Maze and Fempiror Updates

So it is time for me to come clean and let everyone know how things are going here. I'm finally getting back into the swing of things, and honestly, making myself tell the world how it is standing is a big help. It sort of adds some accountability to the whole thing.

I have been primarily working on The Modern Fempiror story, which presently sits at 28,000 words, so not much better than the last update. I mean, a little progress is better than none at all, but it is no where near where I had hoped, and it definitely won't be done in two weeks.

I've been breaking this up with the Maze 2, and I had a fantastically focused session of writing taking the story up to 39,000 words at this point. I have a feeling this one might settle between 40,000 and 50,000 words, and while that seems short, that is actually where I wanted it to be since the idea behind the Maze was shorter stories kind of like a serial novel series. For those who like page counts better, 40,000 words works out to around 160 pages while 50,000 works out to around 200. The first Narnia book, by comparison, was only 32,000.

So it is coming along, and I'll be closing out the Maze 2 fairly shortly. Here's the rub on that one, however. I wrote it sporadically over the course of a couple of years, and returning to it recently., I had to look up most of the names to even know who was who. So, I expect a good amount of time revising it.

I would expect Fempiror to be done quicker because its story has been done for years. I'm just translating it into a novel. So, very little revision will be necessary. I'll be sure to keep you updated frequently. I know once a week would be great, so we'll see.

Status Update

Plans get made. Plans get upended. You want to do something and decide it will be done a certain way. This is immediately followed by all hell breaking loose. If I had a few weeks similar to the time when I was procrastinating, then I would be further along, but instead, I had a few weeks of "how much can go wrong?" Of course, one can now point out the hours of videos I have posted of my playing video games on YouTube during that time, and I'll nod sheepishly

So what has gone on to be so time consuming? Well, I moved my website to a different provider which took a bit of doing, and I also redesigned it. I'm in the process, to put it more accurately. It's kind of all there, but more work to be done.

I also had to switch out a computer which involved backing stuff up, uninstalling, and then reinstalling what I had.

I also changed out my garbage disposal last weekend and built a shelf two weekends ago . That was fun...sort of. The weekend before that, I had to, shall we say, shore up my chimney after we discovered a massive hole in the side of the woodwork. It's been non-stop.

To be fair, I do a lot of different things, and juggling it is a bit tricky. Tonight, for example, I will be conducting my modest orchestra and I really need to arrange some music for next month. It take time to arrange music. That will take away from writing.

At the end of it all, I intended to have a first draft by Friday, but instead, I'm at 24,000 words. It's a bit short of a full book, and not much past where I was on my last report. I don't know what to promise by Friday. I really want to hit a conservative 40,000, if I can, but I fear that may be asking too much of myself given my history.

I guess we'll see what happens.