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What's up with AFoR?

Fri Jul 3, 2009, 6:53 PM
  • Mood: Sociable
  • Listening to: History of the Other Side by Versailles
I feel very disoriented this summer. I'm taking a course during the 2nd summer session, and I normally wouldn't take a course later than the 1st session, but I unfortunately don't have much of a choice since the course isn't offered any other time. The only sort-of-good-thing is that it's early in the morning... at 8:00 am... I'm not too keen on getting up at 5:30 am everyday, but at least I finish before 11:00. On the other hand, having to get up early every day leaves me feeling extremely zombified and drained by the evening, especially after running 6 miles T_______T I've literally been falling asleep at the computer while writing and drawing >_____>;;; I think I might need to start drinking coffee or something -o-

So, here's the update on AFoR:

I've been struggling to get through editing the script for book 1. First, I had to stop working on it because the spring semester was eating me alive, and now I'm having trouble getting back into editing because I'm always so tired at night. I'm going to try switching around my writing schedule, though, so that I write during the day and draw at night. At least during the weekdays. That should ensure that I'm actually awake while I'm writing XDDD;;;

Editing is a B*TCH. In a way, though, it's oddly satisfying. I have my whole story down on paper (in script form, at least), and that's the important thing. Now I actually get to go in and add all the little details I forgot to include before. I've been tweeking so much of the story-- everything from the tone and atmosphere to nitpicking the dialogue-- that it's really starting to feel very different from my original draft. In a good way, though. I'm putting in new scenes and adding to the story's overall complexity; everything is changing for the better, I believe, though very slowly.

Some people have asked when the project will be complete... and my answer is that I don't expect to have the first book finished anytime soon. Writing is a very long and tedious process when you're serious about it. I'm very serious about publishing the AFoR series when the time comes; however, I plan on doing it right. That means: hiring an agent and shopping around for a REAL publisher. Vanity press deals and selfpublishing aren't even an option. Right now, though, I'm not even thinking about that stuff; I just need to write and get back into the groove of things before the summer is gone.

At the moment, I have fairly detailed profiles for each of the main characters, but I plan on making those profiles even more detailed; the more detailed, the better. I also want to do profiles for all the minor characters. It would probably be a good idea, too, if I started organizing all my notes. I have nearly 20 pages of notes on various characters' backstories, timelines, notes on places, and yet more notes on nitpicky things like the names of miscellaneous servants XDDD I also must have nearly 500 photographs of buildings, towns, tombs, and castles saved onto my computer so that I can use them to help me describe various settings :'D I feel like a packrat right now >_____>;;; However, compared to what a lot of other writers do, that's not really that much in the way of notes.

My goal right now is to finish editing the script for the first book by the end of the summer. And I mean that I want to have it at the point where I could start writing it in novel form; I want to get it as close to perfect as I can before I dive in and actually start writing. However, before that can happen, I need to get through the first book and then the other nine >3>

So, yes, AFoR is still alive and I don't plan on ever letting this project die. But, no, it's not almost finished T___T



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I'm a 21 year-old English Major, currently attending graduate school. My main area of study is classical children's literature, but I also enjoy traditional gothic horror and 18th and 19th century literature (as well as some works from the 16th and 17th centuries). Basically, if it's old, then I'll love it.

I also have a strange fascination with Victorian etiquette manuals, canting dictionaries, and slang rhymes... 'cuz I'm a total nerd :D

All my artwork is fashion-oriented, and most of it has to do with A Flock of Ravens, which is my novel series that I hope to finish and publish one day.

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Your art is beautiful *cries* I love your style a lot and everything single detail is drawn so perfectly. It'll be amazing to see this turn into a manga xD Amazing and artistic work :)
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Your art is awesome! You must have tons of patience. Your gallery is so cool. Where did you get your information? are there any websites that could help? Cause i have characters who dress in these styles but its difficult to draw without some help. :)

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