Wednesday, May 15, 2013 was the best pure writing day I’ve
had since the late summer of 2011 when I was working on Under the Ember Star. Word count was about 1500 polished words and
another 5 to 6 hundred rough draft. Most of the polished stuff came on Wraith of Talera, and I was able to fix
a plot hole that had been troubling me and push forward to the end of a very
tough chapter. That ending also gave me a jump start in ideas for where I’ll
begin today’s writing.
I also did some polishing on a new Ginn Hollis story that I’ve
started. It’s going to be a short story instead of a novella, and the working
title is “Once Upon a Time Beneath the Ember Star.” It will be a prequel to Under the Ember Star. This is where I also did most of the rough draft stuff. After finishing up
four straight days of final work for school last week, and taking a day to
rest, I had a hard time getting started back on “Wraith” but this idea excited
me and I let myself roll with it. I’m going to try and keep my writing time at
about 85% “Wraith” and 15% “Ginn.” Unfortunately, this weekend is going to be
full of a different kind of commitment, so after today I won’t be able to work
on either story much until next week.
Speaking of this weekend, I’ll be off the internet most of
that time so I won’t be visiting blogs or commenting. I’ll probably be checking
email on occasion. I know everyone will survive without my input for a few
days!
In the meantime, I’ll leave you with a little snippet of the
new Ginn Hollis tale. This is the first paragraph.
1: Burning Sky
Across the wasteland of sand came a hum, rising rapidly in
pitch, building toward a whine. Then a hoverbike burst into view over a dune,
fine grit scattering behind it from its fans. Ginn Hollis crouched low over the
cycle’s power pack, her head down between the handlebars as she tried to will
every last erg of energy from her engines.
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