Finished a first draft of my Michelangelo time travel novel

[Karlin]

I finished a first draft of my current project. It took about 10 months to write, a good part of it research. I've got a list of things to look for when editing, ranging from the weather to characters who might require more development ( I need to be careful with this, as I don't want to lose the focus on the main characters).

My plan is to go over it electronically, probably on my Kindle, and make notes (on paper!) as I go. Fix it up as best as I can. Then take a break for a couple of weeks, and look at it again with fresh eyes. I may even print it on paper at this point.
A few beta readers - friends and family. Then I will have it professionally edited (I am fortunate in being able to afford that).

 

[TheCrystallineEntity]

Congratulations!

 

[pmmg]

Congrats, what inspired you to write about Michelangelo and time travel?

 

[Karlin]

Congrats, what inspired you to write about Michelangelo and time travel?

An experience. We were in Rome a few years ago, and in teh entrance area to the Vatican museums I saw a tourist who was heavily tattooed. He was busy zipping legs onto his pants ( youi need to be properly dressed there). Then we went into the museum, and in the sistine chapel, I had a vision . What if Michelangelo came to modern times, and became a tattoo artist?

 

[Filifjonken]

Congratulations! Amazing.

 

[pmmg]

Shame that all his work would rot so quickly away...

Neat idea, I always wonder at those who are learning, who are they learning on?

I wonder what he thought of a turtle being named after him...

 

[Prince of Spires]

Shame that all his work would rot so quickly away...

There's an idea for a horror novel. Have the tattoo artist collect the tattoos because he doesn't want them to rot...

 

[Romy]

There's an idea for a horror novel. Have the tattoo artist collect the tattoos because he doesn't want them to rot...

The portfolio of the dead...
Instagrim...

 

[RoccO]

I had a story idea about the second coming of Franz Ferdinand, Francis Bacon, and a time travelling black hand.