Quinn Blogs

I just hit the 45,000-word mark, which puts me halfway toward my anticipated total length of 90,000 words. Or I should say initially anticipated; I really feel like I’m more than halfway through the book at this point. I just started a big, multi-chapter scene that forms the end of my more-or-less second act, and after that there will be a few more flashbacks, a buildup to the big climax, and then that’s pretty much it. Chances are the first draft is going to be more like 80,000 words. Maybe even less. When I was first conceiving of Hubris I saw it as something much like Good Omens, an ensemble-cast comedy adventure with plenty of quirky side characters and funny asides (I also saw it as a graphic novel – more on that in a future post). And while I’m still very much [...]

Writing continues, even while I’m on vacation; no, I’m not that much of a workaholic, it’s just that I’ve got a lot of down time in the hotel and it seemed like a good opportunity to get some writing in. I have another trip coming up in a week and a half, and the laptop will be staying home for that.I just passed the 40,000 word mark yesterday, a nice big number (although not as satisfying as passing the 100-page mark a few weeks ago. That’s when it stops feeling like a long story and more like a proper novel). My Nanowrimo instincts are still going strong – one of the most important things I’ve learned is not to revise as I go along, even when I know that my chronology is a bit messed up and the entire [...]