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marzipan77) wrote2020-01-01 08:53 am
marzipan77) wrote2020-01-01 08:53 am
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To Thine Own Self Be True-ish
Challenge #1: In your own space, introduce yourself!
It's a new day, a new year, and interesting changes are on the horizon.
It's query time for my original fantasy novel and series. Finished book #1 a year ago, finished book #2 a week ago. Now comes the truly scary part of sending out letters. So much advice out there, so many people who want to tell you what's wrong with your query, or with your book, or with your characters, or with just about everything. Very little encouragement for trad publishing among the groups I frequent. It all becomes a bit soul-crushing which is why I've balked at this stage before. Pushing through this time. This time, I'm going to allow agents to tell me if something's wrong with my query/story/first chapter, and not let my own fears refuse to let me move forward.
Fandom stories will continue. Nothing will ever change that, I hope! I learned to write writing (and reading) fanfic. I acquired sisters of my heart and soul, met dazzling celebs, connected with such a wide range of people that's opened my eyes to other worlds. And learned about myself, too. Not always a consequence I met with grace, I'll tell you.
Goals: Finish the series The Ascended Adventures of an Interfering Archaeolgist. archiveofourown.org/series/1236320 I'm writing the last piece now. Daniel is almost ready to descend back to the SGC, he just has one more person to help. Then it's off to rewrite SG1's The Ark of Truth wherein Jack O'Neill is back with the team in the place of Vala. After that? I have had a desire to rewrite Rowling's HP and the Deathly Hallows after rereading it lately. Too much Dumbledore in that story for me. This should be Harry's story, not Dumbledore's. (spoiler alert: I love Remus and Tonks, but not how they were written.)
Doctor daughter is in her last year of residency. She's amazing - and very helpful with medical truths. Next year her story changes, too. She's stepping out from the sort-of comfort zone and going abroad be a Medical Missionary in Africa. For my own soul's sense of peace, I must learn and grow through this. Learn to support her instead of fearing for her. I am joyful and terrified by turns, but so warmly proud of her dedication to help others.
Here's to 2020. It's a day for resolutions, but being true-ish to myself means I don't make them. I have goals. I have interests. I have wishes for myself, my family, my friends. I would like to be kinder, more humble, less quick to speak.
We'll see.
It's a new day, a new year, and interesting changes are on the horizon.
It's query time for my original fantasy novel and series. Finished book #1 a year ago, finished book #2 a week ago. Now comes the truly scary part of sending out letters. So much advice out there, so many people who want to tell you what's wrong with your query, or with your book, or with your characters, or with just about everything. Very little encouragement for trad publishing among the groups I frequent. It all becomes a bit soul-crushing which is why I've balked at this stage before. Pushing through this time. This time, I'm going to allow agents to tell me if something's wrong with my query/story/first chapter, and not let my own fears refuse to let me move forward.
Fandom stories will continue. Nothing will ever change that, I hope! I learned to write writing (and reading) fanfic. I acquired sisters of my heart and soul, met dazzling celebs, connected with such a wide range of people that's opened my eyes to other worlds. And learned about myself, too. Not always a consequence I met with grace, I'll tell you.
Goals: Finish the series The Ascended Adventures of an Interfering Archaeolgist. archiveofourown.org/series/1236320 I'm writing the last piece now. Daniel is almost ready to descend back to the SGC, he just has one more person to help. Then it's off to rewrite SG1's The Ark of Truth wherein Jack O'Neill is back with the team in the place of Vala. After that? I have had a desire to rewrite Rowling's HP and the Deathly Hallows after rereading it lately. Too much Dumbledore in that story for me. This should be Harry's story, not Dumbledore's. (spoiler alert: I love Remus and Tonks, but not how they were written.)
Doctor daughter is in her last year of residency. She's amazing - and very helpful with medical truths. Next year her story changes, too. She's stepping out from the sort-of comfort zone and going abroad be a Medical Missionary in Africa. For my own soul's sense of peace, I must learn and grow through this. Learn to support her instead of fearing for her. I am joyful and terrified by turns, but so warmly proud of her dedication to help others.
Here's to 2020. It's a day for resolutions, but being true-ish to myself means I don't make them. I have goals. I have interests. I have wishes for myself, my family, my friends. I would like to be kinder, more humble, less quick to speak.
We'll see.