I'm going to set my goal here: I need to finish profiling characters before December, so I can start my plot development of Retaliation. That should give me plenty of time to have fully developed characters, plus leave enough time for several months of plot development.

Finish "Operation Valiant" (working title) this November; and I hope to send a query letter into a publisher for "The Night Phoenix" by the end of this year.

Woot! Ace is writing again!

Awesome, Renna! Especially about the query letter. Keep us updated on the process!

Oh, right! I forgot to tell you! I'm writing again. xd

*will chat Ace sometime and get all the details out of him*

I would've told you, but you haven't been online.

I will! I'm also excited because your friend, Shaun, said she'd be willing to do illustrations of the main characters.

Awesome goals, Merch and Renna.

I haven't been in here for a long time... but I'm here to report that I've finished the last major revision of Never! On to small edits and suchlike now. I'll be announcing the release date soon!

*squee* Yay, Renna! I can't wait to see!

Yeah, I know, Ace. But if you ever want to chat and haven't seen me, just drop me an email and I'll come on as soon as I can.

Woot! *spins Gracie in a hug*

Awesome, JJ!

Thanks, Varon.

You're welcome.

I went to a NaNo plot party last night and was given a handout (a fairly large one ) to help me develop my novel, so my goal is to utilize that quickly, so I can get it done before Nov. 1st.

Well done, Grace!

Thanks, y'all!

I just got to the hotel (27 hours of driving, three days on the road) and can now report what work I did on my book. Over the last three days I have worked very hard and gotten some significant, but very exciting, rewrites done on the first book in my trilogy. I impressed my brother with two of them, so that is saying something.

I am now on page 104 out of 192 (65,000 words out of 120,000+). Which means I am now working on chapter 12 out of 21 chapters.

I feel like I've accomplished a lot, and I am very happy with some of the changes I am making to the book. My beta's will be very pleased when they see this book in print, I think. It's leaps and bounds above where it was back then.

That's great to hear, Airianna.

Awesome.

I hope to have the book finished by the time I get home... we shall see. I have a 27 hour drive in 5 days, so I should be able to get a lot done, if I feel up to it.

That sounds like amazing progress, Airianna! Good job!

I hope you can meet your goal, Airianna.

Awesome!

Having just revised a book of similar length, and experienced the exciting process of the book unfolding through revisions... I am so happy for you, Airianna.

Why thank you, Aubrey.

Amazing! I hope it all goes well for you, Airi! Well done.

Still working away on Never! I am doing several readthroughs in the next couple weeks or so.... and I don't have much time before I have to get it to Andrew for the formatting.

Praying you can get it done in time without sacrificing the care and deliberation necessary to make another awesome book.

I hope you get it all done and dusted by the time needed, Grace!

*knows the feeling quite well* One thing I've found that helps immensely when trying to meet a tight deadline is to set intermediary goals, daily minimums, etc. Pace yourself and you can make it! *gives cupcakes to help Gracie focus*

You're doing well.

The first book of Supervillain of the Day has been revealed to have some serious issues. The test readers didn't notice... they just kept pointing out that I needed foreshadowing, and when I finally talked it out with a friend I realized I need to write a completely new opening sequence, which involves rearranging the timeline and changing character dynamics that will have impact for the entire series.

At least now I have a project to work on before Nano.

*shares Katie's mixed feelings and wants to talk about it in more detail sometime*

Having edited my first book many times, I know what a wonderful feeling it is to see it becoming more polished every day, and the sense of satisfaction at a chunk of work finished. Good job and I hope you can finish.


Same here. Keep up the good work, Grace.

Aw, it's a shame you have to change a lot of it, Katie! What do you mean by 'changing character dynamics'?

Y'all have been doing awesome! Congratulations!

*Cough* If I'm in this thread, I should give an update...

I'm supposedly writing the first book of my trilogy for NaNo, but am not feeling the least bit ready.

Fortunately, NaNo is essentially designed for people who aren't truly ready. You can do it, Mae, and you still have 10 days to prepare.

Thank you so much, Jeremiah, Elanor, Leah, Jonathan, and Tarin! Y'all are very encouraging.

Originally Floyd and Adams knew each other for years before the series starts. Now they meet in chapter one. This is going to affect their relationship for the whole series, as they get to know each other better, etc. I think that's the biggest thing, actually... the rest of it is plot stuff. Which is coming out well enough.

Okay, knowing a bit about the characters, I think that change is going to be fantastic. Also, quote is great, as usual.

Changing character dynamics is hard. In Never, Master Hayes and Ross were originally good friends for the whole time, but I decided it would be better if there was some tension between them. And in Radialloy, I added two entirely new characters to the book, so that obviously changed many things.

Anyhow, I made an announcement yesterday!

An Announcement and a Reveal

So I guess my goal is to finish publishing this thing in one month.

Good goal.

We've got your back. (and we'll shove if necessary )

Oh yeah. *starts baking cupcakes for motivation*

I got to page 137 out of what is now 195 pages to the book. So, things are well. I'm on schedule.

That's great, Airi. Keep it up.

*echoes little brother's emoticon*

Great. I'm impressed.

*bows * Thank you, thank you.

I would really like to push for finishing up today, thus leaving me the final day to do edits for E and write a blog post, but we shall see. I don't want to rush the process, since I will be sending out queries as soon as I get home, so this is the final draft. If I need more time, I'm okay with that, but if I'm very, very diligent and strict with my time, I should be able to finish today....