Is the final draft done yet?: NO Current page count: 200/209 Shots of whiskey: 2.5 Current problems with the manuscript: I AM A LITTLE TIPSY AND OVERWHELMED WITH TODAY'S REVELATIONS Almost there! I think most of the worst of the editing is done! It's just line edits and tweaks from here on out!!
Author: K.A. Doore
Author of the Chronicles of Ghadid trilogy (queer adventure fantasy! [Tor, 2019]); reader of fantasy; photographer of cats; lifter of heavy things.
WIP Check-In: The Final Draft and Final Countdown, Day 1
I have a week left until my wholly self-imposed deadline of April 1st to finish this final draft of my WIP. I'm a month late already and April Fool's Day just seems to be an appropriate time to send this beast to my beta readers. There is an awful lot of restructuring and rewriting to… Continue reading WIP Check-In: The Final Draft and Final Countdown, Day 1
First Draft = Done!
I wrote the last word of the first draft this morning. It felt... oddly anticlimactic. But it's done. Every scene is in there, from the very beginning to the very end. Unlike draft zero, which was basically a 130 page outline. This is cleaner, more polished. Almost - but not quite - there. I have… Continue reading First Draft = Done!
2014 Books in Review Part Two
Better late than never! ...Right? Back in December of yea olde 2014 I wrote up the first part of my 2014 Books Of Awesome. I first put off the second half because I thought I might have a chance to finish a few more books before the end of the year, but then Life Happened… Continue reading 2014 Books in Review Part Two
This is the WIP That Never Ends
It keeps on going on, my friend. One person started writing it not knowing when she'd stop. And she will keep on writing it forever just because - At least, that's what it feels like! I had a December deadline to reach 100k words, thinking that would be close enough to finished. That passed by… Continue reading This is the WIP That Never Ends
2014 Books in Review, Part One
I love and hate Goodreads. Okay, that's not true: I mostly love Goodreads. I'm hesitant about the direction they've taken, but I love having a place where I can keep track of all the books I want to read, have read, and loved. I also love their little yearly book challenge, where you can set… Continue reading 2014 Books in Review, Part One
2015 Writing Goals
Last January I decided it was time to get super serious about writing and I sat down and wrote out three main objectives for the year: query one story, finish edits on another, and write a new one. I surprised myself and achieved all three before September, so I had to come up with more… Continue reading 2015 Writing Goals
An Open Letter to the French Language
Ciao bella! Wait, no - Salut! Ça va? I hope you're doing all right. It's... well, it's been a while. When was it we last saw each other? Oh yeah... for a month in high school. Although that short time together helped change my mind about you, it wasn't enough, and the intervening years only… Continue reading An Open Letter to the French Language
WIP Updates
I finished the edits on GW last night and duly celebrated with a glass of wine. God, I love wine. GW was the story that was out to betas over the summer, and I received their feedback in August. It's a(n urban?) fantasy with faeries and gingerbread and a bus driving MC who is the… Continue reading WIP Updates
27 Things I Learned While 27
(Pictured: Making Tiramisu, one of my birthday traditions.) This past weekend I leveled up in life. All the experience I've gathered by wading towards the future over the past year, one second at a time, has entitled me to cast away my age of 27 and emerge victorious at 28. Although I'm not yet certain… Continue reading 27 Things I Learned While 27
K. A. Doore 