When did it stop.....
.... being Sean and Elijah?
I've been writing on what I hope will be the book called 'Revolutionary Heart' nearly non-stop. It's the best I've felt about writing in years. I'm at over 62,000 words and I honestly think it's done. It takes over 60,000 words to be classified a novel, and it's made that with room to spare.
Cathy is now doing the final edits, and then I'll submit it and we'll see. I decided that I wasn't going to post it here, or anywhere else, until after I've submitted it. In fact I took down the chapters I'd previously posted. Not to be mean or secretive, but because I don't know what publishers might have to say about work posted publicly and I didn't want to take the chance. It may get turned down. And if it does, nothing lost and I'll post it here or publish it myself and that'll be that. But, man, if it does. Wow. What a thought.
The oddest part of all of it is that I'm really in love with these guys. They started out being Sean and Elijah. But somewhere along the line, that changed. Now... they're David and Nate and any resemblance they bore to S&E has probably been written out except for odd little things like the color of their eyes. They just became two original characters with lives and thoughts and loves of their own. It was weird and wonderful and I am really, really happy with how it all turned out.
I've been stuck with S&E for too long. I loved them. And I still love them. But they're kind of the past for me now. I really hope I can do more with David and Nate in the future. Again, it's all conjecture at this point. But it's been a great experience for me, come what may.
I couldn't have done it without Cathy. She's a amazing editor. She took the copyrighting/editing class years ago and she absolutely absorbed what she learned. She's made it a better story by about 1000 per-cent. kc_risenphoenix, who always posted such amazing pictures, has also been like a guru to me through this process. He's quite a successful author in his own right and has encouraged and supported me from the get go. I'll probably submit RH first to his company, DreamSpinner Press.
PLUS... I'm taking a writing class that has helped me a LOT! I've enjoyed that too. I'm getting top grades and my teacher has been very vocal about how much she loves my writing. That's helped a lot because the writing I'm doing for my class is in many different styles and genres and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to write anything other than gay romance. LOL! Not that that isn't enough.
All of this may go exactly nowhere. Who knows? But I have to love it that at 72 years of age I can forge into a whole new creative area. It just feels GOOD!!!
I've been writing on what I hope will be the book called 'Revolutionary Heart' nearly non-stop. It's the best I've felt about writing in years. I'm at over 62,000 words and I honestly think it's done. It takes over 60,000 words to be classified a novel, and it's made that with room to spare.
Cathy is now doing the final edits, and then I'll submit it and we'll see. I decided that I wasn't going to post it here, or anywhere else, until after I've submitted it. In fact I took down the chapters I'd previously posted. Not to be mean or secretive, but because I don't know what publishers might have to say about work posted publicly and I didn't want to take the chance. It may get turned down. And if it does, nothing lost and I'll post it here or publish it myself and that'll be that. But, man, if it does. Wow. What a thought.
The oddest part of all of it is that I'm really in love with these guys. They started out being Sean and Elijah. But somewhere along the line, that changed. Now... they're David and Nate and any resemblance they bore to S&E has probably been written out except for odd little things like the color of their eyes. They just became two original characters with lives and thoughts and loves of their own. It was weird and wonderful and I am really, really happy with how it all turned out.
I've been stuck with S&E for too long. I loved them. And I still love them. But they're kind of the past for me now. I really hope I can do more with David and Nate in the future. Again, it's all conjecture at this point. But it's been a great experience for me, come what may.
I couldn't have done it without Cathy. She's a amazing editor. She took the copyrighting/editing class years ago and she absolutely absorbed what she learned. She's made it a better story by about 1000 per-cent. kc_risenphoenix, who always posted such amazing pictures, has also been like a guru to me through this process. He's quite a successful author in his own right and has encouraged and supported me from the get go. I'll probably submit RH first to his company, DreamSpinner Press.
PLUS... I'm taking a writing class that has helped me a LOT! I've enjoyed that too. I'm getting top grades and my teacher has been very vocal about how much she loves my writing. That's helped a lot because the writing I'm doing for my class is in many different styles and genres and I was worried that I wouldn't be able to write anything other than gay romance. LOL! Not that that isn't enough.
All of this may go exactly nowhere. Who knows? But I have to love it that at 72 years of age I can forge into a whole new creative area. It just feels GOOD!!!