Kevin J. Fellows, Author of Fantasy & the Speculative
Lot's of deep editing today. I only worked on short stories and concentrated on ensuring my central idea of the story, theme, if you will, was present and focused throughout the story. As Jeanne Cavelos recently pointed out, theme usually comes after a few drafts. To help me find a story's theme I've started writing … Continue reading Work in Progress: May 18
I did change Melina Unbound to present tense and that has improved the energy of the story. It still needs better words and deeper images. Struck by a new idea for a short story. It's just an idea, but it could develop quickly. I sketched a brief overview and some worldbuilding elements. I did a … Continue reading Work in Progress: 4/28
I returned to an unnamed short story and was pleased. The ending needs a little work but it could be ready for a beta read soon. The story Melina Unbound has everything I want for it except the main character's voice feels incomplete. She needs innocent anger with fear, wonder, and joy as related by … Continue reading Work in Progress 4/25/19
Jotted down a couple of rough poem ideas, and updated the Paltry Sums story⎼again⎼to read over⎼again⎼before sending it out. Then spent a little time reworking a different novella, the one I workshopped last year. I don't normally jump between two larger projects but I had an idea about how to fix one of the issues … Continue reading Work in Progress 4/15/19
This was a rough week, physically. Spent most of it in constant pain, something I'm learning to get used to as I age. Unfortunately that meant I could not stand or sit (or even lie down) most of the week, which meant no writing and little sleep. Until today. I scribbled a couple of rough … Continue reading Work in Progress 4/13/19
