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September Writing and October Plans
Sep. 30th, 2022 01:37 pmI’ve finished a draft of my WWII mmf Gawain and the Green Knight retelling! It’s a short novella, about 27,000 words, and I think it’s a pretty strong draft: structurally solid, and although the ending needs another editing pass, I don’t have the feeling that certain sections need to be entirely reworked that I sometimes have with a draft.
Possible titles include Gaily Dressed in Green (or Gaily Clad in Green?) or A Girdle as a Lesser Gift. However, in the story I changed out the girdle for a garter as the girdles of the 1940s were not something that a man could drape over his shirt as a visible sign of that he flunked the beheading game. (Gawain ends up wearing the garter as an armband.) A Garter as a Lesser Gift?
Whatever I decide to call the book, I’d like to finish revisions in October, probably for a November release, given the lag time on getting a cover. (Not at all sure what the cover ought to look like. Any ideas? Lots of green, obviously.)
My other October goal is to finish a draft of The Vampire’s Pet (and come up with a more restrained and suitable title for it) - I have 20,000 words and I think I’m a bit more than halfway there.
Possible titles include Gaily Dressed in Green (or Gaily Clad in Green?) or A Girdle as a Lesser Gift. However, in the story I changed out the girdle for a garter as the girdles of the 1940s were not something that a man could drape over his shirt as a visible sign of that he flunked the beheading game. (Gawain ends up wearing the garter as an armband.) A Garter as a Lesser Gift?
Whatever I decide to call the book, I’d like to finish revisions in October, probably for a November release, given the lag time on getting a cover. (Not at all sure what the cover ought to look like. Any ideas? Lots of green, obviously.)
My other October goal is to finish a draft of The Vampire’s Pet (and come up with a more restrained and suitable title for it) - I have 20,000 words and I think I’m a bit more than halfway there.
