Finished

[jacey]

I finished the new ending to Empire of Dust.

Let me say that again.

I FINISHED the new ending to Empire of Dust.

It didn't end quite how I thought it would end and I'm definitely set up to commit sequel if I ever get the opportunity. I saved a minor character I had previously killed and killed one who had previously come through unscathed. I rewarded my characters with their very own cool spaceship and a new home on an underworld space station. I left a slight loose end in case I want to go back to it, but it's not so loose as to be annoying (I hope.)

I've now got a couple of incidents and a little bit of set-up in the earlier part of the book that were echoed in the previous ending and have now been orphaned, but I'm not sure that matters. I need to ask my beta-readers. It also means that one of the plot threads which previously ran right through to the final solution now ties up a little earlier and the final solution is purely about the central conflict.

I'm now going to make a start on the synopsis for maeve_the_red as promised and send the whole thing to bluehairsue for her kind perusal. Anyone else who wants to be a beta reader... please yell. I am so close to this novel that I would welcome a fresh perspective on it.

And I'm still liking the title.

Comments

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I'm looking forward to reading it. (I'd offer to be a beta reader, but I still haven't finished K.'s, and she's done rewriting it.)

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'd offer to betaread, but I've still got another mss on my desk, and I'd feel guilty offering to take on someone else's :-(

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

As long as you don't want it too quickly, I'll be happy to betaread. This is one of the reasons I gave up the OU tutoring so I could read and crit interesting stuff written by my writing buddies instead of endless stories by beginners about children witnessing RTAs!

Word format is fine. I can read it on the Eee and even sit comfortably to read. :)

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

I'd be delighted if you could beta-read. I was hoping you would offer. Speed not a problem. I'm sending it over in your direction. Many thanks for the offer.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Woot. That's wonderful.

[ferlonda.livejournal.com]

Me, too, please! I've had a serious deficit in your writing lately... Congrats on getting it done!

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Oh thanks. Yes please. Sending now.

Jacey