SitRep Saturday: The Joys of Pre-Writing

Update on One Good Cowboy: I'm still a few pages out from being finished and insecurity has gripped me tight, so I'll want at least one more editing pass from the beginning. I have a problem with the passive. I need to solve that problem immediately.

I wasn't totally unproductive this week, as noted by the actual blog posts I did, but most of what I accomplished was behind-the-scenes work. I did a lot of pre-writing for my next few projects. The Duct Tape & Pancakes anthology has been mapped out and I've identified the plot peaks, another short anthology has been outlined and the plots have been summarized. I've named characters, worked out basic occupations, and scribbled out setting ideas. I even have the beginnings of two other stories. Go me!

In non-real progress, I've been thinking a lot about The Guest and the other two novels I want to write. I just don't know if I have the attention span for them.

SitRep Saturday: Titles & New Projects

The new romance novelette has a title! I'm going to call it Better Together. Now, if only I could finish editing it. And find the right cover image for it.

This week, I also action-drafted a short story that, when finished, will be around 10,000 words. It's slightly different from the work I've put out so far, but I'm still very proud of it. The working title is Sir but, as usual, that is subject to change.

I even outlined a six-story anthology and started the outline and action draft of the first story for that one. It has a working title--Duct Tape & Pancakes--and each story also has a working title. It is always a good sign to me when the titles come easily.