Tuesday, December 27, 2016

December 27, 2016

Yeah, it's actually 1:36 a.m. on the 28th.  But I figured I'd report yesterday's activity.  :)

My main WIP right now is a collection of short stories, in the horror genre.  This project was lost, due to a housemate fudging with my computer several months ago, and it took me a bit to get up the desire to start again. 

But an idea of how to bring all the stories together (sort'a) sprung into my head, and I knew it was time to start anew!  (taking better precautions, this time).

The first story in this collection, Between, seemed to take forever to write!  I mean literally, some days I might've written less than a hundred words!  But I was hooked on the concept, and I can't say it was writer's block!  Whatever the reason, it topped off a just over 7,000 words.  When I read through it, I understood why it took me so long - it was exactly as I'd wanted it!

I didn't start the second story until yesterday, currently called Lurker in the Shadows, though that might change.  It's obviously going to go quicker, as I finished 1,000 words yesterday, and had to tear myself away from it to work on another project I've promised.

That other project is The Mountain Elves of Kali Omnibus, a collection of my published works on these elves.  It will include one novel (Flight of the Elves), two books of short stories (Stories of the Mountain Elves, Volumes I and II), and The Shen (Elven) Language Guide.

This is my first omnibus, so I thought it would be rather easy.  NOT!  After connecting all four pdfs into one file and converting them to Word for editing, there proved to be a LOT of editing to do!  Well, I finished editing the novel, all in one day!  So maybe the project won't take too much more time.  I'm planning to release it after the New Year, as soon as I can.

Well, if you took the time to read this, I thank you.  Please... all comments and suggestions are welcome!

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