Goings On

Okay, so I haven’t blogged anything in a really long time.  But when I started up this little endeavor over a year ago, I told myself that I wouldn’t let it interfere with anything of higher importance, like writing a novel.  I’m pretty busy right now, which means any spare time I have is going into my current project, rather than here.

That being said, I think my current project is going well.  I’m closing in on the last 8-10k words, building toward the final conflict and resolution.  It’s always the time when I’m most excited to be writing, but also the time when I’m the most nervous.  Because the climax is really the moment on which everything rises or falls.  It’s the moment that justifies the story.  The payoff.  If I don’t pull off the ending, nothing of the story preceding it will matter.  Writing for me (that is, without an outline) is kind of like making an end-of-the-rainbow journey, hoping to find the pot of gold.  But what if you get there, and there isn’t any pot, or any gold?  I know that I will have gained something in the journey itself.  I’ll have learned more about writing, about the craft.  I already feel that this project has expanded me as a writer.  But I will have disappointed the story I started out to tell.

But while we’re on the subject of this particular project, I may have some good news in the coming weeks.  Things are developing, but I don’t want to jinx it by talking about it too much.  Just send out good vibes for me, okay?

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I went to fellow 10’er Bree Despain’s launch party for her debut novel, The Dark Divine, and it was a lot of fun.  A wonderful event.  I wrote about it on the 10’ers website here.  Bree talks about it here, and here.  And Brodi Ashton talks about it here.

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I’m excited about continuing developments with The Clockwork Three.  In the near future, I will hopefully be assigned a publicist, get an official release date, and ARCs.  I can’t wait for the ARCs.  The proofs were amazing – I love the design of the book – so I can’t wait to see and hold a printed copy.  Actually, I’ve been thrilled with every aspect of working with Scholastic.  They have really taken a lot of care with my book, and I’m so grateful for that.

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Over at Throwing Up Words, there is a nice interview with my agent, Stephen Fraser.  He’s awesome.

And that’s all the news for now, I think.  I hope to get back to more regular posting soon.  Maybe when I’m done with the 1st draft of my current project.  But I can’t rush it.  Endings are tricky.