Heya, book nerds!
I'm Meg LaTorre, and on this episode of iWriterly, we will be starting a new series
called writerly updates.
I've received a few questions from you guys about my books and their statuses.
So I thought I'd start a series to let you guys know all about my current work in progresses
(or WIPs).
And if things look a little bit different than they normally do, we recently got a new
camera and microphone.
So please bear with us as we are getting the hang of it.
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we fangirl about books.
As a side note, I'm super excited to share that we have hit 2,000 subscribers on iWriterly.
So thank you so much to you guys for your love and support.
Stay tuned to the end of this video to hear our very special announcement regarding how
we're going to celebrate that milestone.
Many of you have seen my Twitter pitches for contests such as #PitMad and #SFFpit.
But for those of you who don't know, I was querying an adult fantasy with pirates and
political intrigue.
I received quite a few partial and full requests from both editors and literary agents, many
of which ended up as polite, personalized rejections.
Some even said if I revised the story significantly, they'd like to see it again.
(Revisions that would involve a near complete overhaul of the manuscript.)
I find this both encouraging and disheartening, as I felt this book could go places and do
big things.
I went into this a touch in an Instagram post, which I'll link below.
I still have a few outstanding full requests I'm waiting to hear back on, but I've
opted to put the manuscript aside for now and edit it once I finish the manuscript I'm
currently working on.
I also decided not to throw my hat in for Pitch Wars because there were things I wanted
to work on in this manuscript first (prior to seeking outside feedback).
Being a hardcore epic fantasy reader, I've always enjoyed reading books with complex
world-building and magic systems.
As a writer, I endeavored to do something similar with this adult fantasy book.
However, after receiving a number of rejections, I've started to suspect that I may have
made the world and plot too complicated--along with having too many POVs.
I also received feedback on the structure of the story, one of which was that
the protagonist meets the antagonist too soon, which--now that I'm looking back on--I agree
with.
I've rewritten the plot outline with an entirely new premise that will likely involve
rewriting the whole book (again), but keeping the main cast of characters.
Rather than taking place across a continent, this rewrite will hone in on a single city
and single people (think swapping from A GAME OF THRONES-esque premise with tons of locations
and people to more of a NEVERNIGHT premise).
I think it has potential and I'd like to dive into this revision, but I've decided
to put the manuscript aside for now to focus my efforts on another WIP.
As I'm recording the video in September 2018, I'm about halfway through drafting
what I've been calling my adult steampunk book.
For lack of a better classification, it's a space opera with fantasy elements and steampunk
technology.
Unlike my adult fantasy, which had 6 POVs, this story is told from three POVs: my protagonist
and the two love interests.
(I LOVE love triangles.)
It also follows a single timeline and takes place when all three of the protagonists are
together--rather than having different POVs who meet each other later on in the book.
As a writer, I like to take on projects that I find challenging.
But after writing many, many manuscripts that are overly complicated, I'm endeavoring
to simplify the complexity of my stories and world-building to make them more commercial.
My steampunk book is adult and not young adult, as there will be scenes with graphic and sexual
content as well as inappropriate language.
So many people assume because I have a high-pitched, sweet-sounding voice that my stories will
be sweet and innocent, which always cracks me up.
My favorite types of stories are the NEVERNIGHTS and THE SAVIORS CHAMPION of the world, which
to me are raw, humorous depictions of the adventures characters can find themselves
on.
My goal is to finish drafting the steampunk book by the end of October and self-editing
before the end of 2018.
I find editing to be so much fun compared to drafting, so I know I need to kick myself
into high-gear to get the drafting done.
If I can begin the CP and beta-reading process before the end of the year, I will be a happy
girl.
I actually finished drafting and self-editing my adult fantasy around the same time last
year and began my beta-reading process in December 2018 (which is a tough time of year
due to holidays--I don't recommend it).
I announced this on Twitter, but because I'd like to focus on my writing projects and hit
my self-imposed deadlines, I will be pulling back on my monthly collabs for now.
As I mentioned in my summer 2018 goals video, one of my goals was to do monthly collabs,
which have been a BLAST.
However, since they do take up quite a lot of time to contact the creator, pick a topic,
arrange a time to record the videos, and then edit the longer videos, I'm not going to
be doing as many collabs in the coming months to focus on finishing and polishing these
two books.
To wrap things up, I was really discouraged over the summer as I received rejections on
my adult fantasy.
But I'm picking my feet up and pushing ahead on another story.
Which is what we writers have to do--press on regardless of rejections and what other
people think of our stories.
And write new ones.
Now onto our special announcement.
To celebrate our 2,000 subscriber milestone on iWriterly, we will be doing first page
critique giveaways.
If you aren't already subscribed to our newsletter, be sure to do so now so that you'll be entered
to win one of these one-page critiques.
Winners will be selected in our upcoming October newsletter.
So be sure to stay tuned for that.
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That's it for today.
As always, keep writing!
Oh!
I didn't put lipstick on this time.
DANG IT!
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