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Status Update 2: Novel Writing
6 years ago
I'm getting close to finishing my first novel!
Overall the entire structure and plot of the book is finalized. It will consist of 9 chapters plus an epilogue, which will essentially be a 10th full chapter. I'd say each one averages 10,000 words, though there's at least one that is somewhat short and one that is a good bit longer than 10k words. As of today I am finishing up on chapter 8, so I really feel I am in the home stretch.
The real point of this journal entry is to say that I've decided that the manuscript will be in a state that I am ready to start posting chapters here and on other sites by next month. I'm planning on posting one chapter a week for 10 weeks starting July 11th! I feel like that will give me plenty of time; I may or may not be totally finished by the time July 11th rolls around, but if I post a chapter a week I should be able to finish up before I get to the later chapters. And if I have to delay a chapter by a week or two that is fine too, no big deal. I'm just super excited to start sharing this story.
So what's the story about?
If I had to describe it I'd say it's a historical furry gay erotic romance adventure novel. What a mouthful! I don't know if I can pin it down, it's kind of all of those at once. There's action, adventure, violence, betrayal, romance, suspense, sex -- plenty of sex actually, just not right away. It's not something written for broad commercial appeal or anything like that, and it's not for readers here who want a quick fix, since it takes several chapters until we get to the sex. At the end of the day it's the story I wanted to write, and if other people here like it that'd be awesome, but if not it's still something I'm proud of.
The title of the novel is "Blue and Gray." It takes place in an anthro version of the American Civil War, with most of the events taking place in the year 1863, though some occur in the years prior and some in the years after. The two main characters are a gray wolf from Pennsylvania named Calvin Riley and a blue-furred deer from an unnamed valley in the eastern Tennessee Appalachians named Flynn Harrison. It's a very narrowly focused story; I don't really touch on the politics of the war or anything like that. Without spoiling too much, it's the story of Flynn and Calvin, nothing more.
It actually feels weird writing their names here, if that makes sense. I had the initial idea for this story in December of last year and spent a couple months kind of just thinking about the story and mentally outlining who they were and where their story would go. Once I got most of the major plot elements nailed down I started working on the actual writing in February and have been making pretty consistent progress since then. As of right now the only places Flynn and Calvin exist are in my head and in a dozen or so Word documents, but they've been characters I've been thinking about and/or writing about just about every day for half a year, so I'm really psyched to be able to share them and their story with folks here soon!
I chose July 11th mostly because I'm going to be traveling and visiting friends and family for nearly two weeks before that. Seemed like as good a date as any, and now I have a hard deadline, which is always a great motivator for finishing a project :]
Overall the entire structure and plot of the book is finalized. It will consist of 9 chapters plus an epilogue, which will essentially be a 10th full chapter. I'd say each one averages 10,000 words, though there's at least one that is somewhat short and one that is a good bit longer than 10k words. As of today I am finishing up on chapter 8, so I really feel I am in the home stretch.
The real point of this journal entry is to say that I've decided that the manuscript will be in a state that I am ready to start posting chapters here and on other sites by next month. I'm planning on posting one chapter a week for 10 weeks starting July 11th! I feel like that will give me plenty of time; I may or may not be totally finished by the time July 11th rolls around, but if I post a chapter a week I should be able to finish up before I get to the later chapters. And if I have to delay a chapter by a week or two that is fine too, no big deal. I'm just super excited to start sharing this story.
So what's the story about?
If I had to describe it I'd say it's a historical furry gay erotic romance adventure novel. What a mouthful! I don't know if I can pin it down, it's kind of all of those at once. There's action, adventure, violence, betrayal, romance, suspense, sex -- plenty of sex actually, just not right away. It's not something written for broad commercial appeal or anything like that, and it's not for readers here who want a quick fix, since it takes several chapters until we get to the sex. At the end of the day it's the story I wanted to write, and if other people here like it that'd be awesome, but if not it's still something I'm proud of.
The title of the novel is "Blue and Gray." It takes place in an anthro version of the American Civil War, with most of the events taking place in the year 1863, though some occur in the years prior and some in the years after. The two main characters are a gray wolf from Pennsylvania named Calvin Riley and a blue-furred deer from an unnamed valley in the eastern Tennessee Appalachians named Flynn Harrison. It's a very narrowly focused story; I don't really touch on the politics of the war or anything like that. Without spoiling too much, it's the story of Flynn and Calvin, nothing more.
It actually feels weird writing their names here, if that makes sense. I had the initial idea for this story in December of last year and spent a couple months kind of just thinking about the story and mentally outlining who they were and where their story would go. Once I got most of the major plot elements nailed down I started working on the actual writing in February and have been making pretty consistent progress since then. As of right now the only places Flynn and Calvin exist are in my head and in a dozen or so Word documents, but they've been characters I've been thinking about and/or writing about just about every day for half a year, so I'm really psyched to be able to share them and their story with folks here soon!
I chose July 11th mostly because I'm going to be traveling and visiting friends and family for nearly two weeks before that. Seemed like as good a date as any, and now I have a hard deadline, which is always a great motivator for finishing a project :]
