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03Jun 2013 by diannagunn

Progress Report June 2013

It's June now, meaning it's time to do two things: analyze how much progress I made towards my goals in May, and make my plans for the summer. Let's start by taking a look at what I've accomplished towards my various goals: Editing Moonshadow's Guardian-- Last month I edited exactly six chapters and 42 pages. I should be finished editing before the end of this month, and I am going to start looking for beta readers this month. There's less than a hundred pages to go and I'm thrilled to be this close to the end. So far, June's looking pretty good month as I've already edited three pages and written a new chapter. I'm going to spend the next two weeks in a marathon with a goal of finishing…

31Jan 2012 by diannagunn

Introducing Andre Vonstone

Writing

Ordinarily I don't post on Tuesdays, but today is different. Today I'm interviewing Andre Vonstone, main character of Moonshadow's Guardian, brother of the king of Moonshadow, and a newly minted vampire. Andre was banished from the kingdom about a year ago after trying to kill Cameron Graves, High Priest of the Temple of Ashe. He's only just returned to Moonshadow, and I am lucky enough to be the first person to interview him since his return. DLG: Welcome to Dianna's Writing Den, Andre. Can you tell us a bit about the incident with Cameron Graves that got you banished? Andre: Do you make a habit of speaking so directly? It might be wise to remember that I can and will kill you if you piss me off. Then again, I…

05Aug 2011 by diannagunn

Mission Successful

Editing, Editing: The Hard Part, Novels, Workshops, Writing

Last night-or maybe early this morning, who's paying attention?-I finished the current draft of Moonshadow's Guardian at about 48, 000 words. I've decided to celebrate with a day of watching some interesting anime-a Japanese style of animation, for anyone who doesn't know-and some chocolate. Hopefully you're done editing your work by now, too. If not, get yourself a treat and get back to work. Editing is hard work; you deserve to reward yourself every now and then. Besides, what comes after the celebration? Why, more work, of course. Next week I'm going to work on editing the first in a series of short stories focused on a couple vampires while I research locations for the next few. I'm going to write as many of these stories as I can this…

16May 2011 by diannagunn

Prompt of the Week

Prompts, Short Fiction, Writing

Today's Prompt is: Bitter Childhood Memories My response to today's prompt will be written from Riana's point of view. Riana is the main character of the novella-which might grow into barely a novel territory-Moonshadow's Guardian. I have just begun to rewrite Moonshadow's Guardian. I'm moving slowly still because I've got some work left to do, but I should have the new first chapter (not all the chapters are changing drastically; the first one, however, is) finished in the next day or two. I'm excited to be back to work on this project. Riana I spent the first fourteen years of my life with my mother, a human woman named Elaine. She was a pretty woman, though she never lost much of the weight of childbirth. We lived in a one…

11Mar 2011 by diannagunn

Starting Different Projects

Editing: The Hard Part, Novels, Writing

My writing has hit a low point over the last couple of weeks. It would seem that it took a blow after I finished Moonshadow's Guardian. The story had me completely entranced, and I'm already eager to begin the first rewrite. Currently I am playing the waiting game-with plenty of school work to distract me in the meantime-because I know that you should never start editing right away. However, rewrites are going to begin sooner than I originally planned; I need to rewrite this story, to make some very specific changes to it, to get it out of my system. Some Secrets Should Never Be Known, as much as I love the story, will have to take the backburner for now. I know that I cannot currently give it the…

25Feb 2011 by diannagunn

Excitement

Novels, Writing, Writing: The Process

I'd like to announce that this Tuesday I finished the complete rewrite of my 2006 Nanovel, Moonshadow's Guardian. This project has been through several rewrites and the story has changed drastically over the years. That said, this rewrite was more about splitting up the book into two novellas. The first half, which has kept the name of Moonshadow's Guardian, is about a demon named Riana who is summoned to protect the kingdom of Moonshadow. A plague has struck the kingdom-a strange plague which they believe to be caused by Telars, mages gifted with telepathy. Riana's job is to find out who is causing the plague and to bring an end to it before it kills the heir to Moonshadow's throne. She has two constant companions-a dragon named Rolf, and the…