by Christie Meierz | Oct 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Farryn’s War just won’t leave my mind. Now, in addition to scenes of The Fall constantly playing through my mind, so do potential scenes of Farryn’s War. The other day I gave up and wrote out part of one such scene that I had to get out of my head....
by Christie Meierz | Oct 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
That number over there –> is 78,236 this morning, before I get started. Before I get started, I look around. At the dust in the corner. At the cluttered coffee table. And so on. And you know what? I’m not going to clean it, because <drum roll>: I...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
I woke up this morning with scenes from a sequel to The Fall running through my head, and I lay in bed for a full hour letting them play out in my mind’s eye. The story will follow a Tolari named Farryn (you’ll find out who he is toward the end of The...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
At 76,782 words, the second-turned-first draft of The Fall is done. I think you’re going to love it. What Steven King does at this point (according to his book, On Writing) is put the manuscript away for six weeks. Me, I’m going to go back to chapter 1 and...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
As eager as I’ve been to get to the last chapter, now that I’m here, it feels strange. Tying up the last loose ends, picking up the trail of bread crumbs, less than 250 words of progress on it yesterday. At 74,607, then. How much foreshadowing to put in?...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
And now I’m back home, with a sigh and a collapse into comfortable furniture. CapClave was a blast — I think I had more fun there than I did at WorldCon. Well, no, I take that back; I did have more fun there than I did at WorldCon.Today I mostly networked...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Sky Warrior digital edition of The Marann just went live on Amazon! The same story, with richer, tighter writing, as well as new and expanded scenes. I’m so excited it’s out!
by Christie Meierz | Oct 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Rather a frenetic day! Still having a great time here; the panels have been uniformly entertaining and enlightening. I’ve avoided the George R.R. Martin madness, while finding moments here and there to write, though obviously I can’t pen great swaths of...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
A day of travel, mostly. I did get to a couple of fun panels — Editors’ Pet Peeves, and Sequels and Prequels. Much hilarity was enjoyed and wisdom shared. A light supper at Panera’s, in deference to my touchy tummy, and I’m back in our room...
by Christie Meierz | Oct 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
71,161. I’m in the final chapters of The Fall. In spite of the migraine, I got the climactic chapter finished. Now I just need to tie up loose ends (and there are plenty!). Changes, departures, reconciliations! Lots of fun.
