Barbara Eberhard's Blog - Posts Tagged "development"
Next Up?
I'm starting to write my next book. Except I'm actually writing two books, or four depending on how you count.
First up, the one that I've done the most work in, is a memoir. It's a companion piece to the biography of my father, written about 2020 and losing both parents in a month during a global pandemic. I've called it A Journal of Grief, though the current draft is more about the events than the grief. I think reckoning with my grief came after their deaths. So perhaps it makes sense that I lay out what happened first, and then address the challenges that came afterward. We'll see.
The other book is actually a new fantasy trilogy. It's very early on; still only in the ideas stage. I've created the world, though, which is a significant step. The premise is dichotomies. The world is divided into people who live on the water and people who live on the land. They have evolved differently, and they think differently about their world and each other. What exactly is going to happen, what the quest is, and how the world is saved - or evolved - is something I'm still working through.
More to come!
First up, the one that I've done the most work in, is a memoir. It's a companion piece to the biography of my father, written about 2020 and losing both parents in a month during a global pandemic. I've called it A Journal of Grief, though the current draft is more about the events than the grief. I think reckoning with my grief came after their deaths. So perhaps it makes sense that I lay out what happened first, and then address the challenges that came afterward. We'll see.
The other book is actually a new fantasy trilogy. It's very early on; still only in the ideas stage. I've created the world, though, which is a significant step. The premise is dichotomies. The world is divided into people who live on the water and people who live on the land. They have evolved differently, and they think differently about their world and each other. What exactly is going to happen, what the quest is, and how the world is saved - or evolved - is something I'm still working through.
More to come!
