2024 Writing Log, Part 39
Oct. 12th, 2024 08:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynling- I edited Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 of An Unfound Door, two chapters set in two different magic libraries. I’m really enjoying myself. This novel truly was written specifically for me.
- I’m returning to my Zelda/Ganondorf Tears of the Kingdom future generation AU story, Lay the Gods to Rest, to polish it into what will hopefully be a forever final draft. This week I edited the first six chapters.
- I finally finished my story about Castle in the Sky for the Studio Ghibli zine. I will be honest, and I hope anyone reading this won’t judge me too harshly, but I really struggled with this. I’m not sure how I feel about the story, but at least it’s done.
- My review of the supernatural social horror graphic novel Loving, Ohio is now live on Women Write About Comics (here).
- This week’s post on my book review blog (here) is about an academic monograph called Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan. This book apparently took more than ten years to write, and I’m happy the author gave it as much time as it needed. It’s well-written, accessible to a broad audience, and blessedly sensitive regarding gender issues and the author’s own positionality.
- I made a drawing of Agnes from An Unfound Door venturing into a messy archive (this one here), added some color and shadows, and posted it on Tumblr (here). I always feel like I’m not drawing this character right, but I keep trying. I’ll figure it out eventually.
- Inspired by the cute teacup ghost I drew two weeks ago (this one), I drew a cute Halloween-themed chibi character that I posted on Tumblr (here). I know this is generic, but I bet it would have done numbers on DeviantArt ten years ago. Sometimes it’s okay to draw stupid art for fun, you know?
I don’t have much to report this week. After the latest round of rejections, I made more submissions.
I’m starting to rethink my process a bit. It’s universally recommended that a fiction submission cover letter be short and to the point, but perhaps it might be good to explain (very briefly) what the story is, why I wrote it, and why it’s a good fit for that particular venue. I also rewrote my bio to lean more heavily on my qualifications and prior publications. I feel like bragging about myself is in poor taste, but it’s important to remember that I need to present my identity as a prestige commodity. I hate it, but what can you do.
- I’m returning to my Zelda/Ganondorf Tears of the Kingdom future generation AU story, Lay the Gods to Rest, to polish it into what will hopefully be a forever final draft. This week I edited the first six chapters.
- I finally finished my story about Castle in the Sky for the Studio Ghibli zine. I will be honest, and I hope anyone reading this won’t judge me too harshly, but I really struggled with this. I’m not sure how I feel about the story, but at least it’s done.
- My review of the supernatural social horror graphic novel Loving, Ohio is now live on Women Write About Comics (here).
- This week’s post on my book review blog (here) is about an academic monograph called Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan. This book apparently took more than ten years to write, and I’m happy the author gave it as much time as it needed. It’s well-written, accessible to a broad audience, and blessedly sensitive regarding gender issues and the author’s own positionality.
- I made a drawing of Agnes from An Unfound Door venturing into a messy archive (this one here), added some color and shadows, and posted it on Tumblr (here). I always feel like I’m not drawing this character right, but I keep trying. I’ll figure it out eventually.
- Inspired by the cute teacup ghost I drew two weeks ago (this one), I drew a cute Halloween-themed chibi character that I posted on Tumblr (here). I know this is generic, but I bet it would have done numbers on DeviantArt ten years ago. Sometimes it’s okay to draw stupid art for fun, you know?
I don’t have much to report this week. After the latest round of rejections, I made more submissions.
I’m starting to rethink my process a bit. It’s universally recommended that a fiction submission cover letter be short and to the point, but perhaps it might be good to explain (very briefly) what the story is, why I wrote it, and why it’s a good fit for that particular venue. I also rewrote my bio to lean more heavily on my qualifications and prior publications. I feel like bragging about myself is in poor taste, but it’s important to remember that I need to present my identity as a prestige commodity. I hate it, but what can you do.
