From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
   Nicky   wrote:   
      
   > So I wanted to ask what are people working on and where are they?   
   > Published? Self published? Seeking representation or just writing for   
   > pleasure?   
      
   Still aiming to write what I want to read because no one else does, but   
   lately just re-reading and polishing the Magic Earth series (it's   
   finished, 6 books of on average 130k words, plus 1.5 books or so past   
   the end even - I started that to get it out of my head, and just keep   
   going when I get there after rereading and polishing), and the   
   Seasons&Elements trilogy (which is stuck in the third book at 38k words   
   - 1st and 2nd book have around 200k words, maybe I should write a post   
   about that asking for suggestions).   
      
   I've got 22 starts of other stories (plus the initial vampire story),   
   ranging from 294 words to 30638 words, that all lost steam. Initially it   
   was the Magic Earth story interfering, coming up to me like a puppy   
   wanting to play, intruding on me trying to write something new. But once   
   I got that out of my head with writing past the end, all the ideas were   
   gone too. Trying to force something doesn't work. The puppy ate all the   
   ideas, sigh.   
      
   When I went to count them just now and was checkin what's in the   
   directories I actually got distracted into something that starts nice   
   (just reading a bit before returning to the post here), maybe I should   
   try to continue that or see where it peters out. (But reading the rest,   
   I don't know how to continue.)   
      
   I've had the idea to re-read one of the stories (most likely S&E or ME)   
   brewing in my head for a bit now, it's been a few months since last   
   rereading the ME. Reviving one of the starts would be nice, but I don't   
   really know how, and how to get past the bits in those that are affected   
   by the ME intruding.   
      
   --   
   "If it didn't look truly strange, I'd run off, too. My dear parents would   
   think I left my manners somewhere out in the wilderness, hanging on a tree."   
                                        -- Ranes, Magic Earth I: Getting Caught   
   Excerpts at:    
      
      
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