wasn't literally watching the final product improve, and tighten up, right before my eyes, I'm sure I'd have given up by now. But it is improving. The prose is getting tighter. So I just keep on keeping on. I don't have a whole lot more to say about the editing. It's taking me painfully longer than I estimated. That's something I'm going to have to keep in mind moving forward, and for future projects. While I'm a little over 50% of the way through my edits, I did have to battle lots of health problems at the beginning of the process, and I have sped up considerably since the beginning of October. Plans for the coming month... Simply put, I plan to continue editing until the end of October. But once November 1st hits, finished or not, I'm gonna be switching gears to continue working on Darkling. My Nano record word count is 74,000 words, and I'm hoping to beat it by trying for... well, honestly, I'll be trying for as many words as I can possibly cram it. But I'll treat myself to a nice bottle of White Zinfandel if I can hit 100k in 30 days. Just like I did in July, I'll be updating my word counts every 5-or-so days on my social media platforms, and my website. If you'd like an opportunity to see some early sneak peeks about Darkling's story progression, you should consider signing up for my newsletter too! Want to see more? My newsletter subscribers get to see sneak peeks first, hear my updates earlier, and gain access to an exclusive flash fiction sent straight to their inbox.
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It's September! It's officially autumn!
It's also my favourite time of year! It helps that my birthday is at the beginning of the month, but it's not just that. I love the sharp crispness to the air in the early mornings. I like how the sun is still bright, but you often get a cool breeze to even out the heat. I love watching the leaves on the trees change colour, although it's still a little early for that here at the moment. Autumn has always seemed such a magical time of year for me, and I find it very inspiring. That said, I've been busy tapping into the creative energy this time of year always fills me with, and I've been making excellent progress on the Fey Touched trilogy. Do you want to hear what I've been working on? Alright then! Let's dig in... |
Arista Holmes
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