jon_chaisson: (Mooch writing)
Lots of writing-related stuff going on here in JoncWorld!

--My primary work these last few weeks, when not working on The Persistence of Memories revision, has been getting the submission package ready for Angry Robot's Open Door. The last few days have been spent working on a two-page synopsis. I probably could have approached this one a little better by creating one from scratch; instead, however, I took a previously created eleven-page outline and edited the hell out of it until it made the two page limit. [ [livejournal.com profile] dancinghorse, you may remember this outline from a previous read. I've since learned my lesson in brevity. :) ] The lesson learned here is to shape the synopsis down to the barest of detail. The second lesson is to work from the ground up, not from the roof down...it's probably a hell of a lot easier!

--Despite a few coding bumps in the road, I am now building what I'm calling my official author website. It's focused primarily on the trilogy and its universe (which I have now dubbed the Mendaihu Universe) and can be found here if you're curious. I'm currently having a few coding issues (on the WordPress side), but hopefully those should be ironed out soon.

--I'm attempting to do my daily 750 Words again, after not doing so for some time. I often do them during work hours, and Q4 has finally quieted down enough that I can squeeze it in over the course of the day. I'm hoping this will clean out the cobwebs and get some new creativity up and running again.

--It's December, and many music magazines have already posted their best-of-year posts, so I should probably start doing mine as well. Maybe start building the year-end compilation too.

--This also means that it's time for me to do a retrospective on what I've worked on writingwise this year, and my plans for next year as well. Let's just say future plans for 2014 are going to be quite productive, and hopefully fun and fruitful as well!
jon_chaisson: (Mooch writing)
It's been one hell of a fourth quarter workwise, not to mention a busy personal schedule, so I haven't updated here in quite some time. I will try to update more this weekend, as I will actually have the time to do so! :)

Quick Facts and Figures in JoncWorld:

--On Chapter 34 of The Persistence of Memories revision, a little over halfway through the novel proper, and about the halfway point of the trilogy proper. Things are looking good.

--Due to frequent technical incompetence and end-of-rope frustration, we no longer have Dish Network. On the positive side, we have Netflix and a large collection of DVDs (not to mention my ridiculous mp3 collection) to keep us entertained visually and aurally. We may get some other cable or satellite at a later time, but for now we're just going to let it go for now.

--Why yes, I do plan on submitting the trilogy (well, A Division of Souls for starters) to Angry Robot's Open Door submission window, why do you ask? This weekend's writing project is to work on the Query Letter/Synopsis and first few chapters prepared, and the submission will hopefully come soon after.

--Over halfway done with Mark Lewisohn's Beatles tome Tune In...and recently bought the twice-as-long Extended Version as well. He's done quite the great job...it's well worth checking out. And from a writer's perspective, I find he's written the book in the exact style I would want to write in for Walk In Silence, once I get to it.


Okay, back to revision! :)

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