{"id":7761,"date":"2012-09-29T10:14:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T15:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=7761"},"modified":"2012-09-29T10:15:50","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T15:15:50","slug":"on-the-verge-of-another-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/on-the-verge-of-another-story\/","title":{"rendered":"On the verge of another story"},"content":{"rendered":"

So with\u00a0Star Wanderers<\/strong> coming to a close, at least as far as the actual writing is concerned, I’ve recently found myself back in that weird writerly place where I don’t have any pressing projects to work on. \u00a0Whenever this happens, I find that it’s generally a good idea to start something new.<\/p>\n

Until just a couple of days ago, though, I wasn’t sure which project to start. \u00a0At first, I thought I should do the sequel to Stars of Blood and Glory<\/strong>, since I’m currently getting that one ready to send off to my editor, but beyond a tentative title (Empress of the Free Stars<\/strong>) and a really awesome opening scene, nothing has really sparked for that one. \u00a0With time, I’m sure my ideas will come together, but for now it’s just not ready to come out of the incubator.<\/p>\n

So then I went back to\u00a0The Swordkeeper<\/strong>, going back over the ideas that had sparked that one. \u00a0I started the opening scene back in March, but it’s currently lackluster, and none of my attempts at worldbuilding have gotten me anywhere. \u00a0For the past six months, I haven’t really touched it.<\/p>\n

But when I took the time to just think about the story, something amazing happened. \u00a0All my ideas came together, and the ending just came to me–not just for the first book, but for the entire series. \u00a0Seriously, I must have spent hours staring out across the Georgian countryside from my farmhouse balcony, totally in awe of the story in my head.<\/p>\n

A similar thing happened to me last summer with\u00a0Stars of Blood and Glory<\/strong>. \u00a0It took me a few months to finally get around to writing it, but when I did, the first draft flew out in just a matter of weeks. \u00a0I’ve since made a few relatively minor fixes to the beginning and added some scenes that were missing, but otherwise haven’t made any substantial changes, and the comments from my first readers so far confirm that that’s the right decision.<\/p>\n

So if all goes well, I’ll finish up with\u00a0Stars of Blood and Glory<\/strong> by the end of this next week, and restart The Swordkeeper<\/strong> soon after that. \u00a0Things are looking good, and I can’t wait to get immersed in this next story. \u00a0It’s a fantasy, so that’s going to be a major shift, but I think it will help to keep things fresh.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, that’s all for now. \u00a0More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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