We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Programing …

 In Kell's Blog

… to bring you a special news bulletin!
First, I just had a mental block and couldn’t figure out how to spell ‘bulletin’ for, like, five minutes. Which is weird because I’m usually a pretty good speller …
Second (and more importantly), I just finished writing Ivy Introspective! I know! It’s so exciting! Yes, I do realize I was supposed to finish it in a while ago … June, I think, actually … but you know what? It’s great to have it finished even if it was supposed to be finished a zillion years ago! Now I can concentrate on planning At Her Fingertips and not always feel like ‘I should be writing.’ You know … until November.

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Today I was researching the distance between Edinburgh and the Scottish border (51.23 km, 31.84 m) and how fast trains went back then (15-20 mph average, though they could go up to 70 mph … if being chased by rogue cowboys or something, I guess). XD So much fun! It was such a relief to just be finishing and looking up one last fact that I needed to complete the novel! Not that it’s all that thoroughly researched … yet.

Anyway, the final word count is 48,192! That’s more than I expected for the first draft (although I’m shooting for 50,000 for At Her Fingertips this November!).
So … here comes the hard part …
I need a couple volunteers to alpha read it.
Now, I mean a couple, so don’t feel guilty if you don’t have time.
So here’s the thing.
I want a couple people to read the first draft (well, the revised first draft) of Ivy Introspective and tell me if they think I can feasibly turn that mess of words into a novel. It would also be amazing if someone were to point out the most obvious plot holes, but y’know … I should really do that myself.
I want to get the draft all to myself again by January 31st … so, yep. It’s not a super quick deadline.
Gives you time to dance a jig, write a novel (NANO ANYONE?!?!), dance another jig, eat some chocolate, eat some more chocolate, eat yet more chocolate, celebrate Christmas with your family, get chocolate for Christmas from your family, dance a Christmas jig while eating chocolate, read every blog post I post in between them, buy a copy of The Dressmaker’s Secret and The Lady of the Vineyard, read and review those copies, eat some more chocolate while re-reading TDS and TLOTV, and then and only then do you need to tend to your alpha-reading duties.
We should be good.
Anyway, here’s the link to sign up to alpha read! It will only be up for a bit, until I have a few people signed up. Then it’ll be closed. What? I only trust so many people to read my baby in her infant stage … the first people who sign up, that is. Although they’re random people … who I might not know ……..
~Kellyn Roth
 

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  • Claire Bergland
    Reply

    YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I’d read, but I’d probably forget to ’till next October.

    • Kellyn Roth
      Reply

      Well, it would probably be better for your mind not to read it in this state. I feel so bad for the alpha readers. Their eyes will be burnt out. 😉

  • Claire Bergland
    Reply

    P.S. Your profile picture is really good!

    • Kellyn Roth
      Reply

      Thanks! I like it myself! *tosses hair* 😛

  • Josie
    Reply

    Oh, congratulations! I would love to read, but I haven’t read all of The Dressmaker’s Secret. But it might help me look at in a different perspective, like as a novel instead of a continuation. What do you think?

    • Josie
      Reply

      *processes what I just said* I may not have time to read the full novel though.

      • Kellyn Roth
        Reply

        Well, you have until January, and even if you just gave an … an outsider’s perspective (for lack of a better word … you know, someone who hasn’t read TDS and knows whether it would be okay as a stand-alone, too) for as much of it as you could manage to read. 🙂

  • Grace (The Girl Upstairs)
    Reply

    Congratulations on finishing! That. Is. Awesome! I’d love to alpha read for you, but I haven’t read The Dressmaker’s Secret yet. :'( :'( :'(
    But good luck! 😀

    • Kellyn Roth
      Reply

      Well, maybe you could beta-read in … oh, May-ish, maybe, if I work hard. I’m gonna give away free ebook copies to the beta-readers. 🙂

  • Angela R. Watts
    Reply

    HUGE CONGRATULATIONS, KELLYN! 😀 *throws chocolate at you in celebration* You go girl!
    Have fun jiggin’ and eatin’. ;D YHVH bless, and good luck in NaNo!
    -Angela

  • Hannah_02
    Reply

    CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FINISH! I would definitely read it, but I really feel like I wouldn’t have the time for it sadly. I went to a christian conference (only got back today) and I really want to put in more time to serving my God, and as well as that I have my own novel I need to write notes for for NaNo… but I know there are some more capable people out there!

    • Kellyn Roth
      Reply

      That’s okay; I have lots of people volunteering. I’m thinking about shutting down the form now anyway. 🙂
      Good for you!

  • Faith Potts
    Reply

    Congrats, Kellyn! That’s so awesome!! 😀 *highfive* Love your profile pic, btw. 🙂

  • aprmcl
    Reply

    I would love to read, but I can’t give my email :/
    best of luck!

    • Kellyn Roth
      Reply

      Hmm … well, if you want, I could give you a link to the Google docs by comment and then delete the comment as soon as you get the link. But if you’re busy, I understand, too. 🙂

  • Josie
    Reply

    What kinds of things do you want to me to look for? Larger things, like plot holes, or meticulous things like sentence structure?

    • Kellyn Roth
      Reply

      Just plot holes right now and lapses in character development and that kind of thing. Sentence structure is something I need to do myself. 😉

  • SHINTA
    Reply

    What kinds of things do you want to me to look for?

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