Am now officially into dream time on Petra Rising, which basically consists of me scribbling random notes until I feel ready to begin drafting. But there’s a little wrinkle to the process this time around: as I’m working on a sequel, I’m going back through the previous volume in the series, Petra Released, and reacquainting myself with it. This is a little weird, taking notes on my own novel, but undeniably helpful. My experience writing Petra Released taught me that I’ll forget a lot of important stuff.
Like, for example, a key supporting character. I’m sitting there rereading my book, and this guy pops up, and my first reaction was, “Who the hell is that?” Only after he announced his name did I remember him, and then only vaguely.
So, yeah. I’m relearning a bunch of stuff I once knew. Occupational hazard with sequels, I guess. How George R.R. Martin does it, I will never know.
Write Club update: Tier one bounce from Fireside. Response time, 42 days.
Back into dream time . . .
