I'm very pleased with the state Honeycomb Heart is in. At this point I'm just doing line edits—going through each chapter to correct any grammatical issues, improve flow, etc. I'd like this to be a book you enjoy as an entire story, but also page by page. My other current areas of focus are getting artwork and surveys done so I can get everyone's name for the acknowledgements and info for sending you your rewards! Expect another update within the next couple weeks with more progress on all these fronts.
I wrapped up my current draft of Honeycomb Heart earlier this week. I've got a couple beta readers looking it over and will be giving it a read-through myself starting tomorrow. With the exception of a few chapters that needed reworked or added scenes, this draft was a lot of smaller edits, which is a good sign that we're getting close to the finish line.
In the meantime, I've gotten out my embroidery floss again. Please enjoy an in-progress bee butt.
The beginnings of a bumblebee being embroidered on a felt background
I'm currently about 2/3 of the way through this draft (15 of 24 chapters have been revised). I'm getting feedback from my beta readers as I finish chapters, but so far the book feels to me like it's in a pretty clean state. Aiming to finish this draft within the next two weeks!
Hi everyone, I wanted to start by thanking y'all for your kind words on the last update. The last few weeks have found me in a much better place than the months before that. I finished the latest draft of Honeycomb Heart last week and have started reviewing it for what to work on next. I'm expecting the project to need at least one more developmental (story- and character-focused) draft, and a line-editing focused draft before it's fully completed.
I'm jumping into the next draft with renewed energy, as well as the new knowledge that repeatedly forcing myself to try to work on a chapter where the POV character is feeling depressed while I'm also feeling depressed is a bad idea, actually. It's a little embarrassing to realize you've been walking into the same brick wall over and over, but oh well. We keep learning, and spring eventually comes round again.
I'm also working on the polaroids in the meantime. Aquarium date, anyone? This is the original for the 3rd design; I make them larger for ease of stitching, but as a reminder they'll be printed as these smaller snapshots in the end. Once I've made some headway into the new draft, I'll post an update with my updated progress and a new estimated timeline.
Hi everyone. Sorry that it's been so long since you last heard from me. I'm a fair bit behind the timeline I had initially posted for when I wanted Honeycomb Heart ready to share with y'all. The very quick version is that life things happened (negatively). Backers, there will be some more detail below. But the most important information is that I'm still working on the book, and it'll be a matter of when it's ready to send out, not if. The lesbian coming-of-age familiar-accompanied cross-country roadtrip is happening. Its arrival can be slowed, butit can't be stopped.
