It’s safe to say it’s been a heck of a month. Through chronic illness flare ups, ideas for a ridiculous amount of projects, personal strifes, and the general chaos of the new year, it’s safe to say that I’m breathing a sigh of relief now that January is over. Without spoiling too much for you, I thought I would share what I’ve been working on.
The first big thing I’ve been working on a lot is backplotting, or plotting things that happen before the story that aren’t canon yet. It’s been taxing my brain a lot, but I’m happy to report that I’m mostly caught up. Granted, with each new project, I have new lore to plot, but I think I’m almost caught up for existing projects. I have learned that I prefer doing lore and backplotting at the time I’m plotting a project, rather than having to go back and figure things out. Not to get too mushy or anything, but I love seeing how my brain fills in the gaps in my writing. What I mean by that is obviously everything I’m writing my mind is coming up with, and it’s been really cool to see how my brain is connecting the puzzle pieces of my projects while plotting lore. As I’ve said before, it’s likely that no one else will ever see that backplotting, but I truly love doing it.
The second thing I’ve been working on is desperately trying to force myself to edit. If you follow me on Instagram (C Hilts (@c.hilts.books) • Instagram photos and videos), you’ll know that I have been (very slowly) working on the release of my next book. I am pleased to announce that said book, Healing x3 Part Two, will be available on February 28, which means that I managed to get round one of my edits done and all of my rewrites. Now, I’m just hoping I can get the next two rounds of edits done on time. Honestly, getting myself to edit has been like pulling teeth, but I’m doing the best that I can to make time for it, especially since I was a jerk and ended Part One in a nasty cliffhanger (Sorry to my sister, who has angrily reminded me of this for months). I would’ve liked to have gotten more editing done, but alas, I didn’t.
The third, and arguably biggest thing that I’ve been working on recently is the idea of my multiverse. Basically, it’s the idea that my next eight novels all take place in the same universe and have some mild crossovers, but they don’t need to be read in a certain order. Now, full disclosure, two of the projects I’ve tied in are fully plotted, and one of them is mostly plotted, so I’m really only plotting an additional five. Which is still crazy, but less bad. Truthfully, I’ve just been figuring out how they’re connected and gathering ideas for them. I also really love the idea of getting ideas from my friends for these projects, but that’s something I have to work on. I will say, the multiverse has its own binder now--it’s even zippered with a handle, so you know I mean business. I don’t really have a lot of updates on what this means, since it’s in the very early stages, but once I can start revealing details about it, y’all will be the first to know.
So, although I haven’t been giving a lot of updates regarding what I’m writing recently, just know that I’m still here, and there is a lot of stuff in the works. Including my next novel, so be sure to stay tuned for the behind the scenes look at that coming soon.
That's all for now, folks!
-C
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