#therottedrose

Infra.Red

novella | goal: 30-40K | current: outlining | about

My new project that’s super shiny and I’m in love.  I have absolutely no fucking clue what I’m doing with this, but I love it and have lots of Good Ideas.  What little bit of plot I’ve got figured out actually has me really excited, so I’m free-drafting this while I work out Eos’s outline.  

Optimistically assuming that I’m capable of following this project to its end, I’m probably either going to self publish it as an ebook or save it for an anthology in the same world.  I, an overambitious wreck, am leaning towards an anthology--I mean, dystopic dieselpunk and cyberpunk elements with greek myth retellings?  I love this setting, and would love to write some accompanying short stories in the same world.  

The Rotted Rose

short story | goal: 3.5-5K | current: outlining

I’m scared and a little lost but I’m ready.  Short stories won’t know what hit them.  If, like, I could actually finish writing one. 

TRR is a short story that’s going to take me disproportionately long to write, and is probably going to end up being a practice run for me.  I’m not expecting it to come out any good, lol, so in the likely event that I’m displeased with it I’ll probably post it here and/or on Wattpad or something.  But if I surprise myself?  Then it’s onto Publishing Hell with me. 

I haven’t figured out how to introduce this story yet so there’s no info out there but the gist is pirates, sad romance, and a Davy Jones-esque reaper with a found family crew.

Alight in Ashes (Mortal Constellation Trilogy #1)

novel | goal: 75-90K | current: outlining | about

My high fantasy trilogy project.  AiA was my main project when I started this blog but quickly decided to put it on the backburner to focus on writing Eos and to sort out some problems with the story. 

I love the setting of the MC trilogy and I actually really like the plot.  What I hate is the characters (they’re all one-dimensional in their dynamics in comparison to my Eos cast), the one narrator style, and the main character/narrator.  Cass has a lot of potential but I need to work out a lot of her problems, too, and come back with a character whose motivations are clearer and personality is sharper.  Right now, she feels very melancholic to me, and that’s not at all how she’s supposed to be.

There’s also every chance that I’ll drop this down to a duology, unless I come up with some fantastic subplots--there’s a huge space between the second half of the second book and the middle of the third book that I either need to cut or fill. 

My optimistic hope is that whenever I do write this, I’ll be able to get it traditionally published.  I don’t think this’ll be nearly as hard to find a market for as Eos, as long as I can make the characters shine--and now that I’m starting to think about it again, that seems reasonably doable. 

Even God is Entertained by My Sins

novel | goal: 60-70K | current: 30K | about?

My psychological/historical horror experiment that I never talk about but think about a lot. Even God was my NaNo 2017 project and gave me a much needed boost back into writing.  I love the idea of the story but I’ve had a really hard time trying to write the unreliable narration in a way that’s easy to follow while still portraying the psychosis of the MC.  I put this project on hold a couple months ago to redo the characters, since I didn’t develop them before NaNo (I literally came up with the story idea on Halloween, so the worldbuilding and planning was literally nonexistent).