2021: Stuff To Do (To Start With)

Now I’m not going to make a massive list of resolutions and promises that spans the entire year, because like most of us I’ve got no bloody clue what’s going to happen in the next few months, let alone the whole year. But as a new year dawns, I have a few things on my mind that I want to do creatively and with this blog throughout 2021, so I figured I should tell you lot what they are.

The big one, of course, is getting another book out. Hopefully, that book will be Untitled Second Boiling Seas Book, which as I’ve mentioned occasionally is well underway and (finally) seems to be approaching an end-point to the plot. There’s still an awful lot of cutting and other editing to be done on it, of course, but finishing the damn thing looks a lot more achievable now than it did a few months ago. So hopefully I’ll be getting that out in the summer. If not that, then something else. But another book for certain.

I’ve also got a few things I need to review. Carried Away to start with (which I will finish soon, Ethan, if you’re reading), but also some other non-book things I’ll probably want to talk about, namely The Clone Wars (once I finish it) and Star Trek: Discovery (once I start season 3 properly). Also some video-game stuff. I just played through Portal Stories: Mel over the holiday, and it was a seriously well-made thing, so expect to hear about that properly soon. I generally want to start putting a few more reviews up on this blog this year, so they’ll be a good start.

In terms of my actual writing I want to do some more short stories. As I’ve actually had a few picked up recently, I’m running low on short pieces to send around, and I’d like to write a few standalone pieces for a change.

Also, Salvage Seven. Despite the fact that I haven’t posted any more of it since February, I haven’t forgotten about it. Part/Book/Whatever 2 of the story is almost finished – I’ve just taken a long old break. So I’ll try and finish that up this year, do a bit of tweaking, and then post the next chunk of Gideon and company’s tale.

So: new book, more reviews, more shorts, and more Salvage. That’ll certainly do to start with.