Project Panic

Over the weekend I ended up writing two new opening chapters for Ill-Met. Originally I'd just planned one, cutting out the prologue and starting at an earlier chronological point in the story. Once I'd written that new first chapter however, it made sense to write a new second chapter as well, to bridge the gap between New First Chapter and Old First Chapter. (Are you keeping up?) Once I'd done that, I realised I was going to have to alter things later on in the book. Then I panicked and decided the whole thing was spiralling out of control. It was madness. Madness, I tell you! So I emailed my new opening to Ricia to see what she thought of it all.

Figuring it was probably best to hold off on more revision until I heard back from Ricia, I jumped into a new project - Wild. Usually my new projects fall apart around the 5k mark, for whatever reason. This one is going suspiciously smoothly, with no immenient sign of abandonment. I'm loving it so far - it's got werewolves, drug addicts and quests for redemption. I love my protagonist, Lizzie. She's sharp, cynical and has a wealth of problems to deal with. It's going to be dark and uncomfortable and I can already see a sequel shaping up. So Wild is go!