So, here goes.
Step one: Acknowledge the person & site that involved you in the blog: conradzero.com/2014-writing-process-blog-tour
Step two: Answer the 4 questions below about your writing process:
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What am I working on?
Just before I remembered I was supposed to do this today, I was working on the next installment for Precinct 13's sequel, UnJust Cause.
How does my work differ from others of its genre?
My agent used to say that I was "weird, but compelling." I suspect that's a fairly accurate description of my writing. I tend towards quirky characters. For instance, in the scene I was just working on, my Muse suddenly decided that the demon Internal Affairs agent, Furfur, really, REALLY likes coffee and he's currently slobbering all over a mocha in a disturbingly semi-sexual way.
Why do I write what I do?
I tend to find Real Life (tm) kind of boring. I'd much prefer it if the world was populated by magic-sword wielding shinigami and/or dragon shifters. I can't actually imagine how tedious it would be to write an entire novel about a dysfunctional family. But, add a touch of magic, and I'm totally there.
How does your writing process work?
In the case of UnJust Cause I have a narrative outline that I developed as a proposal for this novel, which I refer to when I get stuck or can't remember what plot point I'm supposed to be hitting. Otherwise, I just start and see where things take me. I'm an odd combination of a pants-er and an outliner.
This novel is also different in that I've set myself a very simple goal of having at least 2,000 words ready to publish once a week. So, I'm trying to structure these so that each little individual section has a bit of a story arc... or at least ends on a kind of cliffhanger that will make readers want to tune into the next week's installment. That's a little different than my usual writing process, which shoots to do that kind of arc in an entire chapter.
Otherwise, I spend a lot of time writing a bit and then wishing the Internet would either be more or less entertaining than it is.
Step Three: Pick who is on next week (your own chosen three) – give a little bio and link to their website.
Whelp, the people I asked never got back to me, so I'm afraid I'm a dead-end in the blog roll.
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