Shifting priorities...

I've trudged through with Ganbaatar.  I have a lot of work to do with the rough draft.  Several of my short story projects got either shelved or will get turned into novellas or full length novels. 

Kepler 186 f has been tabled.  Battle Damage will eventually be reedited into a novella or novel.  I decided to start bringing Kepler Falling to WUTA next week.  My overriding priority will be to getting Kepler Falling edited in the next two years.  Other writing projects will be secondary.  I'll still write poetry.  But it will be whenever I feel the urge... 

Side projects still fill my time....

I wrote some nonfiction essays I'll be bring to WUTA in the coming weeks.  I also decided to bring Kepler Falling at the end of June 2015.  I don't know whether to continue trying to write a rough draft of Ganbaatar or shelve it for a later time.  It's going to be hard finding time to write this month.  I'm really leaning to shelving the novel and work on it later.  I'll see how things go....

Reflecting on online dating disasters...

I wrote some nonfiction essays about my online dating disasters.  I've led a charmed life.  When I lived in Hays, KS, I went halfway across the world to meet people.

I don't recommend it.  Stay local.  You're better off.

In the two women I met, thing's didn't work out.  I did get to see parts of the world I'd never been to.  That was when I had money.  Now, I'm lucky just to pay bills.  But that was then, this is now.  I wouldn't mind love coming into my life.  Whether that happens remains to be seen...

More submissions and revisions

I sent out several submissions for short stories.  I think I'm done writing these works for a while.  Most of my effort has been spent having my short stories critiqued by WUTA and then revising them for eventual submission.  I have a backlog of short stories.  I won't get caught up until the beginning of August 2015.

I have a new rough draft staring me in the face.  It's Ganbaatar.  I've outlined the remaining chapters and know how long it should be.  I'm guessing another 150-200 words.  I'm already at page 55 of the rough draft.  I'll be adding more to it in the coming weeks.  I'd like to have 10 pages written a week.  I don't know if that's doable.  I'll see.

I also have the third draft of Kepler Falling to have critiqued by WUTA.  That should take 80 weeks at 6 pages a week.  That also leaves 12 weeks out for poetry at the Maya Cafe.  I should work on more poetry.  But I've been lazy.  I do have the beginning of a chap book started on my computer.  I'll see about getting that published later when I have some money to afford a printer.

Regards,
Blake

Mid April 2015 updates....

I finished my third draft of Kepler Falling the end of March 2015.  It's now about 97,000 words (or 482 double spaced pages).  I'd like to submit it to a local group critique over the next year and half before reediting for a fourth time.  I'd then like to get the revised Kepler Falling to WUTA Big Books in 2017.

My current project are sci-fi short stories.  I'd like to get them critiqued by July 1, 2015.  I have markets to submit my short stories.  Some are overseas.  It'll be awhile before I hear back from them.

I've heard back from most of the poetry I submitted.  They have been rejected without comment.  A local literary magazine wanted more of my work.  I have some poetry available for critique.  I'll have to wait until the fourth Tuesday of the month before I can submit those.

I'm trying to work on a rough draft of a Mongol invasion story of Russia in 1223.  That has about 10.000 words.  I need to work on it some more this coming week.  I also have my ancient Egyptian lessons to complete, too....

Throwing myself into editing Kepler Falling....

I've spent my free time editing Kepler Falling.  I've got about 162 pages rewritten,  This novel is going to be about 100,000 words/560 pages double spaced.  I decided to focus all my free time rewriting/revising the novel.  It was hard for me to work on editing Kepler Falling and then try and write a page in Ganbaatar.

The goal now is to have Kepler Falling edited by the end of April 2015.  I go back and continue writing Ganbaatar once I have the second rewrite of Kepler Falling done.  I'm also working on short stories I'd like to get through WUTA in the next six months, revised, and then submitted to various presses.

Those are my goals...

I've also vowed to catch up on my reading this year and get the hard copies I own read.  I'm also reading speculative fiction stories from Analog Magazine.  I need to catch up on them this weekend.  M-F are for writing.  Monday evening and Saturdays are for reading!

Writing Resolutions for 2015

I started the New Year with good intentions.  I remind myself the way to hell is paved with good intentions.

The first thing was to write a page a day in the rough draft of a new historical/fantasy novel.  The second part was to revise a page a day in my first novel, Kepler Falling.

That project has taken over my free time.  I changed the POV from third person to first person.  I thought I'd take both stories and make them one long novels.  I'm now in the process of doing that.  But I've stopped work on my historical/fantasy novel.  I think I can get Kepler Falling rewritten in relatively short order.  I'll then be able to focus my full energy writing something once I get the second editing/revision done.

I'm also working on short stories.  I'm only attending WUTA once every two weeks.  So, my editing.revising of short stories will probably take the rest of the year.  That's fine, I can bring my revised version of Kepler Fallling to WUTA in 2016 and then submit it to Big Books the following year.  By that time I'll have Ganbaatar completed....