Rayne: The Third Seer blog

I just sent out an email addressed to what I think is everyone that emailed me about the Rayne beta so far. It’s an important email containing the location of our Top Secret Lair. So you will want to receive this email. If you’ve emailed me or contacted me or batted your eyelashes at me in morse code about wanting to partake in the Rayne beta and do not receive an email from me today, please contact me at your earliest convenience so I can rectify the situation.

Anyone is still welcome to join -

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Welcome to the newly-launched Rayne website. Here at the blog, I’ll be rambling a bit about the process of writing Rayne: The Third Seer. I’ve never done this quite so intentionally before, but I’m hoping that it proves an interesting experience.

Yesterday (as intended), I wrote the first scene of The Third Seer (which also comprises the first chapter). The first scene/chapter of the rewrite is very similar to the first scene of the original version, save for a few subtle differences. Everything from Chapter 2 onward will be fairly unrecognizable to those of you that read the first draft, which I see as a good thing.

A note to those of you that wish to join my Super Elite Posse of Beta Readers™

I’ve gotten a great response to my call for beta readers and that makes me happy. Together we will undoubtedly take over the world have a lot of fun. But because I’m an empathetic soul – and also an extremely shy person – I understand that some people might want to join but are too intimidated by my awesomeness to open an email and say so. This realization came to me when someone told me, “I think some people might be too intimidated by your awesomeness to email you.” I felt that was a vague statement, but due to my superior powers of deduction, I managed to figure what they meant.

All that said, I still want people to email me. Why? Because when I do take over the world, I need to know who to send floral arrangements to I really want people on my beta team that are willing to communicate with me.

But because I don’t want to exclude anyone that genuinely wants to be a part of my beta team (such things keep me up at night), I’ve decided to simplify the process. All you have to do is click the banner on the sidebar and an email addressed to me will magically fill itself in for you. All you have to do is click send.

My conscience is clear now.

Do note that I will only accept requests until September 15.

A note to the current members of my Super Elite Posse of Beta Readers™

That bra makes your ass look fabulous. And also, I’ll be in touch once I have things to touch you with. Wait, that came out wrong.

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Starting a new novel is exciting, but it’s also intimidating. I’ve spent the past few weeks thinking, “I should start The Third Seer this week.” But then I’d find some reason not to.

I had lots of valid excuses, like…

• I haven’t outlined enough
• I haven’t brainstormed enough
• I still don’t have all the answers
• It’s too early to start it
• I should probably do x, y and z first

… and so on and so forth. But deep down I know that if I don’t tell the excuses to shut up, I’ll never get going. The best and only way to finish a novel is to start it.

And so, today, I will start it.

To prepare for this novel, I have been doing insane research, taking endless notes, filling OneNote with pertinent information and keeping a separate Moleskine notebook to jot down ideas. My OneNote file looks something like this:

And the Moleskine notebook looks like this:

Each post-it represents a scene, which can then be moved around as needed. I’ve never done this before but it’s been working really well. So well, in fact, that I incorporated the same system for my TBSOL edits.

I could probably outline and research for another year and still feel like I’m not ready to start this novel. Thankfully, that’s what beta versions are for.

I intend to blog about the process of writing Rayne, though I’m going to do so (mainly) at the (yet-unlaunched) Rayne website.

I received a few emails yesterday from people wanting to join my Super Elite Posse of Beta Readers (SEPoBR). You can still email me to say you want to be included. I will be accepting everyone and anyone until September 15th after which point I will only accept people that tell me I’m pretty stop accepting open requests.

And now I shall leave you with a song that I feel encapsulates all the nuances of this post…

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