And now, a full update of everything writing-wise that I'm working on.
Non-Fiction Book: five chapters have first drafts completed, and one
is up to version 2.0, which means it's done for now. This is the one
I'm getting paid for, so it takes precedence over any other writing.
113 Feet: officially rejected a second time from Asimov's, with
another personal letter from the editor. I don't have anything else to
send her right now, but given that I'm on her radar, I need to get
something done soon. Next stop for this story: the Magazine of Fantasy
and Science Fiction.
Bittersweet Symphony: not done yet. I think I have to redo the
beginning to make it more about family and the sacrifices people think
we make for them.
Memory: really need to get back to this one.
Kage Gray Adventures: three stories completely done, and the fourth is
about 45% complete. I plan to introduce the third member of the crew
in this one at some point. Got the alien race all picked out.
Shell Game: Chapters 1 - 15 have gone through the first phase of
editing, which is me printing them out and writing down all my edits.
I hope to have all 26 plus the prologue at least hand-edited by 10/11
so I can input the edits soon after and then send them off to my beta
readers.
Belief: needs basically a complete rewrite to make the tone more
consistent throughout before sending off to publications.
untitled remodeling story: remains untitled, needs some rewriting to
move the concussion scene in the beginning to somewhere in the middle.
Did get some nice feedback about knowing exactly where to go from
reality to dreams.
The Princess and the Plumbers: have to cut off a bunch of the
beginning and pepper it through (as much as I hate that technique),
and then re-workshop it.
Winder: have to figure out exactly what I want to do with this one.
Still not sure if it needs to be made longer or remain as short as it
is.
Rebecca Shell Grows Up: probably won't start on this until December at
the earliest, but just today I thought of how I want to end it for
maximum impact.
I think that's everything.