The Steampunk novel is progressing quite nicely, thank you very much! I am solidly 2/3 in with a good grip on the story.
Plus the first chapter is totally done and revised. This is a good time to get this proposal done with most of NYC literary world either shut or slow down for August.
I am very please to have now filled 2 entire notebooks. Yep, it feels good to see this body of work before me. I know it takes more time, but having a physical reminder of the work I did already is really encouraging.
A fun/strange thing happened in my writing session today. I usually have a pretty good handle on my plot and characters. This book is planned way ahead and I have this scene where my heroine, a pretty aloof mystic witch decide to leave the hero behind.
They are stuck in a cave with all kinds of ghosts and the hero, your typical airship captain, has run away to save a crew member and he is not coming back. Meanwhile, the heroine, still on the right path with the Chief engineer, decides that they must plow ahead and leave the deadwood behind.
I wanted to have her convince the Chief that he had to leave his Captain behind to fulfill his own mission. The witch herself is on her life mission to save the world. I want this heroine to be flawed. I wanted to show that she is willing to leave a few people behind to save the whole world. I wanted her complex and I guess somewhat unlikeable.
But no, she surprised me this morning. This is the first time that I have a character behaving differently. She turned out to be heroic and runs to save the Captain.
I’m shaking my head here because it does complicates things. It would have been easier to have the Captain mad at her. Oh well… another situation to deal with!
Don’t you love fiction?!
STEAMED! 
I’m happy that I came across your blog, and very happy that you are doing so well in your Steampunk novel.
It’s exciting when your characters start speaking for themselves, isn’t it? It’s a wonderful sign that you built them correctly, that they can stand on their own and tell you what they are saying instead of you dictating it.
Likewise I am very familiar with the need for a physical reminder of the work you’ve accomplished. I started my blog as a way to keep myself writing, but I find keeping a composition book full of my work helps motivated even more.
At any rate, best of luck and keep us informed of your progress.
I’m so glad you found us!
I know what you mean about all the writing online, it’s great to have but there is nothing like seeing real paper with all our scribbles. I still have my original notebooks from my published book. It’s fun to look at!