Project update

Where did April go? Didn't I just do an update post? Anyone else find that this month just flew on by? So, project update. Well, I'm still struggling away at rewriting Tranquility's Grief. Never again will I leave a book for a year in between edits. It really becomes stale and passionless at that stage. I'm nailing off a page or two a day on it, though. So, in 365 days, it should have this revision done. Sigh.

(Whoever says writing is easy should stay away from me right now)

I finished the first major draft of "Sisip Learns to Shapeshift". I'm hoping to pick it back up in May and do another revision on it. (See? I've learned my lesson).

I'm nearly done "No More Blank Screen: Blogging Ideas for Fiction Authors." (working title) Yup, I've written a non-fiction reference book! Some of you may recall that I mentioned having a pet project a few months ago. Well, I decided to go ahead and self-publish it as a small reference guide. The goal is to have it ready to go out Jun 1, depending on edits, cover art, and formatting of course. More details to follow.

Spirits Rising is now the official title for my previously untitled UF paranormal mystery what is this thing called novella. The series will be novella-length, set in Newfoundland. I'm aiming for a Dec 1 release. I'm also planning to self-publish that.

Now, some of you might be wondering why on earth I'm self-publishing, since I often speak out against it so much. I'm against self-publishing when it's a slapped together, word vomit, waste of the alphabet. I will continue to be against that kind of work. I've hired editors that I trust to work with me to ensure that there will be no difference in quality between my publisher works and my self-published ones.

Does that mean I've given up on publishing? Hell, no. Tranquility's Blaze is still out in the submission world with publishers. I am currently researching for a new fantasy series that I plan to start writing next year sometime, which I also will be aiming to submit eventually through a publisher. I plan to submit Sisip through publishers. And let's not forget Road to Hell is being publishing through MuseItUp this November.

Nothing has changed.

So, why these projects? For the blogging guide, I felt there was a need for it from the number of blogging questions I've fielded in the last year. It's short (30 pages or so), so it isn't like I can sell it to a publishing house. It's way too long to turn into a blog post (or even several). So, self-publishing it as an ebook is the best choice for the project.

Likewise with Spirits Rising. I really just want to write a fun urban fantasy set in Newfoundland. I'm from Newfoundland. I love the place. I love the culture, the music, the scenery. So, I want to reflect my home and roots in fantasy. So, because of that, I want to control more of those things in the story. I also love writing novellas, so this gives me an excuse to combine two things that I love and am passionate about.

So, that's where I'm at. It's a busy next two months for me, as Road to Hell edits will be coming back, I'm going on a trip back home to NL in June, and I'm trying to get some projects finished up and moving along.

I might be blogging a little less over the next month, but I'll try really hard to keep up.

How is everyone else doing? Is it busy for everyone else, too?