Finding the right place for the muses...Update!

[desiresdd17]

Welcome to another weekly update at Taboos which is filled with my weekly revelations. As I make the journey from hobby writer to fanfic writer to author to good author to erm hopefully, so damn good at it I have fans! ;)

I have a couple but...

So, on this path where am I? I'm at author... :0

Now , you might say, why do I not consider myself a good author yet? Well, for one, I haven't put out enough meaty material. Meaning, novels. as you know, they are in the works!

Two, In my estimation, there is still more work to be done on putting together plots and organizing them along with the characters. No, that doesn't mean i'll get away from my style, which is "flying by the seat of my pants" but, I do need to begin defining the character roles and traits as to how they fit with the plot. And not just with novel works, with every work.

Lastly, and most importantly, finding the right place for the Triad, meaning, let them do a genre and stick with it.

Why you ask? Well, I thought I had their styles down but apparently I don't...

When a good friend and fellow author read one of my stories, Sweetest Taboo, she told me that we really didn't know enough about all the characters. That the scenes were too short and the chapters needed to be longer.

When seeing her email, I could conclude she was right. this may sound weird to you but all of the muses do have a style that they define their own and even though they are all in my head, they are starting to get mixed up, particularly, Michael and Rawiya who cross genres and really, I'd like them to stick with one and make their names that way. BL will cross genres because she will do more of the "wicked" stuff. More BDSM, some f/f, things that have you hot and bothered in a bad way...*laughs*

Michael should be the gay man, only doing gay male stories. He can be eloquent or down to earth. Writing like a man. Guys like it to the point

Rawiya should be doing M/f or M/M/F or M/F/M, anything involving the female more fem, more down to earth, a little humor but definitely writing like a woman. We like it to be visual, more backstory

BL, as I stated, will do the wicked which means she can do any. Things with bdsm, toys, voyerism, etc... Her style? More snarky...she is the bad ass. Going where the other two rarely go.

I recall this post where I defined them. Feeling Multiple and find that I've gotten away from where thy are supposed to be.

Michael is on track. AS is a perfect balance of eloquence and down to earth. The hetero sex is pretty good and lately, the story has taking a gay turn, so he feels comfy.

Bl is finding hers. the stories that beg for her to write them, speak to her. We just wrote a tale about a woman with a strap on. Came out really well.

Rawiya seems to be the one that is still finding herself. She's starting to write like Michael (evidenced in Sweetest and Trois) The "womanly" way of making the characters feel and love is not quite showing through. I need more of that and hope to get that back soon.

So, what's my conclusion? Define my muses and stick with their styles. The problem with having multiple pseudos is mixing them up and when you have this, you lose your readers. I mean, everyone wants to try new things but, in reality, in order to keep a fanbase, you need to stick to what you works best and is proper for you. Since my muses are two girls and a guy, I'd like to keep them defined and separate. Not only that, It will make it easier for the publishers I work with as I submit more of my work.

What happens to my work, you ask? Well, I finish what I have but I think Masquerade, for one, needs to be written in Michaels tone. So, I'll be redoing it. Of course, Michael will finish AS but it will be his first and last hetero. Rawiya will write her last 2 gay stories. The long versions of Sugar Daddy and That Thing that were recently accepted by STARbooks.

This, I feel, will be the best way to not get them mixed up anymore and it will be easier to tell the tone in the story as well as satisfy my readers...

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Updates

I'm still on the last WIP's but I did revise 3 shorts to be subbed to my main publisher. They'll be going out today.

WIPS

My Lieutenant
Lessons In Ink
Trois
African Sun
Mi Familia
Vertigo


This week, I'll be working hard on Vertigo,  My Lieutenant, and be turning over Lessons in Ink to Michael.

Once I finish these, I'll be working on Sweetest and Trois

Mi Familia is going real well. Its getting readers at all locations. Most feedback coming from Gay Demon and Literotica

I'll continue on African Sun and since its with my fave editor, it has to stay in Michael's name because that is the only pseudo he is working with. 

My goals are to have all the above except AS and Mi Familia done by the end of the month.

The fan fic muse is alive and well. I just finished one and I aim to do another before weeks end.


Well, that's all for now. Hope you got the gist of what I was saying. Being a writer you must find yourself and your niche.
I hope to get this straight as I continue the journey to being a successful author.

Comments

[renee1970.livejournal.com]

i still don't know how you do it all... LOL

[desiresdd.livejournal.com]

Well, its hard, definitely.

I ignore hsework most of the time, I write at night and Ive become a bit antisocial and a homebody. LOL

I'm not the only one though. There are plenty of authors ho say the same.

I'm orking on a BDSM rev now. AS will be heard from later

[sheila1968.livejournal.com]

You'll get them all sorted - I have every faith in you!!

Housework? I vaguely recall reading about that somewhere . . . years ago . . . forgotten what it is, though. ;)

[desiresdd.livejournal.com]

LOL i know I dont recall.

TY for the faith. I need it!