Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Novel Support Group 9/5

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Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :

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Welcome to this week's Novel Support Group. Anyone can join. If you're new, tell us a bit about who you are and what project you are working on. Feel free to update the NSG Work in Progress thread with your current projects. Although we can report on any number of things, here is a list of suggestions (suggestions welcomed).

What were your goals last week and did you accomplish them?
Describe what you worked on.
Set goals for next week.
Did you learn something during this week?

Here is a list of things that you can do each week as we work on our novels (suggestions welcomed).

Writing on a novel
Characterization
World Building
Relevant research

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As for me.

Last Week's Goals:

MAGE STORM: Think about what to do with this.
Nothing this week. [Frown]

MAGIC AND POWER: Send out three more queries.
Yes. [Smile]

THE SHAMAN'S CURSE: Do some promotion to try to keep this going well.
An ad in Fussy Librarian, coupled with a one-day price drop. Seems to have helped. [Smile]

THE IGNORED PROPHECY: Wait for beta readers.
The wait has just begun. [Smile]

BEYOND THE PROPHECY (Formerly PATHS OF CHAOS):
Book 3 of the series that starts with THE SHAMAN'S CURSE and continues in THE IGNORED PROPHECY. Start first draft.
Started, but I need to go back and write a new first chapter before I go on to Chapter 4. Started in the wrong place.

DREAMER'S ROSE: Pause, for now.
Easy one. Though I have had a couple of ideas. [Smile]

WEIRD OZ: Let the new ideas ferment a bit.
Still fermenting. [Smile]

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.
Yes. [Smile]

Next Week's Goals:

MAGE STORM:
Think about submitting this to a small publisher. But I may want to rewrite it with a slightly older protagonist first. I won't have an opening to do that for a couple of months.

MAGIC AND POWER:
Send out three more queries.

THE SHAMAN'S CURSE:
Watch and see how sales go without help for this week.

THE IGNORED PROPHECY:
Wait for beta readers.

BEYOND THE PROPHECY (Briefly PATHS OF CHAOS):
Book 3 of the series that starts with THE SHAMAN'S CURSE and continues in THE IGNORED PROPHECY. Start first draft.

DREAMER'S ROSE:
Pause, for now.

WEIRD OZ:
Let the new ideas ferment a bit.

OTHER:
Update my blog twice a week.

Posted by Owasm (Member # 8501) on :

The rebranding accounted for some additional sales when I launched to new titles. It seems to have worked.

I've put off my queries until this next week for Warstones

My current task is to package an older unpublished novel and publish it in the next few weeks. (My Bellia novel). It's undergoing the second recent rewrite and will get two more before it goes out. I've a cover to do, as well.

Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :

Nothing on any novels last week. My laptop went south and it looks like the hard drive. And with Above My Pay published I don't need to work on it now.