I’ve been a bit out of sorts the past week or so and last night I finally felt ready to start writing properly again--so I thought I should share some of my thoughts and how I’m dividing my time between my (many) projects! Also I just need to put this somewhere so I can remember what I’m working on smh
Projects are listed more or less in the order of priority.
Eosophobia
novel | goal: 100-120K | current: 20K | about
My main project that you’ve all heard a lot about but seen very actual content from, and whose first chapter I was supposed to post 200 followers ago (rip). My child. My precious. My (gestures vaguely) masterpiece.
I’ve decided that I’m going to ease up on drafting Eos so I can pay more attention to outlining it and getting a firmer grip on the narration. I’m definitely still working on it, this just means that my already slow progress is going to become inevitably slower.
My original goal was to traditionally publish Eos, but because it’s rather unlike anything I’ve ever read (in both content and style), I’m also starting to prepare for the possibility of self-publishing. Traditional is still what I’m preferring, but... well, fingers crossed for future-me’s endeavors to find an adventurous agent.
I’m also now more acutely on the hunt for science-fantasy/biopunk/post-apoc novels to get a better grip of the market. So I mean, if yall have any reccs, please send them my way!
Infra.Red
novella | goal: 30-40K | current: outlining | about
My new project that’s super shiny and I’m in love. I have absolutely no fucking clue what I’m doing with this, but I love it and have lots of Good Ideas. What little bit of plot I’ve got figured out actually has me really excited, so I’m free-drafting this while I work out Eos’s outline.
Optimistically assuming that I’m capable of following this project to its end, I’m probably either going to self publish it as an ebook or save it for an anthology in the same world. I, an overambitious wreck, am leaning towards an anthology--I mean, dystopic dieselpunk and cyberpunk elements with greek myth retellings? I love this setting, and would love to write some accompanying short stories in the same world.
The Rotted Rose
short story | goal: 3.5-5K | current: outlining
I’m scared and a little lost but I’m ready. Short stories won’t know what hit them. If, like, I could actually finish writing one.
TRR is a short story that’s going to take me disproportionately long to write, and is probably going to end up being a practice run for me. I’m not expecting it to come out any good, lol, so in the likely event that I’m displeased with it I’ll probably post it here and/or on Wattpad or something. But if I surprise myself? Then it’s onto Publishing Hell with me.
I haven’t figured out how to introduce this story yet so there’s no info out there but the gist is pirates, sad romance, and a Davy Jones-esque reaper with a found family crew.
Alight in Ashes (Mortal Constellation Trilogy #1)
novel | goal: 75-90K | current: outlining | about
My high fantasy trilogy project. AiA was my main project when I started this blog but quickly decided to put it on the backburner to focus on writing Eos and to sort out some problems with the story.
I love the setting of the MC trilogy and I actually really like the plot. What I hate is the characters (they’re all one-dimensional in their dynamics in comparison to my Eos cast), the one narrator style, and the main character/narrator. Cass has a lot of potential but I need to work out a lot of her problems, too, and come back with a character whose motivations are clearer and personality is sharper. Right now, she feels very melancholic to me, and that’s not at all how she’s supposed to be.
There’s also every chance that I’ll drop this down to a duology, unless I come up with some fantastic subplots--there’s a huge space between the second half of the second book and the middle of the third book that I either need to cut or fill.
My optimistic hope is that whenever I do write this, I’ll be able to get it traditionally published. I don’t think this’ll be nearly as hard to find a market for as Eos, as long as I can make the characters shine--and now that I’m starting to think about it again, that seems reasonably doable.
Even God is Entertained by My Sins
novel | goal: 60-70K | current: 30K | about?
My psychological/historical horror experiment that I never talk about but think about a lot. Even God was my NaNo 2017 project and gave me a much needed boost back into writing. I love the idea of the story but I’ve had a really hard time trying to write the unreliable narration in a way that’s easy to follow while still portraying the psychosis of the MC. I put this project on hold a couple months ago to redo the characters, since I didn’t develop them before NaNo (I literally came up with the story idea on Halloween, so the worldbuilding and planning was literally nonexistent).
I’m mostly just playing with this whenever the mood strikes me, which is fine, since it’s more for me to develop new skills with than anything else. I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to do with this if/when I finish it, or if I even will finish it--but it’s a lot of fun whenever I do get in the mood to play with it.
Character Moodboards: Even God is Entertained by My Sins - Dominik
He could hear her. Screaming. Again, and again, the sound a pig makes when it is brought to the butcher--as though it can taste the blood on the knife from those who came before. He winced, the sound of her shrieks echoing in one ear, the silence of the hall bouncing in the other. He opened his mouth to speak, to plead--as though anyone were listening. But the words caught in his throat, dried and unused, and his voice never came to push them free. He could feel her, her delicate hands coming across his shoulders. Comforting. Inspiring fear. "How are the woods faring, in the heat?" Well, they're catching fire. The sun itself inspiring ash. Her hands burned, her shaky white knuckles becoming torches. His body was consumed in their grip, leaving nothing. He awoke with her ashes on his lips.
No man should feel more at peace burning beneath his ghosts than he did waking up to the mere silence, but Dominik shook as he reached to his tender shoulders, the silence chanting through the halls making his stomach curdle.
The main character of my psychological suspense WIP Even God is Entertained by My Sins, Dominik is a hunter in the early 19th century. Following the mysterious loss of his wife, Dominik finds himself on the run in the forest he grew up hunting in and takes refuge in an abandoned castle just as a winter storm rolls through the valley, leaving him prey to his ghosts.
When will Even God Is Entertained become ready for publication? It sounds so good!
Aww, thanks for the interest!! 😊 Even God was my 2017 NaNo project, so unfortunately it won’t be ready for some time. The first draft is about 2/3 written, but I’ve decided it needs to be rewritten with some major characterization changes.
However, I’ve been considering it as an experimental project (I’ve never written a psychological horror story before), so when it is ready I’ll probably post it for free on Wattpad or Fictionpress or whatever is used these days for everyone to read!
