Without Wings, my second chapbook with Turtleduck Press, released yesterday! It explores the dark side of love.
My friend and fellow indie author SM Reine wrote an awesome review!
Here’s an excerpt:
“Her poetry has a way of painting pictures with negative space– that is to say, the things she withholds from the poems, rather than what she puts in them. She dives right into the depths of emotion without hesitancy, and she has arranged the poems within to create a rhythm throughout the chapbook that flows as well as her poetry itself. ”
You can read the review, as well as a short interview I did with SM Reine, here: http://www.smreine.com/2011/04/review-and-interview-without-wings-by.html .
And to buy or for more information, visit us at http://www.turtleduckpress.com . I will be doing a giveaway very soon!
In other news, the Free-For-All ended up becoming Pirouette month. Which is just fine. I’m on page 32. It sounds like not a lot, but I’ve made some fantastic progress on the worldbuilding and the characterization. I also have some ideas for the story as a whole.
Which leads me to my next point. I realized that, while writing and rewriting novels may at times seem slow and inefficient, it also helps bring the entire thing into better focus. For an example, in draft 2, I had Alisia totally unwilling to do something. She fought with the people forcing her into it, but eventually figured she was overruled and went along with it. That to me seemed rather shaky and Alisia is not one to go along with something she doesn’t want to do. So, instead, in this draft, she’s going along with it, yeah, but to prove everyone wrong. I think this is keeping with her personality more than in draft 2.
I also added some neat little touches to the world that will become important later on.
Alisia is more snarky now, if that’s even possible. I’d wondered if I’d forgotten how to write her. Nope, just took a little sabbatical. She’s alive and kicking again!
So you see, I had to write 3 drafts to get to that destination. I believe that nothing is ever wasted, even if I scrap something and start over. It’s still there, in my head, and it can be revisited or refigured. But I wouldn’t have gotten here without the original scene in draft 2.
Now my task is to keep the characterization consistant throughout the book. Alisia and Lucien have to work for their happiness, and there needs to be obstacles. And there are many. So, that’s what’s next.
As for Alpha Female, I have a few changes I want to make, and the things I added to Pirouette will affect a few things in Alpha Female, so I think it would be best if I put it on the back burner for now.
I also was considering trying to write more poetry this month. We’ll see how that goes.
Weaver of Words 