What is playing on the iPod? Hopeless by Breaking Benjamin
So, I've got a series in the works. It is about a Messenger named Jared. Book one, Redemption, is done from my end of things. I have poured over it, edited, checked details and done everything I can besides find agent representation (please, please, please let that be next on the list). Tonight, I checked my word count on book two, Absolution and found over 61,000 words. In other words, 235 pages. I did my little mental happy dance and starting thinking about things I could cut back because currently, I am constructing the end of the book and there is a lot to be said. I did things in reverse this time. Usually, the beginning of the book is my hardest part. This time, I am sweating the end the most because it is big...huge...did I mention big or huge?
I kill somebody major. Somebody that I knew in Redemption that I wanted around. I liked the character, so much so that I...never mind, plot spoilers for a book that does not have representation yet is probably not the smartest marketing ploy.
Book three, as yet untitled, has begun. I find myself working on Absolution and my mind is in the untitled book three. I have played out the scenes, reworked them how I want them and find myself with the manuscript pulled up and plugging away until I have the bones down on screen. So far, 5963 words - approximately 23 pages. The scary thing is that I already have an outline for book four in my head. Damn overactive imagination.
I am having so much fun, this should probably be illegal! Thankfully, its not and I can do this all day long.
Side note - the song just switched over to Already Gone by Crossfade. If you haven't checked these guys out, do so. My nine-year-old was singing along with the iPod today in the car. He is definitely mine. The 13-year-old asked me to buy GaGa from iTunes the other day. He is not mine, as evidenced by our musical differences. The fact that I gave birth to him is irrelevant here, thank you very much.
Now, I am off to buy New Moon. Yes, I am one of those people. Until next time!
