July 2023: Annwyn's Metamorphosis, After Wendy's Revisions, and the Months to Come

July has been nuts! With the family vacation behind me, and my son's best friend moving away this week, it's been a hectic and emotional roller coaster.

Yet I still finished the Secrets of Annwyn scaffolding outline and prologue. Given how long Annwyn has taken up real estate in my head, it's freeing to finally get it down on paper. With over 60,000 words in character and plot development, and another 40,000 words in false starts, I'm on track and falling in love with writing again.

After Wendy is coming along. Transcription-style revisions are murder, but I'm trekking along and making it shine. If all goes well, I'll have a polished first act by the Colorado Gold Conference in September.

The kids go back to school on August 14, and I can't wait to have more time to write and create.

On the docket for August: writing 15,000 words of Annwyn; revising chapters eight through ten of After Wendy; editing; judging RMFW's anthology submissions; and perfecting my pitch for Colorado Gold.

Favorite Universal Studios Attraction: Hogsmeade Village

Favorite Re-Watch: Peep Show

August TBR:

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Eldritch Punks by Oliver Blakemore

The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss