It's been over a month since I blogged last! How in the world did that happen?
Well, actually I know how. For some reason I thought it would be smart/fun/a good idea to sign up for three intense summer courses (I'm desperate to graduate, really) and these courses basically stuff everything that you would learn in a full four month semester into one month. It's not just my online friends who haven't seen me lately... no one has.
I haven't returned e-mails, I haven't tweeted as much and obviously, I haven't blogged. So if you're waiting to hear from me, give me a day or two and I'll be back in action. I'm currently procrastinating while I should be finishing a final project, and decided to post something to explain my absence. So I'm not back for real quite yet.
A quick book/writing update: Somehow, I found time to do my first round of revisions on MISFITS during these intense classes. I still love this book and actually can't wait to dig into it for the second time... I'm thinking I'll end up doing three to four rounds, reading it a different way each time, whether on my Nook, laptop or on paper. I have three weeks off before a very full, but not nearly as intense, fall semester starts and I'd like to be done revising by the end of August.
Also, while I'm revising MISFITS I'm working on a new WIP. I swore on Twitter I wouldn't talk about it, but I'm among friends here, right? Right. So, the other night I accidentally sat down and wrote the first chapter of MISFITS 2. I know, I know. You shouldn't write a sequel to a book that hasn't been repped or sold yet. I know. But I've been in a tiny (read: HUGE) funk lately and while I sat around wondering what I could do to cheer myself up, I realized it was writing the next story for my MISFITS characters. I'm only doing this for me, and I swear I'll write something new in November for NaNoWriMo. MISFITS 2 is really just me wanting to write it, without thoughts of what will happen when I put MISFITS 1 out to agents.
Oh, wow... so this wasn't as quick of a post as I thought it would be. I should go finish this project. After that, I'll be back for good though.
I MISSED you all!
-Brandy
Actually, Brandy, I beg to differ on the idea of not working on anything else until you have an agent. An agent is looking for someone who will keep bringing them work in a timely manner(but not so quickly that your quality suffers). So being able to see that you're working on new stuff is a good thing, I think. A lot of times, agents will check your blogs. Let them see someone who is always thinking a book ahead. Because they dont' make money unless YOU make money, and you don't make money unless you're writing :)
ReplyDeleteAnd, writing IS therapeutic.
Thanks, Ben! I'm always working on something. :) I've never written a sequel for one of my books though, so I'm a little iffy on that without having an agent/deal for the first one. I'm writing it for me though because you're right, writing is very therapeutic.
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