Sunday, April 26, 2009

Noah Zarc Book Two

Before all the secret agent hooha, I began work on the second Noah Zarc book. My son has been bugging me to write the sequel, so of course I had to comply. I'm pretty excited about some ideas I have for it. I've got the first couple of pages written, but mostly I've been mulling it over in my mind. I tend to come up with scenes in my head. Little vignettes that begin to build the plot, and give me an idea of where I want to go with the story. I think it may end up being a bit darker than the first one, but that is yet to be seen for sure.

In the mean time I'm continuing to edit book one. I want to make sure it is ready to go if the agent requests the full manuscript. I also haven't forgotten Crimson Swarm. It is off to one of my crit partners who I'm doing a full novel swap with. Could be a busy summer for writing.

Thanks to all the folks who helped whip the first five chapters of Noah Zarc into shape for the agent. Hopefully it'll pay off.

4 comments:

ORION said...

What you are doing is the key IMHO...keeping on producing work.
All the best for a great summer. I will be nose to the grindstone myself...

Tamara Morning said...

Good to see you aren't spending ALL your time checking your email...Not that I blame you. Please tell me you're going to need a crit partner for this one, too.

D. Robert Pease said...

I most certainly will need a crit partner on this... once I get to that point. I won't be writing the first draft of this one in thirty days like the first one.

Tamara Morning said...

What, no NaNo-insanity in May? You're no fun at all. Me, I'm pushing to finish the first draft of the Witches sequel this month. (Speaking of insanity, that will mean I've written 120k on this story alone in 3 months.)

But hey, keep me in mind when you need a crit partner. I'm looking forward to seeing what's next for JJ. And I'll be starting that edit on Witches soon, if you're still up for swapping by then.