To Change the Ending or Not to Change the Ending?
Book endings are a bit of a conundrum, aren’t they? You have an ending in mind that you think is pretty good. Then, by the time you get to that part of the novel, you decide that too much has changed and the ending you had in mind won’t work, or it’s not good enough and you come up with something better, or your timing and triggers are off and you’ve completely screwed the pooch and need to revamp the whole thing - multiple times.
It’s not like I’d know from…
Sneak Peek - Book 2 (no spoilers), Plus Writing Update
Sneak peek day! It’s just a tiny look at a portion of Book 2, but still.
First, as you can see by the writing log image (can click to enlarge) I’m over 80,000 words in, so I’m in the home stretch. The goal is to complete it in fewer than 90,000 words so I have some room to beef it up if need be, while still remaining within 100K. Fingers crossed.
Also, big news -
NaNoWriMo Wrap-up
I have officially experienced the bang-fizzle, which is to say I started with a bang, then fizzled after only eight days.
Bang-fizzle is my newly coined word, by the way.
Thankfully, I did get a lot done in the the eight days though, and I’m more than 28,000 words into the novel, so it’s not like it was a waste of time, not at all. It was definitely worth it.
But writing that much daily
Why Write?
Why write? Why not?
Well, I’ll tell you why not. The money. Yes, that’s right, the money, or lack of money if we want to be accurate. It’s shit. And when I say “shit,” I don’t mean that it sucks. No, no. I mean it’s pretty much non-existent for most authors. In fact, for many, writing and publishing is done at a loss.
Did I know this when I started writing my novel? Aww, hell no. Would I still have written it had I known?