Book 3 Underway!
Yeah, I know I said I was going to rest my brain (and fingers) a bit after having drafted Book 2, but I started writing Book 3 today, and already cranked out 5K words on it. So much for resting my brain!
This series has been snap, crackling, and popping for me, and I (guardedly) think it might actually be able to find its audience. I love the characters in it so much, which makes writing them really easy for me, especially having built out the world they inhabit.
It's both an homage to and a parody of things I love, which I think helps with the writing of it. I know I'm being vague, but I never like to let the steam out of the boiler when I'm in the zone.
Further, it's going to be weird because my rough battle plan for release is:
Book 1 (BRIGHTEYES): June 2024
Book 2 (TBA): 2025
Book 3 (TBA): 2026
So, even though I'm writing these books now, 2 & 3 won't be appearing until '25 and '26. My hope is that BRIGHTEYES will captivate enough readers that the demand for the sequels will be there well ahead of time.
I honestly don't know if the ease of writing these books is because of the worldbuilding or type of story or even that I've had these characters in my head for >28 years, but it's just cooking for me!
Part of me thinks that if I'm able to crank 3 as readily as I did 1 & 2, I should do 4, 5, 6, and 7 the same way. Just keep lining them up and writing them. Then I could have them banked and rolled out as needed.
Ideally before AI comes along and steamrolls all of us human writers into oblivion. That said, this is such an accessibly quirky and fun series that it should still be enticing to readers, even if the AI apocalypse descends upon us all.
Sebadoh | On Fire
This series has been snap, crackling, and popping for me, and I (guardedly) think it might actually be able to find its audience. I love the characters in it so much, which makes writing them really easy for me, especially having built out the world they inhabit.
It's both an homage to and a parody of things I love, which I think helps with the writing of it. I know I'm being vague, but I never like to let the steam out of the boiler when I'm in the zone.
Further, it's going to be weird because my rough battle plan for release is:
Book 1 (BRIGHTEYES): June 2024
Book 2 (TBA): 2025
Book 3 (TBA): 2026
So, even though I'm writing these books now, 2 & 3 won't be appearing until '25 and '26. My hope is that BRIGHTEYES will captivate enough readers that the demand for the sequels will be there well ahead of time.
I honestly don't know if the ease of writing these books is because of the worldbuilding or type of story or even that I've had these characters in my head for >28 years, but it's just cooking for me!
Part of me thinks that if I'm able to crank 3 as readily as I did 1 & 2, I should do 4, 5, 6, and 7 the same way. Just keep lining them up and writing them. Then I could have them banked and rolled out as needed.
Ideally before AI comes along and steamrolls all of us human writers into oblivion. That said, this is such an accessibly quirky and fun series that it should still be enticing to readers, even if the AI apocalypse descends upon us all.
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Feb 23, 2024 03:19PM
I feel your pain with AI (I'm also a writer and editor). I can't wait to read these!
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Becky wrote: "I feel your pain with AI (I'm also a writer and editor). I can't wait to read these!"The writerly pain is real! But I think you'll enjoy this new trilogy! Not horror -- more super-urban fantasy adventure thriller (with an emo knife twist or two). Super-fun books!
