Redesigned

In the featured post you'll see what my writing area looked like before.

I traded in my milk crate for two end tables that I stacked and replaced the two drawer bookshelf with a five shelf one.  I got magazine holders as well.

I'm still fiddling with it.

I want to make my whole apartment look less cluttered so I'm sorting through what I got and straightening things up.  

I'm a pack rat. I keep everything. So when I moved I left lots of stuff behind. Why move it if I'm just going to get rid of it later?

I'm doing a part of my apartment at a time. I did part of my closet Saturday and part of my bedroom Monday. Tuesday I did my office.  Today I decided to rest and think about what I want to do next. I'll do some basic cleaning today in the rest of the apartment but nothing major.

If you go on my Sidereal Time blog you'll see the bedroom part of my redesign.

https://dragconicsidereal.blogspot.com

Needless to say I didn't work on my stories this weekend since I've been redesigning things.  So nothing new on that front.

a brief peek

I did a page in Flames.

Still questioning the suspects. The grandson, the daughter, the couple that owns the place, and the grounds keeper that reported the fire. Trying to figure out how to slip in a clue without it being too obvious.  It would give away who the bad person is if one thinks about it but I need to slip in a clue so no one can say I didn't give hints! :)

I'll think on it some more.

Haven't touched MVII. Still haven't decided what all I want in the research they're looking at. The grandpa disappeared while on his own hunt and the granddaughter was killed because she was hunting for the grandpa. And of course, The 'bad guy' didn't want the past brought up since he killed the grandpa and now the granddaughter. So Paul and Jaci will be meeting opposition. And the land itself is not making her job any easier as it is being strangely silent. Stones have long memories and the land is very rocky so Jaci knows the silence has something to do with the past. But how long in the past? And will she be able to unravel it all before the killer adds her to his tally?

The Alliance books. I have two of them started.  The first one introduces the Alliance through Fiona who is at that time the only human. Five races make up the Alliance, three of which are vaguely humanoid but never mistaken for humans. The Nein are the 'jacks of all trades' and are the arms and legs of the Regent while the other races simply enjoy the comforts of the Alliance. As I said before the human government is not a 'good guy' in these stories. I will be playing on Human fears and greed.

I plan to work on these books as soon as my Elemental Voice Series is done.

My dragon books. I still haven't picked one to start working on. I don't know if I want to do another Fallborn or one of the modern day standalones.

Right now I have Flames and MVII open to work on.  I have the Fallborn, the standalone dragon books, and the Alliance books all moved to my 'to choose from' Misc. file on the computer. I also have other stories residing there, awaiting my attention. Over thirty of them to be exact. Then there's the milk crate full of written ideas. Plus my 'idea' book.

I need Indunne's golden apple so I can live long enough to write just what I got so far. That's not counting the ideas that are still to come.

So where's that golden apple?

An overview

I set aside 'Eye' until my friend gets back to me with her ideas.

I haven't touched Flames for awhile. I'm still stuck on how I want to introduce the clue without making it too obvious. So I've been running different scenarios through my head but none of them feel right. The story's just been sitting there, waiting for me to get it down. I've been thinking just to not drop a hint here and just let the talk flow how it wants, then drop a hint somewhere else.

That's probably what I'll do.

MVII is still in chapt. 2. They're going to look at the research. I have to decide what's in the research and how much to reveal right now. Paul has an almost photographic memory so I'll have him look it over completely, and have Jaci just skim through it or better yet have Paul give her highlights.  

Dragon stories. I've been looking over all my dragon stories to see which one I want to do next. Another Fallborn or a standalone set in today's society. Two of the standalones have two or more chapters done as does one of the Fallborn.  One of the standalones is about a hidden dragon society within our own while the other is about a lone dragon surviving hidden in our society. There's a bit of magic to them, though there's also some science  or   alchemy involved.  The Fallborn one is In the Dragon's Claws.

Claws has magic as well.  Dragon magic. Dragons had once been common, but they had warred and only a few had survived. Those few had retreated to their shrines and most slept, but a few remained awake and had human Servants. Two slaves escaped at one such shrine and became that Dragon's Servants.

I'm not sure which I want to do next for my dragon fix.

I know that as soon as I finish Flames I want to start one of my Alliance novels. Well, I should say finish one of them since I started two of them already. I have a blog with info on the Alliance. If you're interested in reading a bit about it, you can get your info there.

https://theregentalliance.blogspot.com

I've been reading Fan fiction again. Yes, I started that back up and added another fandom: Avengers/ironman. I also expanded the pairing in NCIS to include others with Tony. I read slash as well as Gen since some of the case stories include such, though my favorite is the father/son of Gibbs and Tony.  Anyway I've been reading fan fiction again. This time I hope I don't get as obsessed with it as I was before.

Nattering

Ran off a copy on disk of 'Eye' so a friend could go through it.

I glanced through it, but I need someone to read it to make sure it's fluid. Everything is in my head but I sometimes forget to put it on paper as it were. Or I repeat something. Hence someone to read to ensure fluency.

Didn't move very far in Flames. Still interviewing the suspects. The Hougtons. I got through the other two's interviews no problems but I'm not sure how I want to do these two's. I need to add a clue here but I don't want it to be too obvious. Sometimes it's hard to skirt that line and I just drop the clue in. This time I want a little more suspense before the reveal.

I don't claim to be any expert on transsexuals. I've made he/she how I want he/she to be.

MVII is coming along as well. I opened it up and looked at it the other day.  I'm in Chapt. 2 on it. The mystery the victim was researching is being unveiled. Though most of it is still mired in time. Jaci is hooked, intrigued by the strange silence of the land and that silence leads to a very dangerous confrontation at the end.

 I've been looking through my old writing magazines. I don't have too many of them as I only had two years of subscription to Writer's Digest and snagged a few from the writing groups.  So I decided to renew a subscription. I need to get file boxes to put the zines in so I can store them better. They're just shoved in my bookcase right now.

And Pens.  I got pens everywhere. Well, everywhere around my desk. I got them stuck in a drawer, in a coffee mug, and three laying on top of the desk. When I look for one I can't find one so I got them where I can see them. I used one to write a story idea down. #3 million and 6 maybe  :)

I've been cleaning out the desk a bit. so that's why I got the pens handy. They were all shoved willy nilly in the desk so now they're where I can get to them easier.