I know that only a few people here actually care, but a couple have asked, so I figured I'd just make a thread.
Work on BLACK is going well. Since "finishing" Nanowrimo 2006 last November with 50k words of manuscript, I've gotten myself up to around 75k. I've spent a great deal of time editing what I had previously written, not to mention fleshing out parts of the overall outline that were lacking somewhat, and then of course in the writing process I had to make many concessions for changes that came up.
So as it stands, I'd say I've got about 3 quarters of the book finished. It's turning out to be a lengthier endeavor than I'd imagined, as you may be able to tell just from the word counts, so I'm not sure whether or not that's going to mean a thicker novel or that more cuts will have to be made. I'm completely at a loss at this point as to whether or not the cohesive whole of the project makes any sense, and I don't think I'm going to know that until I start getting some opinions on a near-final manuscript. If any of you guys are interested in helping me with that at some point, do let me know.
So progress is happening. I'm really working on trying to get a complete rough manuscript done by the beginning of November so that I can participate in Nanowrimo again. If I don't have this one finished I don't think I'm going to feel like starting work on another, you know? Even though I've got a few outlines for other work already lined up (and a significant chunk of work actually done on two other novels set in the same general universe).
Anyway, there you have it. Lastly, I'll point folks to
this thread, because I've been working on some music sort of inspired by my general feelings for the atmosphere of the book and stuff. And no, it isn't metal.
Maybe I'll release a soundtrack to the book along with the book. That'd be pretty sweet, eh? I really need to make a new
trailer at some point too, but I'm bad at it and that was too much fucking work. Arg.
