4 weeks

 4 weeks since my second submission. They said it can take up to 6 months. So 4 weeks really isn't so bad I guess. It takes a lot of mental fortitude to send them out. But I have to remind myself that literally what is the worse that can happen? They reject it. And I will survive. 

I have not been good at keeping track of writing this month. My daughter hooked up the Xbox that has been lying dormant for a while and I have missed gaming. So I've been doing that. But the last few nights my brain has been reminding me of the project on hand, so hoping February is a bit better for writing. 

Gods and Gold

 I've got a bit of writers block going on right now. But any kind of writing i feel like it helps get things going. Even if it means making idiotic posts on my blog. So here I am, trying to get things moving in my mind. 

So why don't we talk about my life long series. The first ever written I named it Hopeless Reality. It seemed fitting. But I changed it by uses the thesaurus in word and it ended up becoming Doomed to Failure with each title varying on whom it was about. And if I'm being honest I really thought that would be it. Not that I was sold on that idea because it sounded, like a failure I guess. Either way, in all the drafts it is DTF. But only recently have I found the perfect fit. Which to tie into my last post about the second book being the original and only book until my mind just kept making more. 

It's funny actually. The blog I posted about ancient Egypt a few weeks ago. That being my inspiration for the original. I said what I really loved was the Gods and Gold. And my Title was born in that moment. It fits, and I'm surprised it took me so long to find it. But I did find it and honestly, I'm excited for the future.

My series has expanded now, to what I anticipate 10 novels. I've written six. But only two are actually ready. Plot holes are a bitch when you have intermingle stories from one book to the next. My husband says the editor is the one who should find those, but they are my babies, I should be the one, because I know what is a hole and what isn't. 

The first several books involve a lot of that. Later on the timelines are lined better. But I am struggling a bit with the next step. That could be personal life, or it just could be that maybe they aren't meant to be written.  Then again thats how I felt with Shadow in the light so, I guess I should keep going. Until next time. 

First Rejection

 I got my first rejection! And it sucked. But not as bad as I thought and I'm still alive, I don't feel defeated. Which is a shock. I'm proud of myself for putting myself out there. Honestly it's a huge step for me to have even made it to a rejection. I don't remember who told me or where I heard that every no makes way for that yes. So I will get there. I know it will happen.

I have kind of talked about my process with writers block and how I got my start, and my fear of rejection. Also about my inspiration for my series. But now that I have had my first rejection I kind of want to talk about my series a little more. Obviously I don't want to spoil anything so I won't give those away.

When I publish, for me it will be blatantly obvious that the first in the series didn't always exist. And honestly it took years to get it off the ground. I went back and forth forever whether or not it was necessary, if it would be just back story or if would hold up on it's own. And honestly, I'm really glad I got over the sticky mess that it was, to make it into something. But it was not a cake walk.

There are so many versions of it, so many starts that I could never finish because it would hit a wall that I couldn't pass. So I would start over, take bit's and pieces from what I did like and go again. Much like the second installment its origin is vastly different from how it turned out. But in a good way. I don't feel like I over worked it like pie dough. For me, it's just right. 

My fantasy world is intricate. In a nutshell it involves the universe. In a Star Wars kind of way with traveling at light speed. But magical with portals and worm holes. Time moves differently on different worlds. And that can get a little confusing. So if something is happening to someone on one world, they could be present tense on another world and have that be apart of their past, but it is also apart of someone else's future. There are a few times where things like that happen and honestly it does get a bit messy. But they all intertwine and well it works for me. So hopefully it is not impossible to follow. 

Obviously I know the ending to the series to it all makes sense to me. Which is why I need more eyes on it. Eyes to tell me if it's to much or not enough. Because it's my baby. And I am biased toward it. 

But back to the universe and time. How I have created is basic. The closer to the center of the universe, the faster time moves. The farther you are, the slower it moves. Time travel is not really happening, more world travel which fluctuates depending on what time you travel to said world. 

For example. Say for us on earth 2023 we travel to a planet toward the center of the universe and they are three hundred years old. And then you travel back to earth and it is still 2023. And then in 2024 we travel there again but now they are three thousand years old. And so on. 

But also there are those characters who can travel to worlds but also through time. So one of them could travel to a world from anytime and go to whatever time they want. So if they wanted to go from earth 3000 to that same world they could go when it first became a planet if they wanted to. Or they could go to the same time line that it is with earth. Which is way to much math for my brain to compute how old that world would be. But even for those time travelers. They can't cross their own timeline. Or alter it I guess. 

But for another example. Someone goes to another world, during a time when someone they are close with is still growing up. They get to watch them grow up, knowing what will become of them. But there is nothing they can do to change what will happen to them. Because they are apart of that person's present but also apart of their past. If that makes sense. I don't know I think it's cool but like I said, probably sounds more confusing the way I'm trying to explain it. 

super fun stuff. 

Well I kind of went off, I plan on adding more about what I am writing when I drop in. So whoever is reading, if anyone and you have questions, you can ask. But also I'm pretty okay here just talking to myself. 

Until Next time.