The crazyness that is my writing process has recently gone through a big change with the first novel of my new series. The Thirteenth Chime took me about one month to write and to be perfectly honest I didn't really go back through it after that point. Anasazi took me about one to two weeks to write and I went back through it for edits but didn't do more than a few pages of true rewrites. Firstling (coming out in a few months and book three in the series) took me about one month,and I did another month of rewrite and edits.
For the first novel in my new series I wrote it over the course of three years with more than three full novel rewrites and so many rounds of editing that I can no longer keep track and you know what? Reading back over it today, it was totally worth it. I wish I had given myself as much room to grow with my other novels. Now that I have my new writing style for the new series set up and have gone through so much with the fist novel the second novel in this new series is flowing out of me so smoothly I am shocked. It feels different, like I was meant to write it and the words are there on my screen and written across my heart just waiting to become visible.
I won't announce the release date yet but I will say, the title of the new series is ’Society of Feathers’ and the first novel is currently titled ’OWLET’. The date, cover art and more goodies should be coming up soon!
Wish me luck on reaching my goal of publishing four books this year! I already have two written and in the publishing process and two I am almost halfway through!
Wishing you all a wonderful day and tons of wonderful reads!
Sincerely,
Emma Michaels
Disclaimer: This was written on my iPad, let me know if I manage any crazy autocorrects that are website worthy. :-p
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
So to get back on the personal blog band-wagon since I seem to have fallen off of it while working on getting TWV up and running, I decided to start out simple with a five random facts about me post. I am writing this from my new iPad using the blogger app so please excuse any spelling errors. Hopefully there won't be anything on this list that ends up being "I hate autocorrect" site worthy. :-p
1. I believe in expressing yourself in any positive way anytime you want so I tend to randomly dance around like a total nutter even if there is no music playing. (My chihuahua tends to join in.)
2. I write on everything. When I was in school I was constantly getting in trouble for writing, painting or doing henna on my arms even though I would never get a tattoo unless my life depended on it. If I get a new pen then everything from napkins, paper towels and notebooks to mugs and bills are at risk of being completely covered with writing within minutes. Luckily, I just got an iPad and have been keeping it with me constantly so now I have much less risk of ink poisoning and don't constantly have ink or lead on the sides of my palms.
3. I Love animals and children. I used to babysit just so that I could have a blast playing with kids. When you are playing with a child who has a paper bag and sees it as a fortress, suddenly you start to feel your own imagination run wild and they never hold back so it pushes the boundaries you have set for yourself as an adult.
(Spoiler: My next series involves owls.)
4. I draw inspiration from really random objects or things going on in my life like sea shells, feathers or a moment when gardening when you look up and realize that time has gotten away from you and the sun is going down.
5. If I am reading a really good book I don't put it down until I finish it. I just can't handle the suspense of waiting to read on. I have to know what happens or I won't be able to sleep.
So there you have it! Hopefully having this app so that I can write my posts on the go will help! Much love and wishing each of you a wonderful day!
Sincerely,
Emma Michaels
1. I believe in expressing yourself in any positive way anytime you want so I tend to randomly dance around like a total nutter even if there is no music playing. (My chihuahua tends to join in.)
2. I write on everything. When I was in school I was constantly getting in trouble for writing, painting or doing henna on my arms even though I would never get a tattoo unless my life depended on it. If I get a new pen then everything from napkins, paper towels and notebooks to mugs and bills are at risk of being completely covered with writing within minutes. Luckily, I just got an iPad and have been keeping it with me constantly so now I have much less risk of ink poisoning and don't constantly have ink or lead on the sides of my palms.
3. I Love animals and children. I used to babysit just so that I could have a blast playing with kids. When you are playing with a child who has a paper bag and sees it as a fortress, suddenly you start to feel your own imagination run wild and they never hold back so it pushes the boundaries you have set for yourself as an adult.
(Spoiler: My next series involves owls.)
4. I draw inspiration from really random objects or things going on in my life like sea shells, feathers or a moment when gardening when you look up and realize that time has gotten away from you and the sun is going down.
5. If I am reading a really good book I don't put it down until I finish it. I just can't handle the suspense of waiting to read on. I have to know what happens or I won't be able to sleep.
So there you have it! Hopefully having this app so that I can write my posts on the go will help! Much love and wishing each of you a wonderful day!
Sincerely,
Emma Michaels
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