Shawna is running out of blog topics

I wonder if next August I'll be working on brand new original serial...

 Vice Update
So, I think I may have done an overshare on the Vice news last post, so it doesn't leave me with much to blog about for this update. All I can say is I am trying so hard to have a majority of it done before I start posting. Even with outlines I get long periods of stasis, so I'm trying to stop that.

I will say Vice 2 is 12,000 words, but it's not exactly story shaped.

HMLIS Chapter 10 + 11
So, by the time I had brainstormed the Morrows I knew things would get a little...familiar. I think I mentioned this when I first started posting HMLIS that there would be some parallels to people I know. But I can honestly say the friendly, eccentric, tattooed woman married to the moody writer was in no way inspired by anyone I know.


Chapter 12 
Jonah knows.
 

Playlist
Chapter 12
-1- Sweater Weather by The Neighborhoud
-2-Ljoso by Olafur Arnulds
-3- Wake Me Up by Madilyn Bailey

Let's Talk About Vice 2....a little

Shawna Sucks At Titles: The Sequel
Titles. Just Titles. You guys I am seriously afraid I won't think of a good title (or any title) for Vice 2. It's funny, before I started writing (waaay back in the day) I always assumed titles came first, but in pretty much everything post-IVB the title has been the VERY last thing. In fact, here is legitimately what my folders for my serials are still called:

- SP
- CPH
- PR
- New Thing

Did you get what serials those are ?

1. SP is Special Project which I eventually titles Rose Garlands and Golden Stars
2. CPH is CyperPunk Project (i had a typo) which got titled Vertias, Bonus: Vice is in a folder in that folder  called Reboot.
3. PR stands for Paranormal Romance and that was De Tuilileries which I changed to Blessed Hearts
4. And as you know, new thing was HMLIS

That said, I decided to blog about this because I was thinking of calling Vice 2 Bulletproof, but it sounds so corny I figured if I shared it here I wouldn't  be tempted to use it.

Also, obligatory apology for calling something United Light 2. Although I probably would have called it United Justice and that just feels worse.



Vice 2 Teases
Okay, so I'm going to pull out some of the things you want to see. Some of you were a little too specific so I am going to generalize them:

Love Interests ? Yes, there are a lot more (for better or for worse) love interests.

More Minnie ? Well, she's not dead so there's more of her than there was in Hidden.

Dakota ? Eh, kind of...maybe...idk #pantser

New Characters ? And How

More Cyberpunk-iness ? A bit. I know it's awful, but I'm defintely not feeling as squeamish/emotional about violence as I was when writing Vice. I've kind of kicked it up a little, but I'm still trying not to do violence for violence sake.

Final Words:
In Hidden (which was the most by the seat of my pants panster-ist thing I EVER wrote. I had NO idea where it was going)  the emotional center is Veritas!Minnie's death, so with that gone it opens Vice 2 up to be a very different story than Hidden.

Arguably, Vice and Veritas are similar, but I'd say Vice 2 is it's own creature.

Okay, here is a little something, something sneak peek:

Perse untangles herself from me long enough to pull up my check, when I bring up the ID on my wrist to scan, a hand  jerks it away.

“This should be on the house, sweetheart.” Jeans says to her.

 My prodigal roommate walks up behind me with a stunning pale brunette girl holding on to his shoulder.

“Everything is on the house.” I remind him and he laughs, resting his head against the brunette's and curling his fingers over her waist.

The Cartel is the house.

ASDFGHJ!!!!!! I can't believe I posted that, now it's become real.

HMLIS 9 
Chapter 9 was kind of a filler chapter, I wanted to explore some fallout from the kiss. Also I needed Jonah's car to be totaled for reasons.

Chapter 10/11 Double Chapter Post

These are some shorties.
 
A drunk Halloween at a frat party doesn't provide any answers for Abigail, but could something be going on with Jonah and Corinne...she tells Jonah the kiss meant nothing, but is she telling the truth...

