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Tate Tuesday
Jul. 1st, 2014 02:19 pmHuh, I should have started posting this on a Wednesday so it could be "WattPad Wednesday" or something more alliterative. But, regardless, the newest section is up:
http://www.wattpad.com/57418191-unjust-cause-part-14-unnatural-unleashed
In "Unnatural Unleashed," Alex has to face the consequences unleashing her magic on Jack and his magpie familiar, Sarah Jane...
As usual, when you go to the site (or return here afterward), I would love any commentary you have, even if it's critical. I noted on the Wyrdsmiths' blog that the pacing for a serial-type novel is very different than writing a traditional novel. I took WattPad at their word when I signed up and have been tailoring these installments in very short, digestible chunks aimed at people who are using their smart/iPhones to read bits of things while commuting to work or wherever. I might be making these sections too short for other readers.
I will admit, as I have before, that I'm using this weekly deadline to make word count on a project that I've been struggling with. So, admittedly, much of what appears on-line is actually very first draft-y, very by the seat of my pants, oh-crap-is-it-Sunday-already--which is also why I would love suggestions for improvement. The work posted there is being collected and massaged into an eventual e-book, so anything people have to say will actually help me write a better book (even if I can't go back and change what's on-line.)
So, yeah....
In other news, I'm starting to gear up for CONvergence, which starts (for me), on Wednesday night. I'll try to post my schedule tomorrow, so if anyone in town wants to follow me around, they're more than welcome to.
Also, I just got my first Blogging for Books request, the graphic novel Harlem Hellfighters. I'll be reading that ASAP and posting a review of it somewhere, probably here as well as on my Tate blog.
You know all my whining about not feeling the love? I'm not alone. I read this in the New York Times Sunday Style section: "For the Love of Being 'Liked'" and saw myself just a LITTLE too much. :-)
http://www.wattpad.com/57418191-unjust-cause-part-14-unnatural-unleashed
In "Unnatural Unleashed," Alex has to face the consequences unleashing her magic on Jack and his magpie familiar, Sarah Jane...
As usual, when you go to the site (or return here afterward), I would love any commentary you have, even if it's critical. I noted on the Wyrdsmiths' blog that the pacing for a serial-type novel is very different than writing a traditional novel. I took WattPad at their word when I signed up and have been tailoring these installments in very short, digestible chunks aimed at people who are using their smart/iPhones to read bits of things while commuting to work or wherever. I might be making these sections too short for other readers.
I will admit, as I have before, that I'm using this weekly deadline to make word count on a project that I've been struggling with. So, admittedly, much of what appears on-line is actually very first draft-y, very by the seat of my pants, oh-crap-is-it-Sunday-already--which is also why I would love suggestions for improvement. The work posted there is being collected and massaged into an eventual e-book, so anything people have to say will actually help me write a better book (even if I can't go back and change what's on-line.)
So, yeah....
In other news, I'm starting to gear up for CONvergence, which starts (for me), on Wednesday night. I'll try to post my schedule tomorrow, so if anyone in town wants to follow me around, they're more than welcome to.
Also, I just got my first Blogging for Books request, the graphic novel Harlem Hellfighters. I'll be reading that ASAP and posting a review of it somewhere, probably here as well as on my Tate blog.
You know all my whining about not feeling the love? I'm not alone. I read this in the New York Times Sunday Style section: "For the Love of Being 'Liked'" and saw myself just a LITTLE too much. :-)
