HEART OF IRON Ch. 29

Hey look! I think I found the theme!

(Theme is literally one of the last things I think about when it comes to stories, well after plot and characters. I usually don't find it or realize I've found it until I am actively writing the rough draft. It's the cherry on the cake, not the cake itself.)

At the time of my scheduling this post (so, middle of the afternoon on Thursday the 7th), I only have 4-5 chapters left in this draft before it is done--and you're probably going to pick up on my tone of oh my god I just want this thing to be finished already that plagues most authors' first drafts. 

I have a vague idea of what the revisions are going to look like: namely, the first third to half of the book is going to be largely the same, but once Bob is kidnapped it's going to be different. The story is going to stay completely in the Mortal Realm, the kidnappers trying to get back to Fae and struggling to keep Bob under control (Bob POV chapters, yay!). Red Wolf is going to actually be one of the kidnappers rather than a distant king. This way I can actually characterize my villain and give him more screen time. JC gets to run into even more ghosts of their past as they're running around the Twin Cities trying to track Bob down. Because of the locale, we might even see early glimpses of Lindsey and Nancy. (MIGHT see that--no promises.)

Once those revisions are done, I'm going to be looking into hiring editors, then cover artists, audiobook narrator and production, etc, which is why I'll be doing a crowdfund campaign in February. In order to drum up support, I'm looking to collab with YouTubers and bloggers in the queer book community, so if you have any suggestions on who I should approach, let me know. I'm growing an Excel spreadsheet. :)

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