I found out about Ifeoma Dennis's fabulous August Writing Marathon through Roselle Kaes, and since I’m ready to start a shiny new WIP and could always use a motivating kick in the butt…here I am. :)
Marathon Goal: To bang out at least 20,000 words of my shiny shiny brand spanking new (did I mention shiny? It’s shiny) YA fantasy, LADY SPRING.
Stage of writing: First draft (SHINY SHINY NEW AND SHINY)
What inspired my current project: My first MS subverted a number of fantasy tropes, but was still set in a medieval-Europe-lite setting (albeit with a protagonist of color). For my current project, I wanted to jettison Tolkienesque notions of fantasy entirely: there are no non-human races and no magic, the setting in no way resembles Europe, nobody goes on a quest to save the world, the majority of the characters are women (some of them trans), and every character but one is a person of color. I also wanted to write a story with George R.R. Martin-style political intrigues and power jockeying, so here we are.
What might slow down my marathon goal: 1. My foolish agreement to make Ren Faire costumes for my friend and myself. 2. WriteOnCon! 3. I observe Shabbat, so that’s a full 25 hour period each week I can’t do any writing.
Marathon Goal: To bang out at least 20,000 words of my shiny shiny brand spanking new (did I mention shiny? It’s shiny) YA fantasy, LADY SPRING.
Stage of writing: First draft (SHINY SHINY NEW AND SHINY)
What inspired my current project: My first MS subverted a number of fantasy tropes, but was still set in a medieval-Europe-lite setting (albeit with a protagonist of color). For my current project, I wanted to jettison Tolkienesque notions of fantasy entirely: there are no non-human races and no magic, the setting in no way resembles Europe, nobody goes on a quest to save the world, the majority of the characters are women (some of them trans), and every character but one is a person of color. I also wanted to write a story with George R.R. Martin-style political intrigues and power jockeying, so here we are.
What might slow down my marathon goal: 1. My foolish agreement to make Ren Faire costumes for my friend and myself. 2. WriteOnCon! 3. I observe Shabbat, so that’s a full 25 hour period each week I can’t do any writing.
