The Muses see our writing plans, and laugh.

[agilebrit]

So, remember how I said before that Angry Bitter Angel could be a novel?

Well. I've thought about how to accomplish that. What I have is Part One. Parts Two and Three, of similar lengths or possibly a bit longer, would give me something novel-length. It's definitely doable.

The problem is that I rather loathe the whole novel-subbing game. It's a soul-sucking descent to the bowels of Hell. And, as a novel, this thing still has the "too Christian for a secular market and too rough for a Christian imprint" problem that it has as a novella.

On the other hand, part of the reason I'm having trouble with the synopsis for not!KKBB/IM is that I didn't outline it beforehand. It was entirely pantsed, and as such requires a major re-reading and retroactive outline to even start a synopsis. And, hey, I already have a synopsis for the first part of Angry Bitter Angel!

I had a Plan for the rest of the year. I was going to re-visit the New Ben & Janni Story, outline it, whack it down to manageable length, and finish at least a draft.

But. Yeah. I adore Nachi and want to write more about him. I've scribbled a good 25000 words across three stories starring Ben already this year, plus another story he had a minor but significant role in. And I could treat this like another NaNo project and have an outline and first draft banged out in a month and a half or so.

I must be insane.

Comments

[roseaponi.livejournal.com]

I feel you on the disconnect b/t the Christian and secular market... It'll take a miracle to get my graphic novel/series published.
But! We qualify for miracles! We shall be at the forefront of the upcoming "gritty Christian" trend, and have our houses egged by an odd assortment of rigid Bible-thumpers and militant atheists :)

You've written so much! You are doing great and I'm really inspired by your output this year.

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

You may be insane but I think you're right. It's a long, hard road ahead but I think it may be worth it.