Updates

It’s been a rough few weeks.

On one hand, my planned gallstone operation got called off at literally the last minute (long story).  On the other, my sinusitis has been playing up again and I’ve had a handful of days I literally couldn’t do any actual work.  My grand plans for the next few months have gone splat – basically, I’m hoping to finish The Revolutionary War in a couple of weeks (I have to go on holiday first, as the school holidays crept up without me noticing) and then …

I’m not sure.  I need to write Book 2 of Chimera Coup.  I also want to write The Alchemist’s Secret (The Zero Enigma), but I’ve done a lot of fantasy recently and I need to get back to SF. 

(On the plus side, I got the edit for All for All (Cast Adrift III) and I intend to do it tomorrow.)

This is going to be tricky.  I’ve hit a writer’s block on Endeavour II – I know roughly what happens in Book III, but Book II (provisional title The Lone World) is causing a problem and I haven’t figured out how to solve it (yet).  I’ve also let my mind run away with a near-future cross-time war story, which will be a completely stand alone piece of work (or a trilogy; it depends how things go.) 

I have two other ideas.  I have a rough plan for a pair of Empire’s Corps novels; one which will either follow Prince Roland or a new hero (let me know which one you prefer), another which will follow a small and very unwelcome planetary population fighting to survive after the empire withdraws, leaving them to their fate. 

I’ve also been looking at a possible plot for a sequel to Coup d’état, which will be set in what is (now) an alternate future.  Interested?

And I need to do three more Fantastic Schools novellas/short stories.  Or at least two of them.

Speaking of which, we’ve planned the next three collections. There’ll will be, hopefully, a general collection (anything goes), a collection based on teacher/staff stories and a sports collection.  If you’re interested in contributing, please check out the rules here. 

I recently launched The Stranded and Chrishangers, the latter with a pre-order promotion.  The Stranded didn’t take off the way I’d hoped (so if you liked it please leave a review) but the Chrishangers promotion worked surprisingly well (again, please review). 

Anyway, that’s enough moaning.  Back to work for me

Chris