Thursday, 15 May 2014

Stories in progress

It is halfway through May already and I need to take stock of the things I am working on at the moment. Like a lot of writers if I'm having trouble getting past a problem with one story, I begin writing another. It may start with the question, why am I blocked and then develop into another short story or a poem. Therefore my hard drive is full of unfinished work. I have made a list below as a reminder to me to  'ged-on-wid-it'.

Take a look at these and feel free to crack the whip on me to finish the ones you like the sound of. Anything I have given a percentage to is in second draft or more.

Novels:
  • Toby Farrier:
    • Manuscript completed and requires editing.
    • Find a mainstream publisher
  • Les Gillespie's Gold (2nd book in Kundela series)
    • 30% written need to get past the couples engagement dilemma
    • get Joe and Laura to England and into conflict.
  • Rhino Horne
    • Story concept complete
    • Chapter outlines 20% complete
    • Cast of characters 20% complete
    • Character Profiles to do
  • Wurrugi the Warrior Without Ears:
    • Requires complete rewrite and dividing into a series of childrens' stories.
Memoirs:
  • Letters to my Children
    • Four chapters drafted
    • Set out book segments
    • Select photos to begin each story/chapter
Anthology of Short Stories and Poems:

This will be a book to show the development of my story ideas and a project to support my novel writing. I work on improving these stories whenever my mind is away from the novel I am writing.
  • The canoe:
    • 90 % complete
  • Banib the Bunyip: (Runner up in the 2013 City of Melton Short Story Competition)
    • Rewrite to tighten it for the reader.
  • Honey Hush:
    • 50% complete
  • Feral Utes and Borrowed Boots:
    • 90% complete, requires a final edit.
  • Al Zheimer's Christmas:
    • Good little story for the memoirs, but requires more editing.
  • Heading Home:
    • 60% Needs a rewrite.
  • The American
    • First draft of a Kundela themed short story.
  • Zombies
    • Almost ready for printing, needs a final edit.
  • Stinky Jones
    • In first draft form. Children's story
  • How Zach made a difference
    • Almost ready for printing, needs a final edit.
Anthology:
  • Stories of Australia's Agricultural Sales and Service People.
    • Begin collecting photos to support info on the AgList Blog.
    • More stories required, may have to do personal interviews to get enough data.
Self Help Books:
  • So You Want to Sell Tractors
    • Training manual needs converting into a readable format directed at sales people.
  • Business Planning Workbook
    • Rewrite and formatting required.




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