Cozy Corner: Unveiling the Journey of Glass Mountain Road
Welcome to the Cozy Corner. Pull up a chair and grab your favorite cup of coffee ☕️ (or tea, if that’s more your style!) I thought it would be nice to have a friendly chat over coffee, and let you know what’s been going on behind the scenes. I know I’m not the best at keeping in touch. If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you’ll know I have a habit of vanishing entirely for long periods of time. I’m working on doing better.
This will be the first of the new Cozy Corner series on my blog. Here, we’ll set aside the technicalities of the AI Assisted Writer series. Instead, I want to share the ups and downs of my creative journey, keep you updated on my projects, and offer inspiration for the challenges of being a writer.
Culling Baggage
Last week, I talked about how my protagonist’s motivations for Chronicles 3 had crystalized, allowing me to clearly see why she’s doing what she’s doing and what she’s got to overcome to get where she’s going, or fail. This week has been about sharpening that crystal into the character I need my protagonist to be. As you can imagine, that process leaves chunks of crystal on the table.
So let’s talk about culling baggage, or when you know too much about your character.
January Wrap Up
The last two months have been exciting, not just in establishing my business, but in transforming the Frankenstein’s monster that was Chronicles of The Wheel: Book One into a solid draft that I am, even now, allowing other people to read.
Speed Bumps
In 2021, I figured out a #LifeHack to trick my internal editor into letting me get thousands of words onto the page a day, without stepping in to interfere. This fast drafting method, which I call sketching, has let me trounce NaNoWriMo twice in a row, and I plan to do it again.