{"id":1158,"date":"2014-11-25T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T22:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sacollins.com\/blog\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2014-11-25T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T22:00:12","slug":"when-is-a-goal-not-a-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=1158","title":{"rendered":"When is a goal not a goal?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When is a goal not a goal?<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

Answer: When the 50K word count has been reached but you ain’t done with the danged book!<\/em><\/h3>\n

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My newly created cover image.<\/p><\/div>\n

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So my NaNoWriMo goal is within sight – I’ll have my 50K tucked away by this evening and I’ll post it for validation. Whoo-hoo! I did it and I finished it well before the November 30 deadline! I am proud of myself for pantsing it along.<\/p>\n

Now, to the real task – of getting the damned thing in order cause it sorta feels like I’m trying to hug fog at the moment. This shit is nebulous as all hell and I need to straighten it up. Not that it can’t be done but fuck me if I know how to do it.<\/p>\n

I guess I am gonna have to poll my beta’s and see where I am missing shit…I know what I want to do, just in the thrust of gettin’ to my goal I think I have some massive holes in plot and narrative.<\/p>\n

So yay, me! Well done! (That sound you’re hearing is the patting of my own back – cause sometimes you just gotta to keep ya goin’).<\/p>\n

Above is my adjusted cover art. It’s rather subdued but at least it’s got some umph, no?<\/p>\n

Thoughts on it?<\/p>\n

As a rule of thumb I am opposed to those manly half naked men on the covers – I just think that most of that will look so damned dated down the road.<\/p>\n

Also, while I have your attention – what do you think about the word “adventure” in the tag line? It’s not really<\/em> an adventure – more of an experience<\/em>, tale, event <\/em>(now that’s just\u00a0plain lousy)?<\/p>\n

The story does have some angst that I am gettin’ to now. Just not much in the way of adventure – I mean it’s not a wolfy Indiana Jones. Even though I can sorta see Harrison as a wolf man.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the goal for NaNoWriMo will be reached by tonight. The story – eh, not so much.<\/p>\n

And it’s been nice to have Steve Grand in the rotation to get my boys where they are. Only now it’s gonna get darker – a whole mess darker. I may have to switch up the playlist for a bit to get into the groove. Riley, Hank and the boys are in for some bad assed times. Then my HFN for the moment.<\/p>\n

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Free reads of where I am up to the 50K mark will be posted later on tonight.<\/p>\n

Then I need to pen some more of Marco’s Angel’s volume – I’ve left him sorta hanging and he’s got shit to say now about his burgeoning love for all things Elliot. The boys in my worlds are gonna drive me bat-shit crazy!<\/p>\n

Til next time…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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