{"id":6987,"date":"2012-02-02T20:35:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T01:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=6987"},"modified":"2012-02-02T20:35:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T01:35:44","slug":"stars-of-blood-and-glory-1-1-is-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/stars-of-blood-and-glory-1-1-is-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"STARS OF BLOOD AND GLORY 1.1 is finished!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s right! \u00a0After what felt like six hours of un-anesthetized brain surgery, <strong>Stars of Blood and Glory 1.0<\/strong>\u00a0is finally complete! \u00a0Here are the stats:<\/p>\n<p><strong>words:<\/strong>\u00a076,326<br \/>\n<strong>chapters:<\/strong>\u00a018, prologue &amp; epilogue<br \/>\n<strong>ms pages:<\/strong>\u00a0360<br \/>\n<strong>start date: <\/strong>20 Dec 2011<br \/>\n<strong>end date:<\/strong>\u00a02 Feb 2011<\/p>\n<p>Some extended stats, just for fun:<\/p>\n<p><strong>days spent writing:<\/strong>\u00a036<br \/>\n<strong>miles traveled:<\/strong>\u00a0~5,500<br \/>\n<strong>viewpoint characters:<\/strong>\u00a05<br \/>\n<strong>characters from other novels:<\/strong>\u00a09<br \/>\n<strong>major characters who die:<\/strong>\u00a03<br \/>\n<strong>space battles:<\/strong>\u00a05<br \/>\n<strong>planets slagged:<\/strong>\u00a01<\/p>\n<p>The wordsplash:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wordle: Stars of Blood and Glory 1.1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wordle.net\/show\/wrdl\/4779631\/Stars_of_Blood_and_Glory_1.1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wordle.net\/thumb\/wrdl\/4779631\/Stars_of_Blood_and_Glory_1.1\" alt=\"Wordle: Stars of Blood and Glory 1.1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the most influential song while writing:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cjet8UDvlEU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to finish another novel, but this one definitely needs a lot of work before I feel that it&#8217;s of publishable quality. \u00a0I think I know how to fix it, but my mind needs a break in order to give it a fresh approach. \u00a0I&#8217;ll probably let it settle for a few months, then come back either this spring or summer.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pleasantly surprised with how quickly I was able to finish this book. \u00a0Thirty-six writing days is something of a personal record. \u00a0Still, it feels like it needs a little more fleshing out. \u00a076k is definitely too short for a novel of this type; hopefully in the second draft, I&#8217;ll be able to bring it up to 80k or 90k.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, I heard back from the TLG program, and I&#8217;m happy to say I&#8217;ve been accepted! \u00a0I&#8217;ll fly out to Georgia in a little less than two weeks, have a seven day orientation period at Kutaisi, then ship off to wherever the Ministry of Education decides to send me. \u00a0I&#8217;ll be there until at least June, then either renew for a second semester or go somewhere else, maybe Eastern Europe or the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, I&#8217;m pretty excited! \u00a0Hopefully, this new career will be a good fit, and I&#8217;ll have many awesome adventures in the next few years. \u00a0Even if my writing starts to take off and my books start selling hand over fist, I&#8217;ll probably keep teaching for a while just for the experience. \u00a0Writing is fun, but when you have nothing else to keep you busy it can also get quite boring.<\/p>\n<p>The next few weeks are going to be pretty freaking busy, so I&#8217;m probably going to ease off on the writing, at least until I get settled into the new routine. \u00a0Before I leave, I need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find affordable expat insurance.<\/li>\n<li>Pick up a 220 to 120 volt converter and plug adapter.<\/li>\n<li>Publish <strong>Journey to Jordan<\/strong>\u00a0on Amazon and B&amp;N.<\/li>\n<li>Get some new clothes.<\/li>\n<li>Clean my parents&#8217; guest room.<\/li>\n<li>File state taxes for Utah (federal taxes are already filed).<\/li>\n<li>Write up the last couple of Trope Tuesday posts for the backlog.<\/li>\n<li>Finish the covers for <strong>Star Wanderers<\/strong>\u00a0(while I still have access to my desktop computer).<\/li>\n<li>Read up on Georgian customs and mentally prepare myself for the inevitable culture shock.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shouldn&#8217;t be too hard, but it&#8217;s only going to get crazier once I&#8217;m over there. \u00a0I&#8217;ll be sure to keep you updated as much as I can, though; this is going to be fun!<\/p>\n<p>So yeah, another novel down; this one makes my sixth. \u00a0Just another 94 to go before I reach my lifetime goal of one hundred!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s right! \u00a0After what felt like six hours of un-anesthetized brain surgery, Stars of Blood and Glory 1.0\u00a0is finally complete! \u00a0Here are the stats: words:\u00a076,326 chapters:\u00a018, prologue &amp; epilogue ms pages:\u00a0360 start date: 20 Dec 2011 end date:\u00a02 Feb 2011 Some extended stats, just for fun: days spent writing:\u00a036 miles traveled:\u00a0~5,500 viewpoint characters:\u00a05 characters from&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/stars-of-blood-and-glory-1-1-is-finished\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">STARS OF BLOOD AND GLORY 1.1 is finished!<\/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":[569],"tags":[89,223,259,150,677,697,495,566,63,204,312,675],"class_list":["post-6987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sbg","tag-career-decisions","tag-finishing","tag-just-for-fun","tag-music","tag-statistics","tag-teach-and-learn-in-georgia","tag-teaching-english-abroad","tag-trance","tag-triumphs","tag-wordle","tag-work","tag-writing-speed","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-1OH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6987","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=6987"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6989,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6987\/revisions\/6989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}