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Yesterday, I finished Gold! Book three of Silent Harmony is finally done! I am so, so very stoked. I love everything. I'm quite proud of how it all came together, after so many bombshells the characters dropped on me all through it. One book to go, and I have effectively zero ideas for it. Thiras will turn up somewhere, but that's all I've got. I don't know the ending, I don't know the beginning, it's wide open.
For each book I've had a preceding (sort of) NaNo to develop the featured kingdom (Vermilion for Llayad, Bouquet for Kazin and, to a lesser extent, Blade Archer for Raykin. I'd been doing so many shorts around that time, though, that Raykin was already pretty well-developed by that point) so I'll give a shot at a NaNo for Tsayth, too. I mean, working full time will make such things tricky, but I'll try! Between now and then, I'll read back over Tarnish and Gold as I did Rust at the beginning of the year and get Thoughts together for the rewrite (because boy oh boy do I have Thoughts on Rust already), and I'll get a plan and maybe an outline together for Steel.
I've also worked out a method the last few months while I've been on a roll: write about the chapter in the spoiler book before I write the actual chapter. It's been great for nutting out problems that would inevitably come up and otherwise become a block. See if I can keep that up for the last book. I might write the thing in a year, you never know. I'm excited! SO excited!
I had hoped to go to Bridgewater Mill yesterday to write the last chapter, purely so at the end of it I could have a celebratory cocktail, but unfortunately they were closed for a private function, so I finished it at Red Cacao instead. Somewhat fitting, since I've been there every Saturday for writing for the last month or so XD Then ordered a pizza with garlic bread for dinner, opened a nice bottle of Chris Ringland shiraz to go with it, and drew Nol looking far more badarse than he actually feels. So that was pretty cool. Still want to go get a cocktail somewhere for celebration, too.
I FINISHED GOLD! I'M SO HAPPYYYYYY!!!!!
For each book I've had a preceding (sort of) NaNo to develop the featured kingdom (Vermilion for Llayad, Bouquet for Kazin and, to a lesser extent, Blade Archer for Raykin. I'd been doing so many shorts around that time, though, that Raykin was already pretty well-developed by that point) so I'll give a shot at a NaNo for Tsayth, too. I mean, working full time will make such things tricky, but I'll try! Between now and then, I'll read back over Tarnish and Gold as I did Rust at the beginning of the year and get Thoughts together for the rewrite (because boy oh boy do I have Thoughts on Rust already), and I'll get a plan and maybe an outline together for Steel.
I've also worked out a method the last few months while I've been on a roll: write about the chapter in the spoiler book before I write the actual chapter. It's been great for nutting out problems that would inevitably come up and otherwise become a block. See if I can keep that up for the last book. I might write the thing in a year, you never know. I'm excited! SO excited!
I had hoped to go to Bridgewater Mill yesterday to write the last chapter, purely so at the end of it I could have a celebratory cocktail, but unfortunately they were closed for a private function, so I finished it at Red Cacao instead. Somewhat fitting, since I've been there every Saturday for writing for the last month or so XD Then ordered a pizza with garlic bread for dinner, opened a nice bottle of Chris Ringland shiraz to go with it, and drew Nol looking far more badarse than he actually feels. So that was pretty cool. Still want to go get a cocktail somewhere for celebration, too.
I FINISHED GOLD! I'M SO HAPPYYYYYY!!!!!