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2024 Know the Novel: Part 3 – Words Written

2024 Know the Novel: Part 3 – Words Written

Posted on by R.M. Archer

Welcome to the final installment of the Know the Novel link-up, hosted by Christine Smith! This installment usually goes up in December, but I’ll be taking a hiatus through the month of December (and Thunder is already finished) so I’m getting an early start on Part 3.

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1. How did writing this novel go all around?

The first half was difficult; I dove right in after finishing Lightning and burned out not too far into Thunder, then kept trying to push on anyway until Sarah Grimm talked sense into me at Realm Makers and gave me permission to shift gears for a while. Once I did that–setting Thunder aside to work toward finishing my worldbuilding book instead–I was able to Continue reading “2024 Know the Novel: Part 3 – Words Written” →

2024 Know the Novel: Part 2 – Within the WIP

2024 Know the Novel: Part 2 – Within the WIP

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Welcome to part 2 of the Know the Novel link-up. If you’re looking for an update on how Thunder is going, you’re in the right place! Thanks, as always, to Christine Smith for putting this link-up together!

1. How’s the writing going overall?

Simultaneously faster and slower than expected. I’ve been Continue reading “2024 Know the Novel: Part 2 – Within the WIP” →

2024 Know the Novel: Part 1 – Introduction

2024 Know the Novel: Part 1 – Introduction

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Hello and welcome to the third annual Know the Novel focused on Lightning and Thunder! Y’all asked for a re-introduction post, so here we are, and today’s post will be a little different from the previous two because I’m primarily working this year on finishing Thunder while the past two years have been spent working on Lightning. I’m going to do my best in this post to focus on Thunder without giving away spoilers in the process. Thanks, as always, to Christine Smith for hosting the Know the Novel link-up!

1. What first sparked the idea for this novel?

While I was Continue reading “2024 Know the Novel: Part 1 – Introduction” →

Revisiting Old Drafts: The Fairy Elves

Revisiting Old Drafts: The Fairy Elves

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Today I want to do something different, just because I thought it would be fun. I was recently reading through an old (as in… decade-old) draft to pick out what was salvageable. It had some worldbuilding gems… and also some hilariously awful lines. So today I’m going to share the highlights with you so that you can laugh at my younger self with me and get a sneak peek at some things that might show up in later projects. Sound fun? Here we go.

Introductory notes

I did not divide this book into chapters, so it’s one 30,000-word chunk. Yes, this does make it hard to follow. No, apparently I didn’t care.

It’s also very obvious from the entire first portion of this book (maybe the first 50 pages? again, no chapter breaks) that I loved Continue reading “Revisiting Old Drafts: The Fairy Elves” →

7-Year Blog Anniversary: Lightning Character Q&A

7-Year Blog Anniversary: Lightning Character Q&A

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Friday marked Scribes & Archers’ 7-year anniversary! The site existed before that, but August 2nd, 2017, I really started taking it seriously and writing about the things that Scribes & Archers is still about.

To celebrate, I wanted to give a bit of a sneak peek at Lightning and its characters with a character Q&A–moderated by Continue reading “7-Year Blog Anniversary: Lightning Character Q&A” →