May's Writing Progress
First the bad news. Progress on Command Authority has stalled. I think I'm going to have to make an(other) outline of it and figure out what I've promised the reader, and how to deliver it.
Now the good news. The short story I mentioned last time is now live for my newsletter subscribers. It's called The Old Palace by Torchlight. A mysterious plague is slowly killing the people of the city of Korayaesh. An equally mysterious personage called the Benefactor has taken up residence in the Old Palace, and offers a cure to anyone who wins a lottery. A young man called Hinaeg suspects that all is not what it seems, and so when his elderly neighbour wins the lottery, he gives up his place to Hinaeg. There's just one catch - the cure requires a one-way trip to the Benefactor's homeland.
This story is separate from any of my others, and so is spoiler-free. To read it (and four other short stories), subscribe to my newsletter by going to http://eepurl.com/_5EDX The welcome email will tell you where the stories are. (Full disclosure - three of the five stories also appear in my collection of sci-fi shorts, Racing the Storm and Other Stories.)
The even better (I hope) news. The latest writing prompt from one of my groups got a bit confused. Someone suggested mosaics, then someone else suggested kites, then a third person suggested sand dunes. I thought I'd try writing something that featured all three. (I've found that writing prompts work best for me when they're fairly specific. If you give me a vague or broad one, I find it too hard to pick from all the possibilities.) By the time I got home from the meeting, I'd decided to write a short story set in my dragonriders world, about what happened after the dragons had decided they didn't want to be ridden any more. I thought I'd finish it in a few days, but it's nearly 9,000 words, and has occupied most of the month, with more to come. It should be done in time for the next of these posts (famous last words!).
Now the good news. The short story I mentioned last time is now live for my newsletter subscribers. It's called The Old Palace by Torchlight. A mysterious plague is slowly killing the people of the city of Korayaesh. An equally mysterious personage called the Benefactor has taken up residence in the Old Palace, and offers a cure to anyone who wins a lottery. A young man called Hinaeg suspects that all is not what it seems, and so when his elderly neighbour wins the lottery, he gives up his place to Hinaeg. There's just one catch - the cure requires a one-way trip to the Benefactor's homeland.
This story is separate from any of my others, and so is spoiler-free. To read it (and four other short stories), subscribe to my newsletter by going to http://eepurl.com/_5EDX The welcome email will tell you where the stories are. (Full disclosure - three of the five stories also appear in my collection of sci-fi shorts, Racing the Storm and Other Stories.)
The even better (I hope) news. The latest writing prompt from one of my groups got a bit confused. Someone suggested mosaics, then someone else suggested kites, then a third person suggested sand dunes. I thought I'd try writing something that featured all three. (I've found that writing prompts work best for me when they're fairly specific. If you give me a vague or broad one, I find it too hard to pick from all the possibilities.) By the time I got home from the meeting, I'd decided to write a short story set in my dragonriders world, about what happened after the dragons had decided they didn't want to be ridden any more. I thought I'd finish it in a few days, but it's nearly 9,000 words, and has occupied most of the month, with more to come. It should be done in time for the next of these posts (famous last words!).
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