well, my lovelies, it’s happened. on Saturday (December 29), I finished the first draft of A God Grown Old. I immediately saved it as a PDF and converted it for my Kindle, then left it alone.
because this phase is about resting.
this phase is about falling asleep on an idea. about softly sighing into the dark about the inconsistencies and listening for the answers in your imagination. about making peace with your flaws and your novel’s flaws. this phase is for finding the joyous spark of research and brainstorming again, for seeking out those first readers, for facing the reality of what comes next.
I don’t know how I’ll do, chopping up my baby. she’s short already (just over 65k words) and in my heart, she’s complete. but she’s not. A God Grown Old has much growing to do before it has aged into something I can proudly show the world.
for now, I rest.
(and by rest I mean start brainstorming and researching the next novel! which is as of yet untitled but will appeal to fans of science fiction, smut, and philosophy.)
“science fiction, smut, and philosophy”
Oh, gurl.
You hittin’ all the sweet spots, aren’t you?
THOMAS YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW I am so excited about this one.
it started out as this random post-apocalyptic smut that I was writing for Jake on the regular, just to get him through the day, and he was liking it so much as a progressive story I thought, hell, I’ll see what happens if I expand this. I started using this process from the book “The 90-Day Novel,” which gives you almost an entire month of nothing but brainstorming and structuring, and after just TWO DAYS the idea has blossomed. I would eat this book up if someone else was writing it.
okay okay enough about my ideas, you’re here for…oh, well, probably my ideas. XD
#oh woe is me #a lifetime of pre-reading for awesome people
Cannot wait for this one! (And I plan on doing both a novella and a children’s book this year, if you’re interested in pre-reading for someone else! I’ve had the idea for this kids’ book, especially, for a while now.)
yes to the please! I’d love to pre-read for you. send it over when it’s done, and let me know when you need some pants-kicking. 😉