Stage One Update

Yesterday, Stage One reached a deadline.  If you can't keep to them, then don't make them, right?  Some people are averse to having to work on a deadline.  I'll admit there are times that they can be a nuisance, when so many things can pop up any given day.  Yet, for me, at least right now, deadlines serve a very important purpose.  This has been a tumultuous year; I have been put to the test on many fronts, and to still be able to meet my writing deadlines, to this point, despite all the tribulations, is a frickin' awesome feeling.  I'll have to write another book just to describe the gauntlet I've had to run just to reach this point in Monarch.  And what point is that?

Yesterday, I sent Stage One to my editor.  By doing this I have reached a point of no return.  From here on out it's self-published e-book or bust.  While I am anxious to get Stage One back in my hands, I am also glad for the opportunity to momentarily step back.  It will afford me a few days to focus on Stage Two.  Then, once I have received my notes on Stage One, I can make the necessary changes and polish it all up before the biggest deadline of this year, the release date for Egg.

Until I get those notes back, I shall reward myself for reaching this deadline by going to see a movie.  For those of you who are interested, I shall be seeing Contagion this afternoon and consuming copious amounts of buttered popcorn.

-aap

The Last Days of March

It's been an interesting month.  A lot has happened in the world.  If this blog were about current events, I would be tempted to go off about the litany of headlines that shook the web, tv and newspapers during the past four weeks.  While my heart goes out to all of those suffering in Japan and elsewhere in the world, this blog is not intended to traverse those paths, besides I have a novel to rewrite.

Speaking of which, I have made headway on the rewrite this month.  Not as much as I would have liked, but I was able to address the Big Picture issues. I had, at the onset of this Blog back in December, planned on releasing Part One in July.  Though I may still, I no longer feel as if I must.  Sometimes life has other plans or puts obstacles in your way and you have to go around, through, over, and in some cases under.  It's just the way it is, such as what happened this month.  I wont go into detail, but I will say it has been difficult to focus and get as much done as I had hoped.  If I were to adhere to the July release plan, this month would be considered a setback, but by removing the pressure of July the month of March has been modestly productive.

I have high hopes for April.  It looks to be the first month of "real" rewriting.  By this time next month I should be well into Stage One. But we'll see.  Hopefully, things will not be as turbulent as this month.  Yet if they are, we will all just have to try and deal with it as best possible.

Thanks for reading.

 -aap