Sylvester Olson's Blog - Posts Tagged "cascadia"
November Update and New Giveaway Announcement
The three months between late August and America's Thanksgiving holiday always move faster than other times of the year. Even though it's been that long since my last post, the first installment of the Geoduck Street sequel is still not ready to go. My editors have been busy, and the delicate matter of prodding them to actually attend to the volume has been as easy as pulling teeth. I'm still hopeful that I will "go live" with the new book sometime late this month.
In the meantime, I've been working on other projects when I can tear myself away from my school studies. I have a story set in the same universe as A Detective from Geoduck Street, which is neither a sequel nor prequel but an independent tale. I'm about 2/3 or 3/4 finished with this. I've also been working on two different game books (anyone remember the old "Choose Your Own Adventure" books from the 80's?). Finally, I have a short (and extremely silly) work that I'm composing entirely in Esperanto; I suspect the finished product will run between 50-80 pages. I plan for all four of these to "go live" sometime in the first quarter of 2017.
The events of this past week have been extremely troubling. Hillary Clinton won the American popular vote, and I hope that the rest of the world outside the US remembers that, assuming the voting percentages accurately sample the American public, 162+ million Americans are equally upset as I am about the unexpected shift the US may very well take. I began Geoduck Street in the late 90's, but the Bush years really shaped the story (as well as the sequels to come). Identifying as a Cascadian through those years helped me, as I was embarrassed and ashamed of what Bush and the Iraq War did to the US and the reputation of American citizens. I've always interpreted Cascadia to be an international concept (which is why British Columbians are just as Cascadian as I am). Identifying as part of an international region allows Pacific Northwesterners to rise above the pettiness that Trump and Red State American nationalism have unleashed on our society.
Because of my desire to present a positive face on the American Northwest, which overwhelmingly did not vote for Trump, I've decided to hold a new giveaway for A Detective from Geoduck Street. The contest is worldwide and across all continents.
In the meantime, I've been working on other projects when I can tear myself away from my school studies. I have a story set in the same universe as A Detective from Geoduck Street, which is neither a sequel nor prequel but an independent tale. I'm about 2/3 or 3/4 finished with this. I've also been working on two different game books (anyone remember the old "Choose Your Own Adventure" books from the 80's?). Finally, I have a short (and extremely silly) work that I'm composing entirely in Esperanto; I suspect the finished product will run between 50-80 pages. I plan for all four of these to "go live" sometime in the first quarter of 2017.
The events of this past week have been extremely troubling. Hillary Clinton won the American popular vote, and I hope that the rest of the world outside the US remembers that, assuming the voting percentages accurately sample the American public, 162+ million Americans are equally upset as I am about the unexpected shift the US may very well take. I began Geoduck Street in the late 90's, but the Bush years really shaped the story (as well as the sequels to come). Identifying as a Cascadian through those years helped me, as I was embarrassed and ashamed of what Bush and the Iraq War did to the US and the reputation of American citizens. I've always interpreted Cascadia to be an international concept (which is why British Columbians are just as Cascadian as I am). Identifying as part of an international region allows Pacific Northwesterners to rise above the pettiness that Trump and Red State American nationalism have unleashed on our society.
Because of my desire to present a positive face on the American Northwest, which overwhelmingly did not vote for Trump, I've decided to hold a new giveaway for A Detective from Geoduck Street. The contest is worldwide and across all continents.
Flammable Robots in the Deep Dark Woods
Klahowya! It's finally here!
The first volume in the serialized sequel to A Detective from Geoduck Street is now available. To celebrate, I will be running a Goodreads contest for the book beginning on January 11th.
In all, I will release six volumes for this novel. I'm preparing for graduate school, so my time is much more limited than before. Serializing the book and editing its complete draft bit by bit will allow me to complete and edit it in smaller pieces.
I've also just released Five Nautical Parsecs from Home. Be warned: this is not a new novel, but a selection from the middle section of A Detective from Geoduck Street that I plan on using for promotional purposes.
Happy New Year!
The first volume in the serialized sequel to A Detective from Geoduck Street is now available. To celebrate, I will be running a Goodreads contest for the book beginning on January 11th.
In all, I will release six volumes for this novel. I'm preparing for graduate school, so my time is much more limited than before. Serializing the book and editing its complete draft bit by bit will allow me to complete and edit it in smaller pieces.
I've also just released Five Nautical Parsecs from Home. Be warned: this is not a new novel, but a selection from the middle section of A Detective from Geoduck Street that I plan on using for promotional purposes.
Happy New Year!
