How's the writing coming?

[teh603]

Originally Posted by anamardoll

A friend of mine -- also an indie writer -- is talking with me about indie anthologies, too. Release 'em for free, with a little 1-page "author bio and links to more (paid) reading" after each short story.

What I've thought about doing is release a sample chapter or two onto DeviantArt and see how things go. With a nice cliffhanger at the end of the last sample chapter just to tease.

Originally Posted by Elfwreck

I got 6000 words written for NaNo, about 2/3 of which was sex scenes*, and then my husband had a heart attack. I've written since then (5 stories for the Yuletide fanfic exchange), but haven't picked up the novel again and haven't tried anything ambitiously long.

Oh, ouch! Hope he gets better!

I looked at the "novel" again a couple of days ago and thought, hmm, maybe without the pressure of NaNo I should re-outline it to whatever length it actually needs to be, instead of trying for 50k minimum.

That's the trouble with NaNo, not every story is 50,000 words long. I'm looking at 35k or so for my current project.

* for some values of "sex scenes." It's sci-fi, and there's only one human involved.

Nifteh.

[kebuzf]

I'm working on some new short stories to submit around the web plus hammering away at a paranormal novel. Its about a cop who encounters people with weird problems. Its due out in the spring if you're interested

[mr ploppy]

Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan

I'm still on self-enforced writing hiatus. I have ten books that aren't selling, and if I can't fix that, there's not much point in writing anything new. So I'm trying to find new promotional tools, and working on other projects (like the new web site for Read an E-Book Month in March).

Interestingly, now that I'm not working on any writing projects, I'm starting to remember my dreams... and boy, do they bite.

Looking at your blurbs, you seem to be targetting yourself at Star Trek fans? I don't think Star Trek is that much of a draw anymore (did anyone even watch the Quantum Leap one?), and people who do want that aren't short of proper Star Trek books to read anyway.

[Shiromi]

I thought I was working on a serialised novel. I've written half of it, and wanted to finish it before beginning to post except... it's going to be a LOT longer than I thought. At least 60,000 words longer. My conundrum is do I do the serialisation which will be a much bigger commitment than I initially planned, or release as an ebook. Decision, decisions.

[RobertLCollins]

No "happy dance" news, but I have been plugging away. I had the idea for a follow-up to my first novel and I've been working on that. I have a solid outline for another, and I plan to get to that next. I did some work on another Lisa Herbert book, but I've set that aside because I need to do some more pondering on the plot.

[anamardoll]

I got absolutely nothing written this weekend, but that was sort of by design... I needed a break, as January/February really take it out of me emotionally. Where is my spring?

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

Looking at your blurbs, you seem to be targetting yourself at Star Trek fans? I don't think Star Trek is that much of a draw anymore (did anyone even watch the Quantum Leap one?), and people who do want that aren't short of proper Star Trek books to read anyway.

The Kestral books are targeted at Trek and Firefly fans, but only them. I haven't really drawn such parallels with the other books and comparable series/authors, just with genres (hard SF, adventure, romance, etc). I'm trying more to emphasize originality and quality SF.