Justin Chasteen's Blog - Posts Tagged "fantasy"
Draft 1.5, Manuscript, Witch Novel–whatever you want to call it–is finished!
It’s been close to a year-and-a-half since I posted here. It’s not because I’m lazy (it is), it’s not because I hate blogging (I do), it’s because I’ve been working on a novel I started, came close to finishing, stopped, took some time off, then rewrote to completion.
About three years ago I started writing a novel about a witch named Lilac. This witch is no ordinary witch, actually, she is the most ordinary witch. She doesn’t use her witchery at all. Instead of a life as a witch, Lilac was shipped off to attend university and be a normal girl. After completing her studies and becoming an apothecary, Lilac is well on her way living a normal life until her family is unjustly burned at the stake. The novel takes you on the journey and transition of a girl to a woman to a witch. Instead of spending her nights volunteering at the animal clinic, Lilac now only has vengeance on her mind. She moves back to where she was born and plots to kill the King and Queen. Lilac is clumsy, forgetful, loving, and the sweetest person anyone has ever met. Her journey is sad, hilarious, cruel, and punishing. But much like Lilac, we all would do anything for those we love, even if it means extracting revenge on the highest seat.
I plan to take the next few weeks off. After that, I am going to finished the second and third draft of this unnamed novel. After that, copies will go to test readers before I start pestering agents.
Thanks to everyone for the constant interest, support, and curiosity. It’s nice to know that people still care even though I haven’t had any new activity in quite sometime.
I’ve been quiet, but that’s just because Lilac’s been doing all the talking.
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About three years ago I started writing a novel about a witch named Lilac. This witch is no ordinary witch, actually, she is the most ordinary witch. She doesn’t use her witchery at all. Instead of a life as a witch, Lilac was shipped off to attend university and be a normal girl. After completing her studies and becoming an apothecary, Lilac is well on her way living a normal life until her family is unjustly burned at the stake. The novel takes you on the journey and transition of a girl to a woman to a witch. Instead of spending her nights volunteering at the animal clinic, Lilac now only has vengeance on her mind. She moves back to where she was born and plots to kill the King and Queen. Lilac is clumsy, forgetful, loving, and the sweetest person anyone has ever met. Her journey is sad, hilarious, cruel, and punishing. But much like Lilac, we all would do anything for those we love, even if it means extracting revenge on the highest seat.
I plan to take the next few weeks off. After that, I am going to finished the second and third draft of this unnamed novel. After that, copies will go to test readers before I start pestering agents.
Thanks to everyone for the constant interest, support, and curiosity. It’s nice to know that people still care even though I haven’t had any new activity in quite sometime.
I’ve been quiet, but that’s just because Lilac’s been doing all the talking.
https://justinchasteen.wordpress.com/...
