Since vacation time at The Herald-News doesn't carry over into the next calendar year, I've decided to schedule a couple at-home writing retreats, although I've held back a few days, just in case I can get down to Raleigh this year.
The second at-home retreat actually began when I left work yesterday.
Read this post to see what these retreats typically look like.
Read this post to see what I accomplished on last month's retreat.
The goals are fairly simple, although not simply executed. I'm planning to write a decent draft of the second book in the BryonySeries Limbo series, which is called Call of the Siren.
The entire book is outlined and chunks of it is written. Those chunks do make the drafting easier. Unfortunately, I have far less actually written in the second half than I do in the first.
Just so you can see the themes and the work I'm tackling, I'm including the back cover summary, the chapter titles (the dividing line represents the work for each respective retreat) and the cover art (thank you, Nancy Calkins).
Wish me luck and full cooperation of my muse!
Sue Bass is haunted by dreams of her father, who died
in a boating accident before she was born, alluring dreams of water and song.
But then a soft-spoken outside man with an inside plan comes to town, and Sue's
sleepwalking stops, only to resurface with greater magnetism when he leaves.
Two voices beckon. Which one will she heed?
PART ONE: WATER
Chapter 1: Lullaby
Chapter 2: Music or Madness.
Chapter 3: Town Mouse: Monday, Sept. 13 morning
Chapter 4: Country Mouse, Monday Sept. 13, afternoon
Chapter 5: Water, Butter, and Wine, Tuesday Sept. 14,
morning
Chapter 6: Little Girl Lost, Tuesday, Sept. 14,
afternoon
Chapter 7: The Lure of Their Eyes, Wednesday, Sept. 15
morning
PART TWO: FIRE
Chapter 8: Flames and Frost, Wednesday, Sept. 15,
afternoon
Chapter 9: Even The Sparrow, Friday, Sept. 17 morning
Chapter 10: Bewitched By Her Sweetness, Friday, Sept,
17, afternoon
Chapter 11: House Calls, Saturday, Sept. 18, morning
Chapter 12: Coin for the Passage, Saturday, Sept. 18,
afternoon
Chapter 13: Plaintive Cries, Sunday, Sept. 19, morning
Chapter 14: As Sharp as Spears, Sunday, Sept. 19,
afternoon
Chapter 15: The Meadow of Skeletons, Monday, Sept. 20,
morning
PART THREE: AIR
Chapter 16: Gates of Horn
and Ivory, Monday, Sept. 20, afternoon
Chapter 17 Ask, and It Shall be Given You, Monday,
Oct. 18, morning
Chapter 18: Seek, and Ye Shall Find, Monday, Oct. 18, afternoon
Chapter 19: Knock, and it Shall Be Opened Unto You,
Tuesday, Oct. 19, morning
Chapter 20: The Stain No Storm Could Wash Away, Monday,
Oct. 19, afternoon
Chapter 21: A Stone and a Serpent, Wednesday, Oct. 20,
morning
Chapter 22: Treading Water, Wednesday, Oct. 20, afternoon
Chapter 23: Last Dream of my Soul, Thursday, Oct. 21,
morning
PART FOUR: EARTH
Chapter 24: On Solid Ground, Thursday, Oct. 21,
afternoon
Chapter 25: Ideal – and Worthy of Envy, Friday, Oct.
22, morning
Chapter 26: Sue’s Diner, Friday, Oct. 22, afternoon
Chapter 27: In Dark Depths Lurking, Saturday, Oct. 23,
morning
Chapter 28: The Abyss Beckons, Saturday, Oct. 23,
afternoon
Chapter 29: No Breath of Wind, No Ripple of Water,
Sunday, Oct. 24, morning
Chapter 30: Ferry and Scythe, Sunday, Oct. 24
Epilogue, Monday, Oct. 25, afternoon
Cover art for "Call of the Siren" by Nancy Calkins
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