It sucks.
It sucks so bad.
Am I going to stop? No.
Am I going to complain about the process?
Yes.
Will I cry?
Also yes.
I started this book years ago, before I started this blog. Before I bought a house, popped out some kids and started a career. Before I had real big girl responsibilities. Once I got those, I stopped writing. And started. And stopped. I just couldn’t find my voice and didn’t know how to tell the story I needed to tell. I think I have finally found it.
This novel has been through so many iterations that if you looked at them all side by side, you wouldn’t believe they all came from the same idea. I still don’t know if this will be its final form or if it will transform into something else. I hope it does because each time it gets better.
It started as a simple fantasy with inspiration pulled from Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind. I shouldn’t say simple. It was going to be 15 books and I was going to make so much money I would never have to work again. Alas. That is not the direction it took. I still don’t have a completed first draft… or any money… but I’m still going! It has transformed from a high fantasy, to romantasy. Instead of my characters going on an adventure to save the realm from the greatest evil they have ever seen, they are fighting against an oppressive government who’s doing its best. Its real, and I think that is what the world needs right now.
I’m excited about it and I hope you are too.
Every Book and Cranny 