{"id":4884,"date":"2019-05-29T09:30:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T13:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2019-05-28T19:12:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T23:12:20","slug":"whats-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/29\/whats-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s In The Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With my online classes behind me until July, I&#8217;ve been taking advantage of not having homework and getting back to my big projects. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s going on these days in the writing nook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thicker Than Water &#8211; A Serialized Novel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I posted the first chapter to <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/thicker-than-water\/\">Thicker Than Water<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wattpad.com\/story\/188688196-thicker-than-water\">Wattpad<\/a> and to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/maryrajotte\">Patreon page<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4890\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/THICKER-THAN-WATER-Book1-Cover-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1604,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"THICKER THAN WATER Book1 &amp;#8211; Cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/THICKER-THAN-WATER-Book1-Cover-scaled.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/THICKER-THAN-WATER-Book1-Cover-scaled.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/THICKER-THAN-WATER-Book1-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"Thicker Than Water cover image\" class=\"wp-image-4890\" width=\"500\" height=\"798\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <br>When Duncan MacDoyle learns of a death in the family, he is forced to return to the hometown he left after his mother died. When questions surface about foul play, Duncan is plunged headlong into the history of the eccentric old mill town and his family\u2019s role in its mysterious past. <\/p><cite>Snippet of Chapter 1: Duncan Comes Home<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/sample-little-26940887\">patron<\/a> gets you early access and story extras <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/breeding-ground-27053368\">(like the one I posted<\/a> about the small town I used as inspiration for the setting of the book).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 2<\/strong> is just getting some fine-tuning and will be up later this week for patrons, and next week on Wattpad. If you want to read it, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/join\/maryrajotte?\">head over to Patreon to sign up for early access<\/a><\/strong>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reaper Novel Revision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven&#8217;t worked on the book since December! AHHH! With all the classes I was taking, I didn&#8217;t have time for revisions and now I&#8217;ve got a few freelance projects but I intend to get back to revision in June. I have to keep going if I want to reach my goal of getting this revision done by the end of the year (hopefully sooner). <strong>Tattoos &amp; punk rock?<\/strong> Yes, please!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/297oArul3nQKQ\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sorority Screams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My serial fiction, <strong><em>Sorority Screams<\/em><\/strong> is feeling a little neglected. If I don&#8217;t get back to it sooner than July, I will at the very least be working toward finishing it during July&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/campnanowrimo.org\/\">Camp NaNoWriMo<\/a>. Once I start editing that, it will also go up on my Patreon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3otPorTweNOoajdscw\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lockwood Novella Trilogy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve wanted to write these novellas FOREVER. After a few failed attempts, I&#8217;ve been working the past few weeks to chop out all the old, boring chapters that had no conflict and now I&#8217;ve got all <strong>20 chapters outlined<\/strong>. I&#8217;m just fine-tuning the finer points and I&#8217;ll be writing Book 1 in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m <strong>SO EXCITED<\/strong> for this one! I LOVE mummies and Ancient Egypt and I&#8217;ve built in some pretty cool suspense and even<strong> CIPHERS. YES. CIPHERS READERS CAN DECODE<\/strong>. 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