Darkness Within

I am so excited for this new book.  I began writing it about a year ago, at the same time writing another novel that kind of lost my interest.

I got started by thinking about having someone leaving creepy notes for another person to find, and a story was born.  It has really changed direction on me a lot, and I really had a hard time figuring out how I was going to end it, until I got to writing the ending.  Then it just came to me, and I am very satisfied with the ending, for now.

I am in the process of editing, which at times is easy and fun and other times frustrating and makes me want to walk away.  My writing tends to flow so well that it is hard to interrupt it to add new scenes are change things.

I really look forward to when it is complete!

Never Ending Revision- Beach Dream

So I went through some of my unfinished works to see what I could work on next and I came across a short story I wrote a while back, called Beach Dream.  I have a physical copy of it printed out and chilling in my 'writing binder', but I can't seem to find an electronic copy (even though I obviously had one at some point and time).  No biggy, I happen to love typing, so this is a fun excuse for a lot of typing.
Of course, as I type I must read and as I read I find so many typos and mistakes, as well as parts that need serious revision.  Sadly this was a story I was hoping to have ready for the public soon because it is a completed work.  Or mostly completed.
Funny how our first drafts can seem like sheer brilliance.  I remember the first draft of Revenge Unknown, I was so proud of it, I felt like the scenes were so raw and emotion invoking.  They were perfection in one shot, I thought.  I mean, everyone who read it told me it was good.  That is until one guy read it and said to me "it's a good first draft".
I was highly offended of course.  I mean, who's this one guy to not recognize a great piece of literature??  Then I put the book away for a while, got distracted with life, and eventually came back to it a few months later.  And rereading it, I still felt that it was a great story and a good read, but needed a lot of work.  And so I worked on it, and worked on it, and worked on it.  I think I have ten drafts of the same story.

So here I am, in the same place with Beach Dream.  The story is fun and exciting to read, but needs so much work, it's almost intimidating.  For now I will focus on getting it typed up, so I can become reacquainted with the story, then I will begin the revising process.