Writing Update: December

Some of my absence has been due to me trying to continue writing my series the Calpurnia Mission.

Let me give you the counts:

1. The Calpurnia Mission: 9,298 words
2. The Rebel Lion: 13,360 words
3. Between Life and Dark: 12,480 words
4. The Stark Truth: 14,978 words
5. Of Haves and Wants: 30,516 words
6. Safe Harbor: 15,799 words
7. Rebel Valley: 26,781 words
8. Of the Best Intentions: 15,724 words
9. Eight o' Clock: 19,395 words
10. Underground: 17,944 words
11. Salon des Refues: 15,338 words
12. Into the Smoke: 12,273 words
13. The Human Twist: 18,817 words
14. The Pitch Black: 13,166 words
15. Den of Foxes: 11,272 words
16. The Sky Lure: 7,124 words
17. The Body Thief: 12,082 words
18. Unknown: 200 words. . .?

So that's 243,885 words total. I originally assumed this would be about 30 chapters, so. . yep. There is that.

General Updates

I missed finishing a story in October. I really lost it in October with writing. And even November. It just got a lot harder to come up with ideas. I think I lost a lot of where I wanted to go. I also introduced two new characters in Den of Foxes which left me sort of. .arrrrggg. .because everyone else is more well-developed and characters can take a little time to create. It's important to me characters have their own motivation and voices - and their own actions with different people.

I also ran out of short-story ideas, since each is generally a short story. Although, I also feel as if I lost some of that series fiction type stuff from before. Oh well. I mean. . .stuff.

ALSO. . .The Body Thief is mostly erotic fiction and I don't know how to feel about that for the following reasons:

• Does it make sense for the characters: Sure, I think I did a good job making it seem plausable. Did I build the situation up enough that it seems logical? Maybe.
• Porn:. . .*giggle*. . .*snort*. . .I'm not mature enough to deal with this.

Forward Thinking
I think I have some concepts and bits set up for Chapter 18. I'm just not sure. I want to return to the style of the series which I think I got away from because I had to build up characters independently and create their own story lines. Now I got to sandwich them back together and keep the hunt going.