2019 Retrospective
This was what I said I wanted to do in 2019:
- Publish another audiobook (probably The Reluctant Dragonrider ).
- Complete the first draft of The Dragons of Asdanund (the sequel to The Mirrors of Elangir ).
I achieved the first, but am still beavering away at the second (I'm now about 75,000 words in).
As usual, I did a few other things that weren't on the list...
- I published an audiobook of Escape Velocity.
- I wrote another short story as a bonus for subscribers to my mailing list (click to subscribe). This is a science fiction story called Provisional Report on Laniakea Alpha. The previous mailing list bonus, History Lesson, is still available if you haven't read it yet, or would like to read it again.
- I made a couple of short videos. The first is called Helpdesk, and was inspired by some of the frustrations I face in my day job. The second is an anecdote about accents inspired by something that happened to one of my great-aunts many years ago.
- I wrote a couple more science fiction short stories, though I haven't decided how (or whether) to publish these yet.
- I took over as editor of the One Million Project's blog. Mostly this means I schedule posts and remind contributors when it's their turn to write something. Officially, articles are supposed to further the project's aims, which are to raise a million pounds for Cancer Research UK and Emmaus, a charity that helps the homeless. Unofficially, I'm fairly generous in interpreting that.
- I've been interviewed several times on Chat and Spin Radio, an online radio station based in Tyne and Wear in the UK. The co-owners of the station, Ian Johnson and Ron Clark, present a show where they interview numerous authors and musicians. I'll probably be on again in the new year. The best way to find out when I'm scheduled is to like my Facebook author page, where I post announcements about my appearances. I'll also tell you when the replays of the shows become available on Mixcloud.
- For the month of December, I'm one of the sponsors of Chat and Spin Radio. If you listen to any of their live programmes (the ones that don't say "(REC)" on their schedule), then about three times an hour, you'll hear someone say, "Fantasy author Steven J Pemberton sponsors..." and a little promo for the Barefoot Healer series.
Come back in a few days to see my ambitions for the first year of a new decade!
- Publish another audiobook (probably The Reluctant Dragonrider ).
- Complete the first draft of The Dragons of Asdanund (the sequel to The Mirrors of Elangir ).
I achieved the first, but am still beavering away at the second (I'm now about 75,000 words in).
As usual, I did a few other things that weren't on the list...
- I published an audiobook of Escape Velocity.
- I wrote another short story as a bonus for subscribers to my mailing list (click to subscribe). This is a science fiction story called Provisional Report on Laniakea Alpha. The previous mailing list bonus, History Lesson, is still available if you haven't read it yet, or would like to read it again.
- I made a couple of short videos. The first is called Helpdesk, and was inspired by some of the frustrations I face in my day job. The second is an anecdote about accents inspired by something that happened to one of my great-aunts many years ago.
- I wrote a couple more science fiction short stories, though I haven't decided how (or whether) to publish these yet.
- I took over as editor of the One Million Project's blog. Mostly this means I schedule posts and remind contributors when it's their turn to write something. Officially, articles are supposed to further the project's aims, which are to raise a million pounds for Cancer Research UK and Emmaus, a charity that helps the homeless. Unofficially, I'm fairly generous in interpreting that.
- I've been interviewed several times on Chat and Spin Radio, an online radio station based in Tyne and Wear in the UK. The co-owners of the station, Ian Johnson and Ron Clark, present a show where they interview numerous authors and musicians. I'll probably be on again in the new year. The best way to find out when I'm scheduled is to like my Facebook author page, where I post announcements about my appearances. I'll also tell you when the replays of the shows become available on Mixcloud.
- For the month of December, I'm one of the sponsors of Chat and Spin Radio. If you listen to any of their live programmes (the ones that don't say "(REC)" on their schedule), then about three times an hour, you'll hear someone say, "Fantasy author Steven J Pemberton sponsors..." and a little promo for the Barefoot Healer series.
Come back in a few days to see my ambitions for the first year of a new decade!
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Our community TV channel did a feature about the writers' group, and I'm in it, reading a bit of The Accidental Dragonrider and talking about my writing process.