Another month, another pile of drama.
I'm still writing, tinkering on a couple of projects, but I'm not sure which one will actually turn into my next published book. Life has been hectic, and keeps throwing us curveballs, so it's hard to plan ahead. Let's just jump into today's questions and see how it goes.
October Question - What is the most favorite thing you have written, published or not? And why?
Usually when I'm writing something, I think: This is turning out great! This might be the best thing I've ever written. Then I finish it, go back to edit it, and think: This is stupid, I'm a terrible writer. Then I'll go back years later and read it again and think: No, it's still bad.
There are a few of my short stories that I thought were pretty good. I still like "The New Job" in Strangely Funny V, and the first Gussy Saint story in Tick Tock: A Stitch in Crime was pretty good. Both of them were tight, flowed well and had good jokes. When I went back to read the first two Gale Harbour books when I was working on the third, I was also still pretty happy with the first one. It had a good pace, it was funny and had tension and some weird surprises. The second book, not so much. That one felt choppy, and there were some serious pacing problems, not to mention it was lacking a lot of the tension that I felt a horror book should have. I also had incorrectly named an important secondary character (ie, their name changed between book 1 and 2).
I actually went back and made a bunch of changes and corrections to Gale Harbour: Revenge of the Space-Surfing Butt Monkeys. I even added two extra chapters. So if you read it between 2022 and 2024, and were to ever read it again, you may notice some subtle changes (hopefully you'll just notice that it reads better).
I like to say that I haven't written my favourite story yet. I like to think I keep improving as a writer, and each book or story is better than the last. So hopefully, I haven't yet written my best or favourite story.
It's good to hope, right?
Hugs & Kisses,
-CDGK
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