Had a productive meeting...

[agilebrit]

with my Writing Buddy last night, and he helped me solidify some things in the New Ben & Janni Story.

This one is going to take actual work. I did some fairly vague worldbuilding in the last one, but I'm going to have to build an entire dual society here and figure out what the tensions are and how the whole thing actually works.

It's going to be quite an adventure. And the part I thought was going to be short actually isn't. We're getting into consent issues and Stockholm Syndrome and smashing a character into bitty shards and having another character discover an uncomfortable truth (or six) about herself.

Apropos icon is apropos. Poor Ben. He hates vampires.

So, yeah. Here we go... I have the feeling that my mood is going to be "predatory" for quite some time now.

In other news, I have a title for the not!kkbb/im novelthing. It sucks, but it's a title.

Comments

[gates-end.livejournal.com]

Yay for writing buddies. I really need to find me one, close to home.

Best wishes with your story dear.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I found my Writing Buddy at an SF con, which are great places to find fellow writers. I've found lots of kindred spirits at cons.

And thanks! I think I'm going to shoot for 100K with this one; we'll see how it goes. There's a lot more going on with this one than there was with the last one.

[gates-end.livejournal.com]

I have never been to a con. They do sound like a lot of fun though.
You're welcome. 100k, huh? *giggles* I bet it's gonna be more. ;)

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I highly highly highly recommend going to a literary con or two or six. The networking opportunities are priceless, and you'll learn a lot in the panels.

Considering the fact that I shot for 85,000 for the last one, hit that with my "END," and have since surpassed it by another 12,000 words...yeah, I'm betting it'll go over too. ;)

[gates-end.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the advice. I'll search and see if I can find any in my area.

*grins*