K. S.

An accretion disk for writing related thoughts.

[dionysiaproductions]

[souperluminal]

05.29 - Starmaid

[weepingwidar]

Guy Rubicon (Belgian, 1979) - Blue Night (2023)

[katiestory]

I wish all my projects didn’t take years. Guess I have more patience to learn. And better time management.

[michaeladavenport]

Michael A Davenport, 3,090 Degrees Fahrenheit (Oil on canvas, 2025)

30in x 48in

[katiestory]

As planned, after getting the novel I've been working on for the last year to a critiqueable point (romance/fantasy "Lord of All Flesh"), I am going back to my shelved project to consider deeper revisions (darker sci-fi-fantasy story).

I'm really happy to find that after letting it rest for so long, I'm not intimidated by the idea of ripping it to pieces and taping it back together again in a way that makes more sense. I think a year ago I was just fatigued and unable to take things further with the proximity I had to the project and the singleminded focus. I'd been working on it for years at that point and learning how to write a novel in the process. Turns out working on another project is helpful to see things in a new light.

I'm still thinking about the best way to approach it, but I think I'll get a big piece of paper to start, and then brainstorm the parts that are the most successful and exciting that I would like to keep. And then see how the rest of the puzzle pieces fall around that.

It feels kind of luxurious to be back in charge after querying it for about a year.

(We'll see how far I can get before revisions for LOAF come back to me and I potentially despair at my workload. There's going to be so much to do.)

[katiestory]

Annnd this draft is off my desk! Time to read a book or something!

[katiestory]

I think today is the day I finish the last tweaks in my draft and then off to a friend to review…

I set out to discover how quickly I can write and edit a 90-100k novel to critiquable state (meaning I’ve resolved everything I can on my own) and the answer is 1 year, whilst working full time and dealing with chronic migraine, and a cat that sits on my keyboard.

I began planning this last October and wrote early partial versions in November. There’s more work to do of course, but for now I’m ready to take a little break and read some books!

I am happy to have learned this about myself. Next time I will probably adopt a less breakneck speed. But maybe I’m just telling myself that. This is what gives me joy. 🤫

[katiestory]

Every time I pick up my laptop to get some writing done, my cat wakes from deep slumber to claim priority position on my lap, as if saying I’m the laptop now

Anyway that query letter isn’t getting done as quickly as I’d hoped.

[katiestory]

I’ve solved the main problems with this draft’s ending! Been trying to figure this out for like a month.

[katiestory]

September 27-28 is Flights of Foundry, free online SFF writing conference!

[katiestory]

Working through my edits, and finding them supremely doable. A good feeling.

(Just got to stop comparing my writing to the master, Denis Villeneuve. Maybe in a few decades lol.)

[katiestory]

And we're editing folks!!!

I've been writing this sloppy draft for eight months (I did start over three times). I think this next step will go faster.

[katiestory]

Might have arrived at the final scene of this sloppy draft??

Been trying to get here for eight months!

[sanctus-ingenium]

the massacre at fort colombe

[turndecassette2]

[katiestory]

Yesterday: ugh this scene is boring, the characters are just moving from one place to another

6 am this morning: hold on, why isn't anyone chasing them?