Revision, Revision, Revision!
Lots of those this week. I finished final edits on "Cygnet's Shadow" (a Mercuria tale) for a future issue of On Spec yesterday, and it was a pleasure as always to work with their copy editor.
I also went over "Night of the Manticore" (sequel to "Sphinx!" in Ages of Wonder), which had a rewrite request from Abyss & Apex. Right now I'm rewriting the third in the Leolithic Age series, "The Curse of Chimere", after receiving feedback from the Codex Writers Group. It was originally only 2,500 words, but I'm expanding and making alterations to the plot so it's less of a supernatural cozy, and more in line with the other two stories. It's coming along well, I think, so I hope to keep up the momentum.
I also went over "Night of the Manticore" (sequel to "Sphinx!" in Ages of Wonder), which had a rewrite request from Abyss & Apex. Right now I'm rewriting the third in the Leolithic Age series, "The Curse of Chimere", after receiving feedback from the Codex Writers Group. It was originally only 2,500 words, but I'm expanding and making alterations to the plot so it's less of a supernatural cozy, and more in line with the other two stories. It's coming along well, I think, so I hope to keep up the momentum.