Yet More Updates …
It’s been a rough few weeks.
To summarise a long story, I had my sinus operation four weeks ago, my wife had a medical procedure of her own, my father had to go to hospital too and, unfortunately, my wife and I both got a rather nasty cold. The good news is that, thanks to the operation, I wasn’t rendered completely useless during that period. The bad news is that it was still pretty unpleasant.
After much delays, I have finally completed the first draft of The Demon’s Design. The book requires the normal editing, as well as some more detailed work, but I will get to that as soon as possible. The reaction from the beta readers was largely positive. I have also completed six chapters of Queenmaker, which are currently on my blog – feel free to read them and offer comments at any moment. However, some of my other projects have been delayed. I completed a sports themed and tutoring themed pair of novellas for Fantastic Schools, but the planned general novella has been delayed. Hopefully, I should be to get to it after the next novel – The Firelighters (A Learning Experience).
The other piece of good news is that I will be collecting the early Schooled in Magic novellas into a single collection, and adding a new and exclusive novella, now they’ve had their year as part of the Fantastic Schools collection. As there is no need for this collection to be school-themed, it can be a story exploring other aspects of the nameless word. What would like to see?
For example, there’s the story of what happened to Cat when he left Emily in Cursed and went hunting for Jacqui. There’s a story of a young man who runs away from home to join the army, and/or a mercenary band. There are stories of settlements on the far side of the mountains, now the war is over, or stories of new technology changing the world (for better or worse). Or the story of a young woman who becomes a blademaster and the trials she faces she learn to draw her sword for the first time.
Please let me know which one you want to see and I will find out if I can develop the idea into a proper story.
And a very big THANK YOU to everyone who wished me a happy birthday yesterday.
Chris
