Some of you might have noticed that this month I have only posted once. Although me being on holiday was partly a reason, the main reason was that I have been thinking a lot about the direction of this blog and how to re-organize it.
I am quiet happy with most of my blog posts, but consider that this blog needs more structure, so everyone can access quicker the posts that interest him/her. So I have decided to split the post into cathegories, such as: essays, short stories, movie reviews etc. I am not sure if I will sort the old posts or just leave them as they are at the moment.
The main page will be reserved for my writing updates, which from now on will me numbered (as you can see from this title). This way you can follow the progress of my novel and my first steps in the publishing world and hopefully this will encourage other yet to be published writers.
Another thing is, that I might be posting less then before. This is not because I don't enjoy blogging (which I do immensly) but because I would like to focus on writing my novel now. If you are a writer and have a blog as well, you will agree that writing a blog often takes time you could employ in writing your novel, which let's be honest is our main focus. This doesn't mean I will lay the blog dorment, but that I have shifted my priority for the time being.
The present status of the novel (working title: Chronicles of the Shadow Wars) is that I am about half way done with it, while the rest of the story already exists in my head. The advancement has been not as quick as I wanted to, lately, but this was due to revisting old chapters for some fine tuning. Despite editing being a tedious work I am very happy with it, as it has given my characters more depth and I also managed to add smaller twists, which from my point of view make the story even more intriguing. Since the novel is what could be considered "historical fantasy" for young adults you can imagine that one of the main challenges is the creation of the "world" in which it takes place but on the other hand this is the fun part. To create rules, traditions and cultures is very exciting.
Since the novel is planned as the first one of a series I assume the rest will be written quicker, as by then the background will already be done. Needless to say that avoiding contradictions in the future books is one of my main targets.
Ok, that is about it for today. I hope you will enjoy the new structure of the blog, as much as you have enjoyed the old one or even more. If you have any ideas for sections or things you would like to read, feel free to let me know and I will consider them. Take care!
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