FINISHED!
I finished the 3rd edit of Avatar's Sonata!!! Damn! What a beast. I managed to avoid a complete rewrite and I think it came together pretty good. The bad part if it puts Overture to bed as part of the series. Sonata will be pitched as the first book in the series.
So I just dropped $60 at Staples for three hard copies for my test readers. I have to buy at least two more (I think), but I'm putting it off for now. The final version ended up being just over 200,000 words. The test print is 191 pages (modified manuscript), the print version would be closer to 400 pages. By way of reference, Overture was 163,000 words. So this is about 20% bigger. There are other significant changes, but none of it is worth getting into.
About sixteen years ago I wrote my first 'novel' sized work. It was very influential to my development as a writer. To that point I'd believed that novel sized works were beyond me and only wrote short stories. Now, I've finished about ten novels, four of more than 100,000 words. It is a major realization that I have plenty to write about. It is a major disappointment that I lack the time and means to polish my skills through classes, and just the time to write much more.
So I'm deep into Avatar's Aria changing the beginning and altering the outline to reflect what I've done in finishing Sonata. I'm solidly convinced now this is a four book series, and that in itself is exciting. Can I keep it up for four books? I'm sure I can. Might take a decade to write it all, but what the hell.
In the mean time I'm starting a contemporary novel concerning a sociological collapse resulting in the creation of a Libertarian society, and the aftermath of that move. I only have a concept now, but I might dedicate some extra time to it because it feels very timely with our current government spending money like a drunken sailor.
"Writers write!" - R. A. Heinlein.
So I just dropped $60 at Staples for three hard copies for my test readers. I have to buy at least two more (I think), but I'm putting it off for now. The final version ended up being just over 200,000 words. The test print is 191 pages (modified manuscript), the print version would be closer to 400 pages. By way of reference, Overture was 163,000 words. So this is about 20% bigger. There are other significant changes, but none of it is worth getting into.
About sixteen years ago I wrote my first 'novel' sized work. It was very influential to my development as a writer. To that point I'd believed that novel sized works were beyond me and only wrote short stories. Now, I've finished about ten novels, four of more than 100,000 words. It is a major realization that I have plenty to write about. It is a major disappointment that I lack the time and means to polish my skills through classes, and just the time to write much more.
So I'm deep into Avatar's Aria changing the beginning and altering the outline to reflect what I've done in finishing Sonata. I'm solidly convinced now this is a four book series, and that in itself is exciting. Can I keep it up for four books? I'm sure I can. Might take a decade to write it all, but what the hell.
In the mean time I'm starting a contemporary novel concerning a sociological collapse resulting in the creation of a Libertarian society, and the aftermath of that move. I only have a concept now, but I might dedicate some extra time to it because it feels very timely with our current government spending money like a drunken sailor.
"Writers write!" - R. A. Heinlein.
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