Finished The Zydeco Queen and the Creole Fairy Courts this morning. Well, at least the handwritten part. I still need to type up the last three chapters.

I’m discontented. I don’t care for what I’ve done. I’m not sure how to fix this. I don’t think I can just rewrite. I’m going to have to redraft. And I don’t know if or when I’ll do that. I don’t want this novel to turn into just a writing exercise, but it might.

One of the cool things about the handwritten chapters is how the novel grew as it was supposed to. Typing it up straight on the computer stifled that growth. When I said this is an 80,000 word novel I was spot on. But I only wrote a 60,000 word novel. It’s all wrong.

I’ll finish typing the novel up this week/weekend. Then I’ll start the next one. I want to finish it before I leave NOLA. But at least for the next one, I’ll write it right.

Comments (1)

  1. Silty

    Sorry it didn’t go as well as hoped. It certainly sounds fascinating based on the title and being familiar with your other published novels!

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