Friday, September 8, 2017

Wrote a chapter for the nonfiction book, TLBTH.

Worked on novel revisions.

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Wrote some more in a chapter for the nonfiction book, TLBTH. Finished this chapter.

I am once again revising my vampire novel. I was told by the publisher I had submitted it to that it needed some more work so it's going through another round of edits and revisions. But first I made changes suggested by an editor before I go over the whole thing again.

Did some research for the nonfiction book, FWTW.

Saturday, April 8, and Sunday, April 9, 2017

Novel revisions.

April 8^th: Worked on character sketches as well as creating information sheets about the Vampire Guilds in both England and Ireland, as well as info about the clans. Wrote up history of the new characters I have to introduce. Was surprised to find a website devoted to sharing the timeline of Cardiff. Worked out issues in the story that needed some background and explanation. Revised a scene.

April 9^th: Rewrote a chapter, did some revising in other chapters and changed a scene. The ending needs to be changed. Think about a new ending!

Friday, April 7, 2017

Worked on novel revisions. Fixed scenes and did some rewriting. Made a list of extra chapters to add. Checked with Aniko about the Hungarian language since I now have a Hungarian character later in the story!

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Wrote down notes for another book I am working on. It is one of the nonfiction books. Not sure yet if I will turn these notes into new chapters.

Got a response from Aniko on where to find the info and pictures I needed. Unfortunately, it's a dead end -- LITERALLY! Had to do some more research on the Bathory family to find someone who could fit into the story and learned there is a POSSIBLE cousin from her Uncle Stephen that she had. (It is possible he had many illegitimate children.) Works for me! Since this story is based on a theory about the Bathorys and Elizabeth herself, a "possible" cousin works for the purpose of fiction. Now I just have to give him a name!

Did more research on Elizabeth Bathory and finished revising that part of the novel. Now to move on to the other part!

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Resumed research on Elizabeth Bathory for my novel revisions. Was surprised to learn that she has quite a big following! Also surprised to find out that there are people claiming that she was innocent (they claim she was framed). Learned about a cousin who would fit perfectly in the role of the relative at the story’s beginning who turns her. It helps that he was rumored to be the thing that he is in the story! Was unable to find out what he looked like so I shot off an email to Aniko to see if she can learn anything in her country (Elizabeth’s country).

Worked on novel revisions for the vampire horror novel.

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Worked on revision for the novel. The movie I rented for research purposes, Bathory, was not closed captioned and didn’t have subtitles, even though it said on Netflix that it did. But, nope! Couldn’t use it for research. I wonder if I can find any books about Elizabeth Bathory at the library.

Also learned that I had the wrong Hungarian words to refer to a specific clan of vampire hunters. The words “gonosz szellem gyilkos” should be “démon gyilkos.” Um, GREMLIN hunters? Fail. Fixed it. Maybe my friend Aniko can help me with the Hungarian stuff.

I almost died laughing at the part where one character tells another character that they have “mated.” I suddenly saw Donna Noble telling the Doctor, “You’re not mating with me, sunshine!” https://www.pinterest.com/pin/414683078166511429/

Maybe I should title this novel “Being a Vampire is Hard.”

Finished the read-through. Now to work with my notes and figure out extra things for this book. It WILL be longer and officially novel-length. And I must now also do more research on Elizabeth Bathory!