Rob’s Update: The Answer
Greetings all
It’s cool to me that this year, week 42 starts on 14 October. I knew the answer to life, the universe, and everything had something to do with the Battle of Hastings.
It’s been a good week. I made progress on a short story for the next Phases of Mars story. I had hoped to come up with a third to follow Far Better to Dare and In Dark’ning Storms but I never found a hook. I found a battle, but not a hook. I may follow up with some longer form stuff, because I enjoy where that world went, but short stories require a hook and this would have just been a fight with no interesting end.
I now have a time, place, and a hook. Better yet, it’s in my wheelhouse. It has to do with Anglo-Saxon England, but nothing to do with Hastings. There’s your hint.
I also did a bunch of clearing of deadwood in None Call Me Mother. It’s starting to flow a bit, when I’m not working on short stories.
I talked about my work, or lack thereof, in my update on Sunday. If you haven’t read it, it’s here: http://robhowell.org/blog/?p=1757. Basically it covers my plan to better manage my writing and travel schedule so I don’t get burned out.
But that is in the past. I have ideas and a keyboard. Time to write.
Current Playlist Song
Something for Nothing by Rush from All the World’s a Stage. I remember getting this tape and playing it as loud as I could over and over in my orange 1962 VW bug. Ah, good times.
Quote of the Week
And since it has some of my favorite lyrics, here’s the chorus from Something for Nothing. Especially appropriate for me to remember given my recent funk.
“Oh you don’t get something for nothing
You don’t get freedom for free
You won’t get wise
With the sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your dreams might be”
– Something for Nothing, Rush
News and Works in Progress
None Call Me Mother (58,007)
HMWH (3361)
CB (8,418)
AFS (8,088)
Recent Blog Posts and Wiki Additions
Interview (Alex Rath): http://robhowell.org/blog/?p=1768
Magazine Review (Worlds of If 10/71): http://robhowell.org/blog/?p=1760
Rob’s Update (Restart): http://robhowell.org/blog/?p=1757
Quick Thoughts on Pro Football: http://robhowell.org/blog/?p=1764
Upcoming Events
25-26 June, Autumn in Grimfells, Pineville, MO
http://grimfells.net/event/742-autumn-in-grimfells
14 December, Kris Kinder Market, Kansas City, MO
https://sites.google.com/site/kriskindermarket/home
Spotlight
This week’s spotlight is on Alex Rath, another writer in the Four Horseman Universe. You can find his interview at: http://robhowell.org/blog/?p=1768.
Today’s Weight: 388.4
Updated Word Count: 167,049
Shijuren Wiki: 874 entries
Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.
Have a great week, everyone.
Rob Howell
Author of the Shijuren-series of novels
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Currently Available Works
Shijuren
A Lake Most Deep (Edward, Book 1)
The Eyes of a Doll (Edward, Book 2)
Where Now the Rider (Edward, Book 3)
I Am a Wondrous Thing (The Kreisens, Book 1)
Brief Is My Flame (The Kreisens, Book 2)
None Call Me Mother (The Kreisens, Book 3) Forthcoming
Four Horsemen Universe
“Where Enemies Sit” in For a Few Credits More (The Four Horsemen Universe)
“A Sword for Striking” in Luck Is Not a Factor (The Four Horsemen Universe)
The Feeding of Sorrows (Four Horsemen Tales, Book 11)
Short Stories
“A Gift of Crimson” in Hand of Gold and Other Stories (Pussy Katnip)
“Far Better to Dare” in Those In Peril (The Phases of Mars)
“In Dark’ning Storms” in To Slip the Surly Bonds (The Phases of Mars)
“The Chaos of Well-Seeming Forms” in We Dare
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