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julesjonesOnly a couple of hundred words over the weekend, but this morning I started putting together a timeline for the Lord and Master series, and then got carried away and started doing the character sheet as well. This was in lieu of actual word count, but it wasn't pure cat-vacuuming. The time line is moderately important in this series, and if I write the third book I will need to refer to the timeline for the existing two books, and keep a careful check on what I'm doing with the new text. There are also enough minor characters that I really need to keep track of names and relationships and relative ages somewhere other than inside my head, so that I don't end up having to skim the previous 120 kwords to double-check the continuity.
On the other hand, it has not so far been necessary to add detailed descriptions of body parts. Madame Editor fell over laughing when she was presented with the character descriptions for the Syndicate series. Apparently it was the first time she'd had a character sheet that specified cock length and comparative ball size. Well, two authors, and we needed to make sure we didn't lose track of who was the bigger man in various departments...
In spite of which, added another 500 words after lunch, and the count currently stands at 2438 words. A chunk of that is likely to end up deleted or moved to another place, but it was a chunk I needed to write to establish stuff in my mind, even if it doesn't make it as far as the final draft, so I'm pleased with it anyway. After which I got tired and wandered off to watch a Dr Who DVD over dinner (the only episode from series 1 I hadn't yet seen, plus the other half of the two-parter). I'm now looking at the file and finding that I really am stalled, so this is probably a good point to leave it at for the moment. I need to tinker with the plot concept for a bit and just jot down any ideas before having another crack at serious wordage on this one. Which is good timing -- tomorrow is a new month, and time to start on a new project. I've been working solidly on contemporary romance for nearly a year, and I want to switch back to cross-genre for a bit.
On the other hand, it has not so far been necessary to add detailed descriptions of body parts. Madame Editor fell over laughing when she was presented with the character descriptions for the Syndicate series. Apparently it was the first time she'd had a character sheet that specified cock length and comparative ball size. Well, two authors, and we needed to make sure we didn't lose track of who was the bigger man in various departments...
In spite of which, added another 500 words after lunch, and the count currently stands at 2438 words. A chunk of that is likely to end up deleted or moved to another place, but it was a chunk I needed to write to establish stuff in my mind, even if it doesn't make it as far as the final draft, so I'm pleased with it anyway. After which I got tired and wandered off to watch a Dr Who DVD over dinner (the only episode from series 1 I hadn't yet seen, plus the other half of the two-parter). I'm now looking at the file and finding that I really am stalled, so this is probably a good point to leave it at for the moment. I need to tinker with the plot concept for a bit and just jot down any ideas before having another crack at serious wordage on this one. Which is good timing -- tomorrow is a new month, and time to start on a new project. I've been working solidly on contemporary romance for nearly a year, and I want to switch back to cross-genre for a bit.