What’s Up Wednesday is a weekly themed post for readers and writers, so y’all know what I’ve been up to and I find out what you’ve been working on! It was created by created by Jaime and Erin.
What I’m Reading
Finished beta reading Miss Cole‘s excellent (and spooky!) ghost story WIP last week! It’s sooo good you guys, I can’t wait to see where she takes it.
^ My excited-about-Miss-Cole’s-book-face.
Also, check out her story Colony, which is kicking butt in the PitchMadness contest right now!
What I’m Writing
One of my amazing beta readers, Mike Kalar, sent back feedback for my WIP BROKEN THINGS which has got me really fired up about the next big edit. I’m really looking forward to getting back to it now… he’s breathed so much new life into a world I was getting tired of. It’s amazing.
But first, I’ve got notebooks upon notebooks filled with scribbles that I haven’t typed up. So March is catch-up month: time to type up all my handwritten work.
What Works For Me
Beta readers are the BEST. I say this a lot but it never stops being true.
Also, I took another art break before getting back into writing, and wound up with a fairly decent “experimental” piece of BROKEN THINGS protagonist Anna in a style similar to the robots from the same WIP.
(If you’re confused by her legs, she wears a metal support skeleton.)
What Else I’ve Been Up To
Today I managed to catch up with Laura Lam in the real world, which is very exciting! Her latest book, FALSE HEARTS, is coming out in early 2016 and I can’t waaaiiiittt. *grabby hands* It’s ORPHAN BLACK meets INCEPTION, and it’s going to be soooo good.
Don’t worry, you’ll see me talking about it A LOT nearer to release time. Laura’s one of the nicest writers out there, and seeing the well-deserved hype gathering for her work is such a fun experience.
Miss Cole says
Cool artwork! :D
I am totally stealing that gif and using it for all future posts related to this story ^_^
Beta readers are awesome. YOU are awesome! Shower yourself with praise! Confetti cannons!!! BOOM!
EMaree says
Confetti cannons? CONFETTI CANNONS.
Glad you liked the GIF, I thought it was perfect. :D Wish I knew the source but reverse image searching is useless for it.
Emma Adams says
Best of luck with the writing goal! :)
Beta readers really are the best. I definitely wouldn’t have had the courage to jump into self-publishing if I hadn’t had the support of my first readers to tell me I wasn’t completely crazy! :P
Jaime Morrow says
That is awesome about the feedback you got on your WiP! I love it when sharing something we’ve written with someone else gets us even more excited about it. Thank goodness for writer friends and beta readers and crit partners, right? Hope you have a great week, Emma!