This place could use a good dusting…
I’ve been busy. Busy enough, at least, that sitting here and telling you about what was doing and needws to do seemed too time consuming. Why talk about it when I can actually just get on with getting it done, right? Right. But, now that I have a moment to spare, I figured I would go ahead and chronicle my endeavors. So, let’s see…
First, the books. Book one, “Harbinger”, is about as done as I can make it. I’ve edited it, reedited it, edited again, and then had someone else go over it for me twice in the midst of all that. Until a publisher decides to take it on and sics an editor on it, I’m through with it. As for book two, “King’s Knight”, I’m about half-way through the first draft of it. I lost a little steam by switching back to book one for awhile, but I think in the end it will benefit the novel because now I remember some of the things that happened more clearly, things that affect events in book two, things that I need to now amend. I would be working on book two right now, but after all the typing and reading I’ve done over the past month or so, I just can’t bring myself to do it. Next week though, I will. Right now, though, I need to replenish my energy and strength.
I’ve also been working really hard on my short story mini-series, “The Ties That Bind”. Originally the title had “Tales Of The Breaking Dawn” in front of it, but since I might not ever return to that world, that pre-title seemed a bit pointless. Anyway, even though I gave the stories a major editing several months ago (reducing it from four stories to two, and while doing so cutting it from approx. 35,000 words to 21,000), I had to go through it and edit it once more. I want to enter it into a competition, but the word limit for the contest is 17,000 words. To get it down to that I had to go through it and just rip and slash everything that didn’t have a direct bearing on the story, contracting any two words I could into one, while at the same time adding in a little something here and there to make it all flow better. By the time I was done, I’d gotten it down to 16,200 words, and now it’s all just one long story. I think it is a very smooth, very fun read, but we’ll see what the judges say. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Lastly, I’ve been working really hard on the podcast. I’ve been getting interviews set up, chatting with people in the industry to get advice, sort through various bits of work, and generally just put everything together. It certainly hasn’t been easy. On the plus side, we’ve gotten some really good shows out, and I think we’re just now finding our footing.
Plus, I’ve been reading Patrick Rothfuss’ (we interviewed him on the podcast) novel “The Name Of The Wind”, and it is just incredible. I’m not a big fantasy reading anymore, but this book has pulled me back in. Just amazingly well written. I can’t recommend it enough. Go buy it now, and thank me later.
Anyway, that’s it from me for now. Just writing this little bit out has drained me. I’ll come back as soon as I can. Take care.
