Be The Power
I believe after some seriously strange things going on the last few weeks, I will be able to get back to writing again. I think tomorrow I’m going to throw myself back into my novel.
That, at least, is the plan.
I still have a great novel idea, I just can’t help maybe I’m a big old kook and literary agents won’t take me seriously.
But I do have a great scifi concept — or two — to work on.
By Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I hope to start to rework my novel very soon. It’s been too long and I need to get back to work on it. A lot of crazy things have happened to me lately, but I’m beginning to feel like my old self.
It’ll be a treat.
By Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
After an extended amount of interesting things going on in my life, things are finally getting back to normal.
by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I hope to get a lot of creative work done this evening and tonight. I have a whole lot of shit I need to get done. I will admit, however, that I’ve been feeling a bit distracted for some reason.
But I hope to clear that up today and throw myself back into my novel(s.)
by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
We continue to be in the nadir of the year and absolutely nothing of note is going on. I continue to struggle with a massive six novel project, but, other than that….nothing.
But, August isn’t over yet.
Usually, August is when something crazy happens. So, I suppose, it’s still possible that something really nuts might happen in the next few weeks while all the wealthy snobs are on vacation and the world is being run by interns.
by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
They say that there are three places one finds inspiration — bed, bath and bus. That is, essentially, you get inspiration while you’re doing other things like being in bed, in the shower or tube or traveling somewhere.
The heroine of my novel has a tattoo similar to the one Megan Fox has been seen sporting of late. Have no idea if hers is real or not.
Today, I felt a rush of inspiration while I was in the car. I realized the stakes of the first few novels just weren’t where I needed them to be. So, I’ve figured out a way to tinker with some of the elements of the overarching project to make it more compelling.
At least, that’s the goal.
The overall story continues to be the same, but I’m trying to make the stakes compelling enough that there will be a throughline that is really interesting to the point that people will be exciting to see where things go next.
by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’ve finally gotten everything sorted out in my mind. Now, I think I’m going through and think about not just the first novel in this projected six novel series, but all of them.
This should speed things up a great deal.
It would be pretty great to have a huge chunk of six novels done this spring when I start to query — or, at least, I hope I start to query. Any number of things could happen to put a…uhhh….damper….on those plans. But you have to have hope, you know?
If you don’t have hope, you don’t have anything.
But I am going to do some studying of each of the six novels I have planned and see if what I can come up with as quickly as possible.
by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’m always thinking of scifi concepts and it seems like one interesting one would be the idea that the U.S. Government — specifically the U.S. Military –has already “achieved the Singularity internally” as the old saying goes. I don’t know what that would look like, but it’s an interesting idea to toy with as the potential premise of a novel or screenplay.
And if you really wanted to put a unique spin on it, you would have it a “Her” like movie fused with Annie Hall, rather than something dark and dystopian. It could be quite romantic and humorous.
It’s times like these when I wish I was younger so I could have the time and energy to throw myself into a project like this.
by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
While all the caveats apply, while I was looking through what I’ve already prepared for five novels, discovered a pretty good summary for a sixth novel in the same universe.
So, lulz, maybe I want to write six novels set in a small town in Southside Virginia?
I really, really need to put up or shut up though. I can’t keep spinning my wheels. I have to — have to — get something done. Anything. And as such, I have to start to hurry up.
I need to knock some novels out. But I think if I look at the six novels as just one long story split into six parts, things SHOULD move a lot quicker.
Hopefully.
by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I’ve been vacillating between six and seven novels in this project and now I realize that five is probably best. That’s roughly ~500,000 to ~600,000 words. And I’m well aware how bonkers that sounds to people who think I’m kook with no talent.
But I need hope, ok?
I need something to think about other than how shitty my life is . And, what’s more I have ANOTHER novel (or two) I’m thinking about work on. The other novels are scifi.
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