EMISSARY SEQUEL
EMISSARY SEQUEL
No, I haven’t finished writing Qilin (chee-LEEN) yet, but I have finished the first draft, which means the basic story has been written. Now begins the revision process in which I try to make it a whole lot better.
However, I will set it aside for a month to marinate while I finish writing a novella that goes back to Earth to explore what life was like for ordinary people living in the last days of Earth. This is in response to readers who have asked for more about the lives of ordinary people as the end of the world approaches.
The novella is tentatively titled The Last Ark, and explores three perspectives: (1) a young man living outside the Greater Cairo Enclave; (2) a young woman living in a poor section of the Buenos Aires Enclave; and (3) a thirteen year old girl in a middle class neighborhood of the Greater San Francisco Enclave.
I had hoped to publish Qilin in winter 2023, but it’s looking like it will slide into the spring. Writing a scientifically credible and realistic story about colonizing an alien planet, while avoiding the myriad cliches found in similar books, has proven more challenging than I expected. It is written in four acts, and I have finished the first draft of the first three acts and am working on the fourth act. I'm liking what I have so far.
No, I haven’t finished writing Qilin (chee-LEEN) yet, but I have finished the first draft, which means the basic story has been written. Now begins the revision process in which I try to make it a whole lot better.
However, I will set it aside for a month to marinate while I finish writing a novella that goes back to Earth to explore what life was like for ordinary people living in the last days of Earth. This is in response to readers who have asked for more about the lives of ordinary people as the end of the world approaches.
The novella is tentatively titled The Last Ark, and explores three perspectives: (1) a young man living outside the Greater Cairo Enclave; (2) a young woman living in a poor section of the Buenos Aires Enclave; and (3) a thirteen year old girl in a middle class neighborhood of the Greater San Francisco Enclave.
I had hoped to publish Qilin in winter 2023, but it’s looking like it will slide into the spring. Writing a scientifically credible and realistic story about colonizing an alien planet, while avoiding the myriad cliches found in similar books, has proven more challenging than I expected. It is written in four acts, and I have finished the first draft of the first three acts and am working on the fourth act. I'm liking what I have so far.
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