My first story completion of the year is done!
The previous titled short story, A Pirate’s Fate has been completed under it’s new final title, Pirates of Misfortune. It’s out for review right now and once the feedback is incorporated into the story then it’s off to production.
Note horrible cover mock-up to the right. No wonder self-publishers get a bad rep. Go to a popular photo site and search for pirates. Note percentage of children pirate photos as opposed to useful adult male or female poses in period costumes. Finding something useful for a historical fiction cover is mind-numbingly difficult. My hats off to those artists who manage it on a daily basis.
I’m really proud of this one. It may be the best thing I’ve written to date as far as my storytelling prowness allows. You see, as mentioned in previous posts that I’ve learned so much in the last year that anything written previously just seems lacking in some manner. This one brought all that craft and energy and knowledge to bear and I’m loving it. Now I just need to apply it to my other works in progress (WiP) and I’ll be golden.
And it’s been a year or more since my last completed story, Amaranthine Dreams, was released, so getting back in the saddle feels really good as well.
Am rewriting chapter 17 of Built for Murder today, smoothing out the plot, adding details, making it a real story. That’s like five chapter rewrites in a week/ten days. I’m four chapters ahead of my critique group on the book and striving to add more. If I can keep up the pace the final first draft will be ready Real Soon Now, whatever that implies. It will be ready when it’s ready.
Writing thought for the day: “You can’t edit an empty page.” – Nora Roberts
