I rather stay home and be able (maybe!) to get more writing done!
This week word count goal: 62 500 words
Word count so far: 42 221 words
No writing of any kind was done on Day 77 of this diary of a writing project.
Many adults were making the best of our small living room/playroom while kids were having a blast.
As planned, I was busy in the kitchen.
Very busy.
So busy that, in the end, someone came in and almost grabbed my hand to force me to go sit with everybody.
Continuer la lecture de « Diary of a new writing project. Day 77-78: Incoming deadline »Today, on my way to daycare, I spotted a archaeological dig. Sort of.
Word count goal for the week: 7 500 words
Word count so far: 4 309
A writing diary is about a writer’s progress with a novel. What is there to improve, change; maybe write about characters arc, story beats.
And write about the inspiring things real life provides sometimes. Today, on my way to daycare, I spotted a archaeological dig. Sort of.
See, in my very small town, there was an old house at the corner of a round-about. Apparently, it once belong to a important figure of the Patriotes movement, a group dedicated to kick the British out of the country. The conflict happened in 1837-1838. The Patriotes lost, some of them were hanged, it was a big deal for the time.
Anyway, this centenary house (can you say that in English?) was destroyed without so much as a warning, out of the blue, order of the Mayor at the time, who always swore the small town would save it from its horrible state – we was forced to quit soon after that.
Scandal! Destroying history like that, without saying a word, after promising to save it! It made the news all over the province.
A big hole surrounded by a cheap gate and angry citizens were all that was left.
Politicians said they would ask archaeologists to analyse the site, which will become… a park maybe (I’ll keep you posted 😉 ).
So today, when I saw actual archaeologists digging on the side of the very big hole, I thought it would be fun if they find something… improbable.
Better yet, what if archaeologist students were to find a improbable something? What that improbable something could raise all the poor souls who drown in the small river basin near by?
Right now, I don’t think I can use those « if’s » in the current YA-WIP.
But a crazy writer on a quest never knows…!
Starting a new writing project is always so exciting. Committing to it to get to the finish line on time, well, ish…
Ends the writing diary. About writing. If I share something about the 5am tantrum my kid had that morning, it’s because it has had an impact on the writing project or the writing diary project. (Oh yeah, 5 am tantrum. It’s new. It won’t last. Don’t worry. Have kids. They’re awesome.)
Fall is coming.
Colors changing, hot chocolate back on the weekend menu, cozy pj’s and tons of new books. It’s the best, I love it.
There’s also the pre-fall back to school craze, which always energizes me. Suddenly, I want to do so many things at the same time.
More importantly, I want to write; write something new even more so.
And this idea for YA writing project who has been waiting all winter-spring-summer long is just what a writer on a quest needs!
Starting a new writing project is always so exciting. Committing to it to get to the finish line on time, well, ish…
I need a challenge. I need to try something.
Ends the writing diary blog. Almost daily writing and writing only good old fashion blog posts.
If I share something about the 5am tantrum my kid had that morning, it’s because it has had an impact on the writing project or the writing diary project. (Oh yeah, 5 am
tantrum. It’s new. It won’t last. Don’t worry. Have kids. They’re awesome.)
During the next months, I will go down the journaling lane, writing about my progress/non-progress, struggles and fails, small victories, so on and so forth.
Well… I’m… nice?
Seriously, I like spying on other authors technique, tricks and tips and I thought I would do something similar while making myself accountable for something.
So, yeah, just a working-from-home and aspiring author on a quest, sharing her journey. I hope you’ll enjoy!
I am so so excited about this idea.
It started with a dream I had, two years. A vivid dream/nightmares involving a peculiar party of ghost.
Now, ghost stories, horror stories, I cannot read, nor watch. I get so scared, it’s ridiculous. It took me years to get over the american version of « The Ring » movie. Real. Long. Years.
But the dream was so incredible, the idea was so much fun. Plus, horror, fantasy, mystery are evergreen genre.
I had to try.
So I did.
The failure was complete. Main character was not working, the love interest was as cliché as cliché can be, the contemporary world setting was boring me to tears. And, yes, I got scared while doing the research.
I moved on, wrote a other novel, worked on ideas. But this idea kept nagging me.
It while doing research about publishers (we’ll get there in a moment) that I had one of those lightbulb moment. I found a way to twist the idea, which was all of the sudden creating a solid base for the main characters to grow from.
Since I was working on two projects already, I put that one on the back burner. Until now. Hooray, as my kid favorite little piggy would cheer.
I’ve got a lot to say about the book market.
I’m talking about my little francophone book market. Here, no literary agent could earn a living, so there’s no literary agent. Plus, here in Quebec, publishers, big and small, are less and less inclined to accept unsolicited work.
In a small market, it’s understandable. Still, for aspiring to be traditionally published authors, it gets a little… discouraging.
Therefore, it is oh so important to do thorough research, so you can write a book that fits the (agent if you are in a big book market) publisher’s editorial line, kinda.
A deadly good query letter will certainly help too. Then, well, there’s the matter of when to send the manuscript. Here in Quebec, it will be October-November, then February-March, then May. Ish.
I’ve done the research last January, and again in September. The new writing project I have in mind would be a good fit for several publishers.
Green light on, people. Let’s get started.
Until next time!
Marie Alice Writes & Reads 