Been some time away, getting bearings, courses set, goals.
So, the first 10 episodes for my Gay Fantasy Romance series have been put on hold. As it was with my novels for this story, setting up the world building and characters/plot turned out to be TOO MUCH story. So, because of that, I've decided to travel the route of many other story tellers and begin in the middle for my Warrior Guard Chronicles. The two-hour pilot for the original ten episodes has now been knocked down to a one-hour pilot of the new path this story is taking... smack dab from the middle.
I can guarantee it will not affect the goals for the main characters because these stories were going to be written for second season anyway. They've just been promoted to first season.
The questions of how did they get here, what happened to put them in these situations, and why, will be answered as the series moves along. As long as I can find a producer/studio willing to take them on.
For now, I'm content in knowing that I DID give the one-hour pilot to a Gay friend of mine and he came back demanding more, so... this was a heavy-duty good sign. Turns out he's pretty picky. LOL! But in a good way. Love ya', Michael! :)
As for the paranormal story pilot (again a Gay Romance, but along the lines of the paranormal/alternate universe category, which means ensemble cast with various backstories for other characters to investigate), it has gone through its first review and is currently being read by Michael for his input. Once I finish whatever rewrites need to be done, it will go in for its second review and then we'll go from there.
The journeys are also moving in my private life as I'm scheduled to retire from my day job in September of this year in order to devote my full time to scripts, books, and Tarot. (See my Tarot blog on that subject; URL coming soon.)
Books? Did you read that right? Indeed. It appears learning script writing has helped me with my prose writing i.e.; where to cut the fat, how to re-word sentences, even knocking five words down to one. My style of writing is officially undergoing a massive overhaul, so be prepared for my Solitary and Mercenary series to get a complete makeover, including plot and cover. The illustrations used before may not have been conducive to the goal of attracting readers. I'll keep them for the blog, and will work out cover redo's as I move along. However, with my retirement I'll be taking a massive pay cut so those goals will be budgeted over months instead of weeks. I'm also approaching this with more freedom, however. Now, instead of 'needing' to get this done to get out of my job, I'll already be retired, so I can focus on 'desiring' it to be done for fun reasons... not 'get me the hell outta here' reasons.
Lowers the stress level immensely!
Ah... well, there we are. Updates will occur more often, now that I know where I'm going and why.
Take care all!
Hugs,
Janalyn
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