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Writing a novel is long, arduous and often infuriating. Which is probably an odd thing to say when you realise I've never released a novel.
I'm in the middle of the 3rd draft of one but I do have experience before my current WIP. I started a novel in 2011 and it still sits bereft on my laptop, waiting to breathed back into life.
It was messy and complicated and I couldn't get it to do what I wanted. So I decided to make the main character younger and I'm currently thinking of shorter stories with him in, with the novel pushed back for as long as possible.
I'm not a writer who will say it's all exciting, it's not, it's a tough thing to do and with my current work in progress, The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread, I wanted to give myself as much time as possible to get it right. Halfway through draft 3 it's still nowhere in sight of being completed, which is fine.
There are gaping holes and parts I have changed through it being a better idea, which now disjoints latter parts of the book. I am enjoying the task and scared shitless at the same time.
The novel will be the first in my Bumpkinton Tales Series, which so far consists of 5 short stories and novellas. The novel as it stands centre's on a number of characters, mostly Gregory Shortbread and Father Whitworth O'Grady, yet it rarely touches on the named character until around Chapter 12. Other than a few early chapters, he's virtually absent for 8 chapters or so.
Why did I decide to do that? Well, I have no idea. Maybe I'll work him in more earlier on once I have an idea that works. It's a process. I am hoping to release it in 2017. It could even be 2018, 3 years after my original plan of 2015.
To be honest, in 2015 it was meant to be novella length, before I changed my mind. With every draft it does take shape. I've just had to include a character I added at the end of the book who mentioned things I'd never written. Now I've just written the events mentioned at the end that never previously existed.
Crazy, eh?
I'll plough on though. Draft 4 should be where the story really pulls together and it may need another draft or two following that.
So, if you're interested in checking out what the Bumpkinton stories are all about then they#re available now from Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords, Waterstones and Barnes & Noble.
Here's the Amazon link: http://relinks.me/B01FMPN2SE
The stories are humorous with a lot of heart and a touch of pathos.
For me, for now, it's back to the novel, working out just how it's all going to work. I'll figure it out, even if it takes me the rest of the year!
The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One
I'm in the middle of the 3rd draft of one but I do have experience before my current WIP. I started a novel in 2011 and it still sits bereft on my laptop, waiting to breathed back into life.
It was messy and complicated and I couldn't get it to do what I wanted. So I decided to make the main character younger and I'm currently thinking of shorter stories with him in, with the novel pushed back for as long as possible.
I'm not a writer who will say it's all exciting, it's not, it's a tough thing to do and with my current work in progress, The Fantastical Gregory Shortbread, I wanted to give myself as much time as possible to get it right. Halfway through draft 3 it's still nowhere in sight of being completed, which is fine.
There are gaping holes and parts I have changed through it being a better idea, which now disjoints latter parts of the book. I am enjoying the task and scared shitless at the same time.
The novel will be the first in my Bumpkinton Tales Series, which so far consists of 5 short stories and novellas. The novel as it stands centre's on a number of characters, mostly Gregory Shortbread and Father Whitworth O'Grady, yet it rarely touches on the named character until around Chapter 12. Other than a few early chapters, he's virtually absent for 8 chapters or so.
Why did I decide to do that? Well, I have no idea. Maybe I'll work him in more earlier on once I have an idea that works. It's a process. I am hoping to release it in 2017. It could even be 2018, 3 years after my original plan of 2015.
To be honest, in 2015 it was meant to be novella length, before I changed my mind. With every draft it does take shape. I've just had to include a character I added at the end of the book who mentioned things I'd never written. Now I've just written the events mentioned at the end that never previously existed.
Crazy, eh?
I'll plough on though. Draft 4 should be where the story really pulls together and it may need another draft or two following that.
So, if you're interested in checking out what the Bumpkinton stories are all about then they#re available now from Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords, Waterstones and Barnes & Noble.
Here's the Amazon link: http://relinks.me/B01FMPN2SE
The stories are humorous with a lot of heart and a touch of pathos.
For me, for now, it's back to the novel, working out just how it's all going to work. I'll figure it out, even if it takes me the rest of the year!
The Bumpkinton Tales: Volume One
