Ryan Leeds

I've been having a hard time reaching my writing goals lately. Mostly it's just been issues figuring out where I need to cut and expand in The Clockwork Ghosts' outline. Every time I figure out what I need to do, things come pretty smoothly. I made my goal today, which was to write 2,000 words. I wrote two scenes in the next chapter I needed to write.

In related news, I have signed up for the Clarion West Write-a-thon. I plan on writing two chapters a week of at least 2,000 words. Obviously I may need to pad them later or combine them into one, but when I say a chapter, I mean a chapter as I currently have it outlined.

Snippets will be going into holymachines. I will post here with updates every week when I'm doing my check-in and link back to my writing journal if I have new snippets. Currently, you can view snippets from chapters one and two.

Also, I've been listening to a lot of Colony 5, if that's not apparent. It's great science fiction synthpop. Well, not all of it's science fiction, but a good chunk of it is, hence the name Colony 5. If you're looking for something fun (but a little cavity enducing), you should check them out.