Venis Nytes Writes

  UNNAMED (first draft) PROLOGUE Cayleb was born on the new planet 20 cycles ago. His people had only been on this planet for 70 cycles.  The planet had no name and his family was fine with that, referring to it simply as home. After the catastrophic end to their true home planet Verbinia, they believed a planet without a name would not be an easy target.  So far they had been correct enjoying 70 cycles of peace. His parents were the first to have a child in this new world. His name is Cayleb. His mother, a master healer from a long lineage of feline royals and his father a general in the Protective Guard, the son of the last King, had fallen madly in love with one another upon first sight. They were not a product of arranged love as the customs dictated. Because of his father's family's fierce loyalty to the King and his mother's pedigree, the relationship had been allowed. Many cycles later, on their true home planet however, they still waited for permission to breed. T...

  UNNAMED Glossary  (first draft) Raa-men  (Rah-men)- alien race of warriors that look like humanoid, except much larger and more muscular, and they get markings that are their source of power and weakness. Cycles - years Breva (Bray-va) - birds Gliding - similar to flying (drifting on wind) for short distances, volplaning Siam - Siamese cat like race, regal, have tails. catlike eyes and features, walks on two legs human-like appearance Sundrani (Soon-dra-nee) Mixed race Solstice - Solar event  where one of the three suns moves to the opposite side of the planet Yerns (Yurn)- miles Tyto (Tee-Toe)- owl like race usually scientists, doctors and advisers  © Venis Nytes started writing October 2015 This is just as much for me as it is for you. I wanted a couple of alien words to use to help create the environment. It is a work in progress as the story develops so there may be times when you and I need to refer to it. I will try to keep the words short.  I read...

Sunday morning writing update : My current WIP Ginnie Transformed is currently at 160,728 words, practically over 370 pages. I am only on chapter 29, and I still have more to tell in this story. I was surprised I had over 100k words. I would like to be able to get the story told in 200000 words. I am afraid it will be too long for a good portion of readers. I think I can do it. If not, I will just write until the story is told. I remember when the average novel was 4-500 pages. I am not looking forward to the editing, but it's got to happen. I worked most of the day editing chapter 12. Just randomly picked a chapter. I have no idea what I was thinking! OMG, it took all day, and I was almost in tears with frustration and ended up with more words than when I started editing the chapter. 4362 ended with 4476. The hardest part is rewriting sentences. The second hardest part is when it tells me even fluent readers may struggle with the meaning of certain words. Trust me, the words are...