WOW! August is almost over and there has been so much writing going on. Instead
of editing 80K this August, I insanely decided to write it and post it onto my
Inkitt page for accountability.
First of all I finished Camp
PrepMo early but then due to personal thing happening with a close friend I
decided it would be best to not work on Ink & Cacao as I have been
promising all year. Let's just say the story too closely mirrored reality and
just nope...
So with only a few days left in
July I rushed through preparing a new project and I admit - I CHEATED! I
decided to write in the Pagosa Cliffs world, my second largest series. It is a well-established
world parallel to reality and contemporary. I picked the character who was the
villain in Stars Over Pagosa and built out his interesting backstory. I chose
Lloyd's cousin Tim as my Male MC and the previously mentioned in Stars Over
Pagosa Character Cassandra King as the FMC. Then I made the jump back in time
because I love time travelling.
The other things that made this
project easier and harder, was I was already planning on using Tarot for
Writers method of using Tarot Cards for prompts. Three cards per chapter to
give me direction.
Why? because the main character
Cassie is a tarot enthusiast, and I wanted that authenticity of the card which
'guide' her life to guide the writer. Sometimes it was a struggle, sometime is
was very easy. Like I always knew to add a scene or two of my serial killer
when one of his cards showed up, and they did. I always knew when to focus on
Cassie's struggles and Anthropophobia or on Tim's guilt and longing for a life
he felt he no longer deserved.
I haven't really delved into
Tim's poker and gambling addiction because sadly the only gambling addict I
knew passed away from cancer and I haven't found another. I am a firm believer
in sensitivity readers and reality although Tim isn't a usual gambling addict
because he doesn't care about the money he loses, and the thrill of winning
doesn't even touch him anymore. So much work will come on the rewrite,
and I may just toss the whole gambling addict angle because it just isn't
ringing true to me. Tim is a sad and lonely man who believes he was cursed, and
all his luck goes into his card and never into love which is the thing he longs
for most.
Here is a link to Tarot for Writers by Corrine Kenner
Here is the link to the accountability posting of Cards on the Table
I also made Vlogs. Feel free to watch them at 1.5 speed because they are long. I explain the cards and prompts for every chapter.
Vlog #3 coming soon
Be blessed.
