Rants, Writings and Ravings

Saturday, 10 November 2012

I'm slack, leave me be!

Bugger me it's been a while since I posted here!

I'm editing like mad now, it's going slowly though. Writing in a hurry made a large number of mistakes and hilariously tangled paragraphs!

Having said that, I'm glad that I didn't focus on fixing these things whilst I was actually writing the thing initially or I'd have gone insane and got caught up in endless loops of fixing and making it 'just right'.

Word count keeps fluctuation as I add and take away. I don't expect it to raise beyond 180k though. Having said that, I do know that the end is very shoddy currently. However, that's still 250 pages away from my current editing position, so I can worry about that later!

Conveniently, this time of year is great for writing. it's so utterly miserable outside that there's less distractions keeping me from doing the bloody thing!

In the world of smut, I've actually written two stories since my last update here. Moderately decent ones at that. They can be found in the usual places.

Phill

Sunday, 23 September 2012

Electric Heart: Chapter 7

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Thursday, 20 September 2012

Electric Heart

In case anyone actually cares about this story, I'm currently writing chapter 7. Hurrah!

Phill

Sunday, 16 September 2012

Hoooo Boy!

Well, that's the first draft of the novel complete.

Weighing in at 163,421 words...holy crap. I need to take a break before I start editing and changing everything. But holy shit, I can't believe I've managed to write so much coherent narative!

I'm going to let my brain vegetate a little now. Need to just...take a breather.

Mrrrh.

So happy!

Phill

Thursday, 6 September 2012

One more milestone

Oh dearie me. I really should post more updates than I currently do. I blame numerous things, including Guild Wars 2. I wish things like that didn't absorb my free time so much. Shame I enjoy it really.

Anyways, there's a more important reason for posting this update. As of today, I've written 150,000 words worth of Steampunk fantasy adventure. I'm estimating that there's perhaps another 20-30,000 words left to go of the initial draft. I can't quite believe it!

I look back to when I started, where 20,000 words was a massive milestone. Even back then I couldn't really believe that I'd managed to write so much without it coming in instalments, like my writing for Darknest or Hentai Foundry. Even then, when I smashed past the word count of even my longest serials I didn't quite believe it.

Then it was 50k, 75k...100,000 words. I know you shouldn't really judge how well you've done by how many words you've written, but it actually feels like I've managed to make something. I've created a whole world and put it to paper. I'm not blowing my own trumpet, but I feel thrilled and excited to have achieved this much.

Even if it's crap, and it more than likely is (I've never taken a literature class in my life, and don't intend to either), at least I've done something that feels meaningful.

So, here's to the next few weeks. I want to get this first draft nailed down. Then the real work will begin...after I've written an update to Electric Heart that is. Itching to bring some life back into those characters too!

Mwah!

Phill

P.S. Today's song...don't hate me for it, but it's Coldplay. I thought I hated Coldplay (to be fair, I still don't like them), but then I came across this track. I love the intro!