Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2017!
Well, we made it to 2017. I can't believe how fast 2016 flew by, or how little progress I made in 2016 on advancing the Saga. I got about halfway through Book Three, Dragon Betrayal, then stalled out. So I went back through Books One and Two to try and regain momentum.
Think of it as trying to drive up a hill, stalling halfway, then rolling back down the hill and making another run at it.
That worked pretty well for a while. My writing style and my knowledge of writing has changed, (improved?), and I made a bunch of changes. Rewording sentences, improving grammar, cutting down on excess details, etc. In an attempt to improve the flow of the story.
That worked pretty well on Book One, Dragon Hunter. And its going good on Book Two, Dragon Heart. I've made a big plot change that requires a lot of rewriting. I'd hoped to get caught up over the Christmas Holiday, but I fell ill and didn't make as much progress as I would have liked.
So, now it's 2017. Time to move on. I've ignored the Saga this week, concentrating on getting the new year started. Next week, I'm starting a new project at work. I don't think it will be that difficult, but it will set the pace for how much and the quality of writing time that I will have after normal working hours.
You see, I work on the Saga in the evenings after I finish my normal work, usually after everyone has gone to bed. I do my best writing between the hours of 11 PM and 2 AM in the morning. So it seems. On the weekends, I'll work later or get up earlier than everyone else and get in a couple of hours of writing before everyone else is up and about.
So, what's the moral of the story?
My mission is to tell the story of the Tycho Drakkon and their pursuit of the Return of the Great Dragon through the stories of the DragonHawk Saga. I hope to get that mission back on track, just as soon as I can.
As always, thanks for reading!
Dave
