Well, I’m to Chapter 17/21 with my edits and revisions to Wastelands of Oz. I have finalized decisions on the outcome of some main characters and included the thoughts of my MC’s power gain. Once I finish this round of edits and revisions, I’m slipping the manuscript to beta readers!! I need some constructive criticism. However, in one of my writing groups on Facebook, it says for fantasy novels they have to be at 80,000+ words. At the moment, my novel resides at 55,000 words. I honestly do not know if I can pull another 25,000 words out of my a**. Once I add in the extra scenes and finish the revisions and detail add ins, I should be right around 60,000. My novel flows over into separate genres though. Dark Fantasy and Young Adult (I’d say 15+) It can be marketed to adults especially those who loved the original. I’m just lost as to what to do once everything is finished. Should I try to pound out an additional 25,000 words or just hope for the best with what I have?? *sigh*
Revisions revisions revisions
I’m on Chapter 12 of edits and revisions of Wastelands of Oz…I feel like when I don’t change something in a chapter I’m not doing a good job. I have been adding in descriptions and changing the flow of words, but I feel like I need to do more. Am I overthinking it? I don’t know but I guess once I get it to beta readers I will find out =] Glinda reinvisioned in this book, also adjusting character profiles and tools of the craft. I think I might be making Glinda a sorceress as well and Maryjane may overpower all of them and be a magus mortem Sorceress….I have come to realize in my own writings around fictional magick that the path of the witches in the novel is very grey witchcraft. So a character revision is in some serious planning now. “You cannot heal unless you can throw a curse.” Maryjane will take a dark trip toward the end gaining power untold. Also thinking about completely killing Glinda off like my initial idea was…decisions decisions.
Editing and Revising Chapter Two of the Wastelands of Oz
Editing and revising Chapter Two of the Wastelands of Oz. I can;t wait to finish my edits and revision so I can submit it to a publishing company =] Do yall know that the series had fourteen books? I don;t know if I’m going to write that many sequels lol but I am definitely writing two more and already have the ideas written down for them.
How come no one ever thought to do a spin off aside from the Great and Powerful Oz movie and the Wicked book? You never know what happens to Dorothy after she grows. This book doesn’t go into detail to much of Dorothy but it still surrounds her life through her daughter’s eyes. I remember watching the Wizard of Oz over and over at the age of three. Yes, I was that little and still remember watching it and keeping my gaze for so long on the movie that my yes burned when I blinked. I was captivated by the movie and so is my daughter
Take a Trip Back to Oz
Did you enjoy the first trip to the Land of Oz? How about the second? What about the 14th? Do you remember these trips so well you can hear the sound of Oz and can feel Oz’s colors dripping on your skin? Good. It’s about time for another trip to Oz. There’s a new sorceress causing pandemonium in the cities and lands of Oz. Who will stop it this time? Dorothy? It’s been years since she has been to Oz. She is an elderly woman now. Then who, you might ask? Who do you think? Who would have the trips, the memories, the friends, and the adventures like Dorothy? It’s a tough question yet the answer is so simple. Who? Why none other than her daughter, Maryjane, a powerful witch whose powers were granted to her from the Elders of Oz. She will risk losing everything to save her mom, the trio of friends, and Oz from the clutches of evil. Love, death, rebirth, and salvation are whirling around in the cyclones of Oz. Are you prepared for another walk down the yellow brick road?
Editing and Revising Wastelands of Oz
I’m going through the first few chapters during my edit sessions for revisions and I can tell a tremendous difference in the writing from the first chapters and the latter ones. The first few chapters I longhanded and wasspending time transcribing them to my laptop. It was a week in between transcriptions and picking back up writing again. However, during transcription, I lost the original handwritten parts and had to recreate scenes from chapters already writte. Any author knows how hard and how big of a deal this is. The newer scenes were better and more in depth, however the first chapters already transcribed seemed…cheesy compared to the rest of the written work. So, I’m going through the first chapters revising scenes and making some rather necessary changes to the main character of my book, Maryjane. I’ve stuck to the idea she didn’t know her own powers and didn’t know hot to use them. She will know she has powers but not quite grasp the usage of them but grow with them. I thnk this is a necessary change for character development especially with it being a “coming of age” passage.I’m also doing some modifications of the original characters and make it a more original piece than just fan fiction. I hope yall will enjoy my excerpts to come and enjoy the book once it is published. =]
The Dark Kiss Goodnight novel
When Grand Duchies of Moscow Andrei and Mikhail, died, they didn’t die completely, for they had been kissed by the lips of an Ubor and were granted immortality. Wars broke out throughout Russia from fear of what the leaders had become. So, Mikhail and Andrei went into a vampyric hibernation until the year 1693. A melodic voice awoke them from their slumber and their eyes befell a woman of pure beauty and disarray, Empress Anna, Tsar of St. Petersburg, Russia. With the arrival of their demonic demeanor into Russia again, wars broke out once more. The brothers were constantly battling over the hand of Anna, which only led to destruction of villages. The castle of Anna was being raided and at the last moments before the people of Russia would take her out for her death, Mikhail took Anna into his arms and granted her the same kiss he had been granted 500 years ago. The three made off like bandits into the fields of snow. Even though Mikhail had won Anna’s hand and heart, Andrei was not about to let his brother win completely. So, Mikhail and Anna stole off by themselves in the middle of the night leaving Andrei in his slumber. Now more than 300 years later, the couple are still thriving together. They have made human friends that know who and what they really are. They are living a happy, normal life. And then there’s Andrei again. However, as the days progress and the battles restart, one of the human friends they have looks familiar to him. Upon questioning, he realizes he had slaughtered her husband and children, sparing her because of her pregnancy. Even though she was human, and even though she hated him, the sparks flew between the two. The connection causes Andrei to doubt his immortality and battle the demon of turning his love or dying in the sun with her as she takes her last breath of mortal life.