ETA: I just wanted to say that I write these posts before I start my Flash Fiction which means I wrote all of this before I got the news that amazing, legendary, iconic, irreplaceable Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away. I was literally finishing up my spell check when my friend Lauren texted me and Ang DM’d me. So I just — I just want to say that I hate this year. I hate the fact that we’re losing these people who matter and that we just–please go vote. We can’t do four more years. We just can’t. I barely think I can manage a few more months of this.
Your Update Link: A King’s Command – Part 3
Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week! In less than three weeks, Mad World: Book 3 will be here! Crazy to think it’s almost ready! On Tuesday, I’ll publish Chapter 51 (September 22), then Chapter 52 on September 29 before publishing the last 23 chapters on October 6. The chapter numbers are continuing from Books 1 & 2, which is why this book starts at Chapter 51 and Book 4 will start chapter Chapter 76.
I worked on the structure of Book 4’s beta draft to start getting an idea of changes, but I’m really in the early stages because I’m focusing on meeting my editing goals for Book 3. If I keep up at the pace I’m at, I’ll finish the posting draft around September 28, which actually gives me time to do one more read through for any final typos. It’s a really realistic pace — only two chapters a day right now but these first 14 chapters really only had line editing. I think towards the end, where I decided to add or rewrite some scenes, it might take longer so we’ll see.
Fool Me Twice is just about ready to move into the final stage of Discovery which is creating a soundtrack. I’m still refining the flashbacks — I have about eighteen planned, which means I need maybe fourteen more to match one for each chapter. I’m hoping to finish that tomorrow, but it’s okay if it takes the rest of the weekend since soundtracking honestly doesn’t take that long. I’ll have a vlog up for that story tomorrow, and I’m so excited with how this is going. This is the best position I’ve ever been in to start a fresh new draft!
The last thing I want to mention is that on Sunday, I’ll be writing the final part of my 2001 story, The Ghost in the Girl, which means next week — we’re launching a new story. My original plan was to stay in 2001 and write a bit more but nothing on my drawing board is kind of speaking to me yet. What am I thinking about is going to another time period and starting a new series from earlier in Liason history – either Kismet or Signs of Life. If you have a preference, comment and let me know! I’ve attached their descriptions below.
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Kismet
Set December 1997. Jason is the newly minted, inexperienced leader of the Port Charles underground. Elizabeth is the black sheep nursing student at General Hospital. They meet over the bleeding body of Nikolas Cassadine, the victim of a drive-by shooting at Luke’s Club that might have been targeted at Jason. When they both end up at the PCPD, arrested for simply breathing, the attraction between them is immediate. But life is never that simple in Port Charles, and Jason has a lot of baggage—an ex-girlfriend he might still be in love with, the ex-friend with benefits who is about to drag him into another crazy scheme, the woman his best friend stood up at the altar on his way out of town, and the controlling family still desperate to drag Jason back home at any cost. Can Elizabeth see past all of this drama and give Jason a chance? Or is there just one too many secrets to deal with? Status: Not yet Published |
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Signs of Life
Set December 1999. No one even knew they were friends until Nikolas Cassadine announced Jason and Elizabeth were sleeping together at the annual hospital Christmas Party, and now, suddenly everyone wants to weigh in on the subject. It’s not true, of course, but that’s never stopped Port Charles before. At first it’s amusing when her grandmother and his sister pass judgment, but things quickly get serious when Anthony Moreno’s body surfaces in the Port Charles harbor, and their fictional relationship might be Jason’s only chance to stay out jail. Elizabeth can alibi him, and after all, only Bobbie and Carly know he was shot. They’re not telling anyone, right? Until Carly decides she needs Jason’s help in yet another desperate scheme, and she’ll use any leverage at hand to make him dance her to her tune. Status: Not yet Published |
Comments
I vote for signs of life.
Kismet gets my vote. I’m Canadian but women everywhere lost a huge hero today.
So – still huge fan of your writing but if you’d rather spend all the time you spend writing working on GOTV efforts, email me and I will connect you with resources to do so. It’s why you haven’t heard from me regarding the Beta draft. No time for reading much until November 4. Every minute between now and then is a possible vote to turn out.
It was already the most important election in our history before today, we already knew these stakes were at hand. But tonight’s loss should motivate anyone who was still sitting on the sidelines to engage in any and every way they legally can . . . whether donating $5 to key senate campaigns, volunteering for phonebooks, textbooks, postcards, any and all of it matters.
Again, for anyone who doesn’t know how to get started, message me at livingliason@gmail.com and I will connect you with resources that work for your comfort zone.
Ohhh I really like both. Can I vote for each one? However, If I must choose just one, I’ll go with Kismet. I like the new take on how they meet. Sounds interesting.
Tough choice. I’m going with Signs of Life. Can’t wait to read either/both!
Two great choices, but “Signs of Life” gets my vote.
I’m going to vote for Kismet. But I’ll be thrilled to read whatever you write. I know that it will be so good.
It is so important to vote this year. I was so saddened by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death. What a terrible loss for our country.
Signs of Life!
I vote for Kismet