Sarah Narnathron

-Get some solid progress on editing Mechanical Heart.

-Put out a call for MH betas.

-Stay on top of schoolwork.

Darn! I’m editing this week. 😛 Oh well. If I end up writing any new scenes, I’ll make sure to count those towards the war.

-Rewrite my second UGP story.

-BitS acknowledgements.

-BitS formatting.

-Start figuring out author social media stuff.

-Projects for 2D and Marketing Comm.

I do think we’re ready for a new theme discussion. Character development could be cool, though there’d be a fair bit of overlap with some of our previous discussion. Another idea: how about a discussion on worldbuilding?

And I’ll post something for the challenge later.

I already had a look and thought it seemed good.

Everything’s turned on on time, and I’m not dead yet. *cue song in the background* Work project is in a good place, but I need to get confirmation on something from someone. And the story is edited, and I took it to my college’s writing center . . . and now I need to rewrite it. Oh well.

-Finish editing my second UGP story.

-Get all my projects turned in on time.

-Finish the latest iteration of my actual-job project.

-Don’t die.

Three of the four done!

I understand what’s going on. It’s just figuring out how to apply it, like Devastate said, and figuring out which bits I need to apply.

-BitS stuff.

-Finish this stupid UGP story and start editing it and the other one I wrote.

-Edit my ID paper.

-Figure out where my motivation ran off to. 😛

@dekreel You’re welcome! Cliches . . . I feel like mad/grumpy scientists show up an awful lot in steampunk? Other than that, though, I can’t think of any steampunk-specific cliches. And I haven’t read Gone With the Wind, but based on what I know of the story, I think that could be quite interesting!

Ay yi. I shall try.

Meh. I’m not doing great. But I caught a nasty cold, so that’s part of the problem. 😛

Oooooh. Steampunk is fun. I’ve written two steampunk novellas, plus I love the genre as a whole, so I’m happy to provide some words of wisdom on the topic.

Time period: Normally, steampunk is set in a world or era that resembles the Victorian Era, but with more steam, tech, magic, and corsets worn over dresses. (Side note: corsets were definitely…[Read more]

@the-inkspiller: I’m sorry you’re going through that. I’ll be praying for you.

So I’m going to do my two favorite of Kendra E. Ardnek’s books. One of them, by the way, The Worth of a King, is just releasing this week, and y’all should check it out.

The story conflict in The Worth of a King is Delaney, Adrian, and Obsidia attempting to remove a corrupt usurper from the throne. It’s a good conflict because it really e…[Read more]

Ok. Goals.

-Finish this story for UGP.
-Get BitS ready for preorder. Or ready-er.
-Stay on top of homework and get ahead enough that I can go to the Ren Faire with impunity.

Interesting story concept! I don’t have time to take a look right this minute, but I will later! As someone else asked, is it ok if I make comments right in the document?

Welcome, new Ereki! Glad to have you here!

1. What’s the genre and a (brief) summary of your current WIP?

Mechanical Heart is a steampunk fantasy retelling of Rapunzel. Prince Josiah of Chania wants to serve his people in the best way he can, especially when it comes to stopping the machinations of the shadowy blood alchemists, but he finds himself at a dead end every way he turns. B…[Read more]