It's amazing how time gets away when you're distracted. Just after my last post (15/9/18) a member of my family was in a serious accident. We're very lucky in that he's breathing and walking--two things that were at risk at the time--but it meant my writing and everything associated with it was put on hold. It's taken me this long to come back.
So, where am I up to now?
Dragon God: the sequel to Warrior Pledge is edited and ready to roll and I'm just starting the process toward self-publishing that title. It was finished last year but put on hold, along with everything else. I'll advertise a release date once I work out how the whole self-pub thing works.
In Another Life: the contract with Escape Publishing ran its course and I have my rights back for this title. I've been preparing it for self-publishing as well. I just need to find the perfect cover for it. I know exactly what I want, it's just a matter of deciding if it's viable or if I need to find something else.
New stories:
Something new:
I've decided to take up painting and am going to design a cover for The Satin Bowerbird anthology, Tangled up in Blue. We'll see if it's successful.
The picture:
I took the picture at the Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba, QLD last weekend. It's a festival that's held every spring and we try to get up there for it if we can. I'm thinking I'd like to paint this one.
So, where am I up to now?
Dragon God: the sequel to Warrior Pledge is edited and ready to roll and I'm just starting the process toward self-publishing that title. It was finished last year but put on hold, along with everything else. I'll advertise a release date once I work out how the whole self-pub thing works.
In Another Life: the contract with Escape Publishing ran its course and I have my rights back for this title. I've been preparing it for self-publishing as well. I just need to find the perfect cover for it. I know exactly what I want, it's just a matter of deciding if it's viable or if I need to find something else.
New stories:
- I have a vintage romance novella completed and currently being edited. It's set in Ipswich (QLD, Aus) in 1931 in the midst of a diphtheria break-out and explores the difficulties and inevitability of re-imagining the family in the face of loss and societal and legal restrictions. Working title is Morrison and Mackenzie.
- I'm also working on a novella as part of an anthology with a couple of other authors. It's been both a fun activity and a steep learning curve. Trying to make all the stories fit together while remaining autonomous has been a challenge. First draft is done and we're going through all the joint scenes to make sure there are no clashes. Working title for this story is The Satin Bowerbird.
- I've begun a murder mystery novella. It was going to be a short story but it took me 3800 words to introduce the main characters, the victim and the suspects. I still have no dead body. And I have twelve characters on the first page, so it needs major editing already, before I can move forward. I've called it The Spotted Dog and am working on it between editing runs of the others.
Something new:
I've decided to take up painting and am going to design a cover for The Satin Bowerbird anthology, Tangled up in Blue. We'll see if it's successful.
The picture:
I took the picture at the Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba, QLD last weekend. It's a festival that's held every spring and we try to get up there for it if we can. I'm thinking I'd like to paint this one.
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