Back in January, I posted my year's writing goals [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ].

Here's what I said about June and July:
June, 2012 - Initial revisions to Their Currents Turn Awry, release to my first readers.
July, 2012 - Take a break from Sunspin, pursue short fiction commitments.
In practice, what I did was reverse these two. I finished the first ( Read more... )

Yesterday I finished the latest chunk of Their Currents Turn Awry, Sunspin volume 2. The manuscript now stands at 119,200 words, and I figure on adding about 30,000 more words with the last chunk. I'm definitely wrestling with some plot timing and sequencing issues, but that's absolutely a problem for revision. I am also emerging from the natural ( Read more... )

As I mentioned over the weekend, Calamity of So Long a Life is finally off my desk and out into the world. More about that when there's more to report.

Now that I'm embarking on Their Currents Turn Awry, this seems like a good time to review what I've done with Calamity. Checking my production information, I find the following ( Read more... )

The synopsis for book one of Little Dog, Son of a Bitch, is about done in both long form (writing document) and short form (selling document). ( Read more... )

After correspondence with my agent yesterday, I can update the state of play on various projects.

Sunspin (four volume space opera): She really likes the revisions to volume one, Calamity of So Long a Life. I need to produce a short marketing-focused synopsis, about ten pages covering all four books, and she has suggested one more line editing ( Read more... )

I got home from Texas yesterday afternoon. Managed to jam in some good work on the Little Dog synopsis, including an audio readthrough. Also wrote a requested short called "The Cancer Catechism". I may have overshot the mark a bit on that one, it's a lot more intense than the market might be wanting. I guess I'll find out when I send it in ( Read more... )

Still in Austin. Spent part of yesterday working at Day Jobbery (a very rare weekend commitment), then with friends, then at dinner at the Hyde Park Bar and Grill. Mmm, one of my favorite restaurants. I used to live four blocks from there. Also got some more work done on Little Dog, as well as some critique for the Norwescon writers' workshop ( Read more... )

Yesterday I flew back to Austin. I slept a bunch on the first leg of the flight, but still managed to knock out worthwhile time on the Little Dog synopsis, plus catch up on my homework for teaching ( Read more... )

Here's me, off in the air again. Goals today: Get to Austin, read the student assignments from my guest teaching gig, work on Little Dog.

What you got going on?

I managed to knock out about three and a half hours of writing time yesterday. This in addition to Day Jobbery, lunch with my mother, dinner with H-, and helping ( Read more... )