What I'm Working On

I have a few different projects I'm working on right now. Sadly, I have not continued writing the third book in my series From the Ashes. Maybe one day I will finish it, or even rewrite the first two books and publish second editions to them. But right now, I'm at a point in my life where I have just completely outgrown that story.

I decided a couple years ago that I wasn't going to actively work on continuing it, and it was a difficult decision, but trying to work out the plot was not brining me joy. Keep in mind, I was 16 when I published From the Ashes and I was maybe 21 when I published The Inferiors. Again, I'm 28 now, and even though I'm kind of the same, I'm also very different.

So, what am I working on?

Project #1: The Convergence Saga Untitled Novel (1)

Current Word Count: 40k

This is the title of the giant project I have been off and on working on for the past eight years. It's not just one story, it's an entire world. I have become someone who is obsessed with world building, and I 100% fall down the rabbit hole doing it. I have spent days and days making maps for this world, coming up with backstory for societies and species I'm not even sure I'll mention in the "main plots" but man, it's been fun to do regardless.

Convergence has helped me bring fun back into my writing. Because it's an entire universe, I can work on stories that take places long ago in the past, or far far in the future and still be working on the same universe if I get bored working on one story or another.

I have 40k words in my first draft, though I believe I'll have to completely redo what I've got written. I think a few characters need to be switched around. But I have over 200k words in world building, so I have a lot to work with.

Honestly, maybe a bit too much.

It is slightly overwhelming at times, but I'm enjoying it.

Project #2: Star Wars Fan Fiction

Current Word Count: 80k

Yes, as I mentioned, I have also been writing a Star Wars fan fiction. I read fan fiction off and on when I was growing up, but I never really imagined myself writing fan fiction until my good friend urged me to try it. I've had a fan fic idea for the past ten years, but I never wrote it out. I would just sometimes think about it when I was bored and expand upon it until it became this giant thing in my head.

So anyway, I have been writing that for a while and posting it on AO3 which has been a blast. It's done wonders for my writing self esteem.

Project #3: Freelancing

I'm really trying to get into freelance editing. I really enjoy editing for people, 

Anyway, these are the things I've been working on lately!

What projects are you guys working on?

–Jess