Holbrook
January 7th, 2007, 07:14 AM
Do you, like me, begin a New Year full of plans on what you are going to write?
Been a while since I actually made the effort to write, have been avioiding it for a while. Burned out, confidence shot to hell, or the affect of so many agents and publishers rejecting anything and everything I sent their way, who knows why??? I have never thought of myself as the best thing since sliced bread, but I knew I could tell a story, but over the past 12 months I have even doubted that. Still, I am trying, no have, turned my back on the negative and decided to write for me, like I used too. The ideas and stories that interest me, to this end I have drew up a list of the ideas or partly begun work I have, least the stuff I want to make an effort of trying to write.
I need to finish another run through of Oracle, trim some of the fat from it, ditto with Llafn Meistr.
Hand of Glory, I need to get chapters 3 to 6 written, these I can do quite easily without additional research. That would complete the first third of the book or rather the first time period. The second time period, 1920 is the largest, the third is about the same as the first. I do need to de-camp to the local library for a few mornings to do some research;
Clothes 1914 -1945
Radio/cinema/music/music hall 1914-1945
History of village/town memorial halls/war memorials
Maps/photos of Stafford, Weston, Hixon, Stowe and Great Haywood. 1920-1945.
Information about Stafford Police station/village stations 1920-1930
Coventry 1940 map, photos information about the Blitz.
Vehicles/transport public and private 1914-1945 Staffordshire.
Roads, state of 1914-1945 Staffordshire/England.
Shrugborough Hall, staff/family and state of House/Gardens 1920-1925.
Mediums, tricks of/method of.
Who said writing a story was easy ;)
Anyway, that is the first novel I have started.
The second is a pre-sequel to Oracle, I have about a 1,000 words of this written. I have a detailed working outline as well; the novel is called Coot’s Pass. I also have outlines for three more novels set in Oracle’s world. These continue the story after the events in Oracle, they are called, Echoes of Prophecy, Prince’s Colours and Full Circle. Each has a detailed outline. Will all these books get written? Well, that depends if I sell Oracle ;) But I might make the effort just for the hell of it.
The third is a sequel to Llafn Meistr, called Hafan Arise, this has a very detailed outline, one I have been pondering and altering for a number of years. As the world of Llafn Meistr does not have the get out of “magic”, even with it being a fantasy novel, I had to work out the scenarios that the characters get caught up in with realistic get outs and explanations. I have 1500 words of this written.
I have two more novels with much broader outlines, one “Lord of Misrule” a historical fiction with a hint of the supernatural, set on the Welsh borders in the 12th century, and The Candlemaker and his Wife, a pure fantasy novel based on a “creation myth” I wrote awhile back
Been a while since I actually made the effort to write, have been avioiding it for a while. Burned out, confidence shot to hell, or the affect of so many agents and publishers rejecting anything and everything I sent their way, who knows why??? I have never thought of myself as the best thing since sliced bread, but I knew I could tell a story, but over the past 12 months I have even doubted that. Still, I am trying, no have, turned my back on the negative and decided to write for me, like I used too. The ideas and stories that interest me, to this end I have drew up a list of the ideas or partly begun work I have, least the stuff I want to make an effort of trying to write.
I need to finish another run through of Oracle, trim some of the fat from it, ditto with Llafn Meistr.
Hand of Glory, I need to get chapters 3 to 6 written, these I can do quite easily without additional research. That would complete the first third of the book or rather the first time period. The second time period, 1920 is the largest, the third is about the same as the first. I do need to de-camp to the local library for a few mornings to do some research;
Clothes 1914 -1945
Radio/cinema/music/music hall 1914-1945
History of village/town memorial halls/war memorials
Maps/photos of Stafford, Weston, Hixon, Stowe and Great Haywood. 1920-1945.
Information about Stafford Police station/village stations 1920-1930
Coventry 1940 map, photos information about the Blitz.
Vehicles/transport public and private 1914-1945 Staffordshire.
Roads, state of 1914-1945 Staffordshire/England.
Shrugborough Hall, staff/family and state of House/Gardens 1920-1925.
Mediums, tricks of/method of.
Who said writing a story was easy ;)
Anyway, that is the first novel I have started.
The second is a pre-sequel to Oracle, I have about a 1,000 words of this written. I have a detailed working outline as well; the novel is called Coot’s Pass. I also have outlines for three more novels set in Oracle’s world. These continue the story after the events in Oracle, they are called, Echoes of Prophecy, Prince’s Colours and Full Circle. Each has a detailed outline. Will all these books get written? Well, that depends if I sell Oracle ;) But I might make the effort just for the hell of it.
The third is a sequel to Llafn Meistr, called Hafan Arise, this has a very detailed outline, one I have been pondering and altering for a number of years. As the world of Llafn Meistr does not have the get out of “magic”, even with it being a fantasy novel, I had to work out the scenarios that the characters get caught up in with realistic get outs and explanations. I have 1500 words of this written.
I have two more novels with much broader outlines, one “Lord of Misrule” a historical fiction with a hint of the supernatural, set on the Welsh borders in the 12th century, and The Candlemaker and his Wife, a pure fantasy novel based on a “creation myth” I wrote awhile back