{"id":6983,"date":"2012-02-01T23:41:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T04:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=6983"},"modified":"2012-02-01T23:46:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T04:46:50","slug":"tomorrow-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/tomorrow-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrow, tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I was going to finish Stars of Blood and Glory<\/strong>\u00a0today…and then I went and spent some time with an old friend, had some dinner and spent the evening with the missionaries…long story short, I think it would be better just to wait until tomorrow than to do a rush job tonight.<\/p>\n

I’ve only got two scenes and an epilogue left, which is very strange, because the novel isn’t even 75k words long yet. \u00a0Something definitely seems to be missing, and it probably has to do with the storyline of the new characters I introduced. \u00a0They’re the prince and princess of a futuristic Japanese culture (with a mix of Polynesian elements) that’s built on giant floating cities on a water world<\/a> that never fell to the Hameji. \u00a0I think I skipped a little too much on the research, so the culture doesn’t feel fleshed out enough at this point. \u00a0Also, there’s a whole host of minor characters that I neglected to even give names; in the next draft, I’ll have to work out who they are and how they fit into things.<\/p>\n

I’ll definitely finish this book tomorrow, though. \u00a0There’s nothing stopping me, and I really need to get it done.<\/p>\n

After that, the plan is to immerse myself in the world of\u00a0Star Wanderers<\/strong>. \u00a0I’ve got to be honest, I’m really looking forward to it. \u00a0This story came to me like a love child: completely unexpected at a time when I was supposed to be working on other things. \u00a0And yet, few other projects I’ve worked on have given me so much satisfaction. \u00a0When I let my mind wander, I inevitably find myself daydreaming about it. \u00a0And yet, it’s not a story I can force. \u00a0I tried that once, and it was as if the characters just refused to cooperate; the answer, quite firmly, was “no.”<\/p>\n

As for my next publishing project, I’m going to try to get the illustrated version of Journey to Jordan<\/strong> formatted and up on Amazon and Barnes & Noble before the end of the week. It’s a little intimidating, because I don’t yet know how to add pictures in html such that they turn out well in ebook format. \u00a0However, I think it will be a good learning experience, once I climb the learning curve. \u00a0Expect to see some news about that very soon.<\/p>\n

And as for my New Year’s goal to read a book every week…I know, I know, I missed it last week. \u00a0But I plan to make up for it with a couple of really good books in the next couple of days. \u00a0Both of them are indie published, and they’re both really fun reads. \u00a0The only reason I haven’t finished them is because I’ve been too busy working on my own projects.<\/p>\n

So on that note, I think I’m going to retire for the evening with a good book while I wait with baited breath for Kris Rusch’s<\/a>\u00a0next Business Rusch post to go live. \u00a0Have a good night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I was going to finish Stars of Blood and Glory\u00a0today…and then I went and spent some time with an old friend, had some dinner and spent the evening with the missionaries…long story short, I think it would be better just to wait until tomorrow than to do a rush job tonight. I’ve only got… Continue reading Tomorrow, tomorrow<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[857,569],"tags":[192,223,122,1007,529,530,155,100,232,72],"class_list":["post-6983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sw","category-sbg","tag-discovery-writing","tag-finishing","tag-friends","tag-gaia-nova","tag-indie-publishing","tag-kris-rusch","tag-rough-drafts","tag-the-hameji","tag-why-we-write","tag-worldbuilding","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-1OD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6986,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions\/6986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}