Chapter 10
-1- Lego House by Ed Sheeran Piano Cover

Chapter 11
Playlist
-1- Benny and The Jets by Elton John
-2- Are We The Waiting by Green Day (VSQ cover)

Chapter 11/10 Playlist
 Chapter 10 | Chapter 11

RANDOM GIF POST

GIF POST  ! ! ! ! 

I don't have a reason this time, just felt like it...

OMG DID YOU SEE BELLUM WAS POSTED  ! ! !

I'm the guy on the far right

You: Hey how's Vice 2 going ?
Me:

Based on Lile's  amount attractive men in the series, what I imagine Bellum will be like:

Matt Bomer. Just Matt Bomer is working it harder than anyone.

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When I see how long it's been since my last post

Trying to read my outlines

The LILE-SH Paradox Line

First it's like:

Then it's like:

As I'm writing  anything that comes out of Corrine's mouth:

Keeping Vice 2 secrets when you all are so excited about it:

 When I tell you I have a goal to post Vice 2 by 9.15 to correspond with the anniversary of this blog and essentially my first web serial posting.*

What you all should be telling me everyday about everything in general:

You: So Shawna, have you written anything for UL ?

Have you written any of those Vice novellas ?

Have you written the end of HMLIS ?

 Have you written--

IDK where this GIF is from, but it fits how I feel

 *So, that 9/15 is based on the e-mail for the blog being harrisonshawna915. I got 915 from the date I created it, so while it may not technically be the anniversary it functionally is. We will not get into how many years I have been doing this.


That was some GIF fun, next post will be me taking down your expecations

Chapter 8
It's getting hot in here.
I had a lot of fun writing that party scene, that's really all I can say about that chapter. Also, that OneRepublic scene basically wrote the last it.  It's been fun using a lot of modern pop songs in a serial, I don't do that a lot in Vice2...which I've thought of some names for, but they're too corny for me to make it final. I'll be sure to share them when I settle on one.

Chapter 9
It's going to be all shorties for a while

- 1- Jesus of Suburbia by VSQ
-2-  You and I Both by Jason Mraz

Playlist
Chapter 9

Fancast Stealer

I came across this and it made me think of Abigail and Jonah

Hands off Mr. Dashner !

So, I recently saw the trailer for The Maze Runner and imagine my shock when I realize 3 of my characater inspirations are in it !

I've mentioned Kaya Scodelario who is my Corinne inspy. Like her nose is perfect for how I imagine Corrinne. I just imagine her with more chin-length hair.

And he also has Dylan O'Brien who I've decided looks how I imagine Rhett from UL. I was saving this inspiration  for if I ever resurrected some more UL, but oh well.



















And then one other actor who is an inspy for another character for a thing I'm not ready to talk about. Like pretend I didn't even write that because I'm not sure what I want to say about it yet.



Vice Update
I'm at a point where I am editing the same 8,000 words over and over again. I'm trying to stop laying down backstory and all that and just getting to the action faster than I usually do. I'm still very excited about this even though it's going slowly. I think I will do a sentence of it for next post.

Chapter 7
I don't have much to say about that chapter. The scene between Jonah and Ethan was like the second scene that came to mind when writing HMLIS---the first was Jonah, Ethan and Aris having lunch together. I realize I've never really written about the older brother/younger brother relationship before (Well Nick and his brother in Ivy Brothers may count) and it's been interesting.

HMLIS Update
So, I just lost Chapter 11 and going through the stages of grief on that...juggling two serials is harder than I imagined. I was so glad to be ahead...*back to the trenches*

Previously
Abigail's on a mission to find her grave and she doesn't want Jonah or Corrinne's help....

Chapter 8
This chapter and Chapter 9 are some of my favorites because they were just fun

-1-Superstition by Stevie Wonder
-2- Don't Fear The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult-
-3- Pour it up Rhianna
-4-Play it Again by Luke Bryan
-5- Can't Stop by One Republic

Playlist
Chapter 8

BTW...I see a GIF post in the future !