Samie Foster's Blog - Posts Tagged "palm-s-inn"
Another Round of Updates
Hello there. Its been a while since my last post. I know its been a little bit of a wastelands on my Goodreads blog, but I promise I am working on stuff behind the scenes. So let’s discuss the progress I’ve made since the last post.
First of all, the Rainy Day Hotel rewrite is finished. That story had mixed reviews, but beta readers seemed to generally like it. But it had some glaring issues that many of the readers had complaints about. So I decided to rework it, make it more exciting. I added characters, added a fourth and fifth act, and really let my imagination go wild taking full advantage of the alien exotic world in Rainy Day Hotel. But after so much work, I realized the story jumped the shark. It had completely derailed and turned into an over the top scifi odyssey when the original theme was a grounded scifi horror thriller. And that original vibe is what the beta readers loved so much. So then I scaled it back. I kept some of the new elements that fit the tone and worked them into the original template to create a stronger and much longer version of the other original tale. I am going to be sending this new draft out to beta readers on Scribophile very soon. I am hopeful that the response will be more positive than the original draft but I’m open to all sorts of constructive criticism. If they are positive then I am looking forward to moving onto the next step of the publication process.
Second of all, the revised version of Palm’s Inn is done and uploaded to the Kindle Store. Its the original tale that is all cleaned up errors, plot holes, and has some improved flow. Its one of the first things I self published as a teen, but it seems to be worth the effort to clean up and keep online for the world to see. At least I think it was worth the effort. So feel free to check that out if it sounds like your thing. Its quite different than the stuff I write today, but it might find an audience.
And that’s all I got for now. I wish that I had more to share. I want to have more to share. But I don’t even know what the next project is gonna be. I have been super focused on these two things, with my limited time around work lately. But I’m sure I’ve have fun stuff to share in the future though.
First of all, the Rainy Day Hotel rewrite is finished. That story had mixed reviews, but beta readers seemed to generally like it. But it had some glaring issues that many of the readers had complaints about. So I decided to rework it, make it more exciting. I added characters, added a fourth and fifth act, and really let my imagination go wild taking full advantage of the alien exotic world in Rainy Day Hotel. But after so much work, I realized the story jumped the shark. It had completely derailed and turned into an over the top scifi odyssey when the original theme was a grounded scifi horror thriller. And that original vibe is what the beta readers loved so much. So then I scaled it back. I kept some of the new elements that fit the tone and worked them into the original template to create a stronger and much longer version of the other original tale. I am going to be sending this new draft out to beta readers on Scribophile very soon. I am hopeful that the response will be more positive than the original draft but I’m open to all sorts of constructive criticism. If they are positive then I am looking forward to moving onto the next step of the publication process.
Second of all, the revised version of Palm’s Inn is done and uploaded to the Kindle Store. Its the original tale that is all cleaned up errors, plot holes, and has some improved flow. Its one of the first things I self published as a teen, but it seems to be worth the effort to clean up and keep online for the world to see. At least I think it was worth the effort. So feel free to check that out if it sounds like your thing. Its quite different than the stuff I write today, but it might find an audience.
And that’s all I got for now. I wish that I had more to share. I want to have more to share. But I don’t even know what the next project is gonna be. I have been super focused on these two things, with my limited time around work lately. But I’m sure I’ve have fun stuff to share in the future though.
