Hello! Just dipping in for a moment to report that I did the impossible — I completed the alpha draft of Book 4 today! It’s around 522 pages and 186k words. I will be checking in tomorrow with more news about revision plans and NaNoWriMo and when you can expect regular posting to come back to Crimson Glass. I appreciate your patience while I focused exclusively on getting this done by October 31. There were definitely days when I didn’t know if we could do it, but I was able to pull it out.
Hey dropping in to let you know that Mad World is coming along great! I had a huge weekend. I drafted eight chapters over the last three days, and we’re on target for the first draft to be done by October 31. I’m really exhausted, lol, I spent most of the extended weekend writing, so I’m going to get off my computer, do some laundry and watch tv to enjoy the last of my day off. Mad World is currently at 22 chapters, 345 pages, and 128k words with another 15 chapters planned. This is an insanely long book lol, so prepare yourselves for February. We’re going to be here a while.
Be back later this week with fuller update.
Update Link: One Simple Glimpse
This story has legit the strangest inspiration for a short I’ve ever written, lol. I wasn’t planning this at all, and I don’t have any of the site set up for it. It’s not in any of the story lists yet and I have to get ready for a doctor’s appointment. I’m off today for my TMJ appointment, and I was going to use the hour before I left to work on Karma. Then my brain did a thing while I was showering and now here we are.
Enjoy!
TW: pandemic
I don’t like too much time to pass between posts, and since I didn’t end up doing Flash Fiction this weekend, I wanted to check in and let you know how things are going. My writing guru, Lani Diane Rich over at Chipperish, started a sprint community livestream on Saturdays. This was the first week, and I tuned in 10 AM to see how it would go. It’s been a really long time since I’ve been able to write for more than hour at a time thanks to the TMJ, but I was hopeful that a community sprint and the opportunity to work alongside someone who’s been so influential in my writing career might inspire me.
YOU GUYS.
Listen. I knew September 19 was happening, I was aware of the date the whole time, and then somehow — I completely forgot about it. I even made the video last week talking about CG’s history and mentioned the date. I don’t know.
Hey! Just another pop in to let you know where my head and energy is at, and what I’m thinking about for the next few weeks.
I haven’t been posting the videos here, but I have actually been keeping to the schedule I set out — three new videos, one a week. I posted the Site & Story Status, which you guys got. I also posted an FMT vlog and then yesterday, I put up a video about Crimson Glass’s history and some future plans. I’m going to embed them here for you guys. On the Mad World front, I’ve been writing. I’ve actually written two new chapters in the last two days and it’s going really well! I’ll have some more info on Saturday. See you guys on Thursday for the Throwback post (which I forgot last week because I was tired lol.) Any thoughts for a story to feature? Or a genre you want to know if I’ve written?
Just popping in real quick to let you guys know I won’t be updating flash fiction this weekend. The students came back on Wednesday, and I honestly just forgot how mentally and physically exhausting it is to teach, LOL. Your brain seriously just forgets that over the summer, for real. Probably the only way you go back, to be real.
The good news is that it’s really just my body getting used to the daily grind. I didn’t have to bring anything home all week, and I am completely ready to go for next week, so it really is a matter of getting used to it again.
This weekend, I just want to relax, do some things around the house, and not hurt my brain too much. Any writing I can get done, I want it to be with Karma and Mad World. We’ll be back next weekend for sure 🙂
