Plotting Behind Your Back
I’ve been quite busy recently, using all my free time to work on my writing rather than dredging up interesting blog topics. The ever-so-witty post title really explains what I’ve been doing, at least in part.
For starters I completed the first draft of my follow-up to Fate’s Needle. The working title is Islands in the Fog. I’ve let it “cool off” for about a month, and am now just going back in to tighten up the story and prose. I’ll be sending it to a beta reader for feedback after that’s done. The plan right now is to have the book out in Jan/Feb 2013.
So what did I do during that cooling off period? So glad you asked! I plotted two more novels, both high fantasy stories. When I say plot, I don’t just mean something like: “The Dork-Lords of Grond have stolen the Magic Dixie Cup of Clarity and only the Fair Prince can retrieve it. So he does some questing and stuff to get it back and make a girlfriend. The End.” Nope, I go all out. I’ve got two books planned plot-point by plot-point, scene by scene. I just need to sit down and write the darn things! But my Ulfrik stories take a front seat. I’ve already got third book for Ulfrik on training wheels right now.
In addition to the above, I wrote a short story as well. It’s a horror story, which I will probably publish under a pen name. No sense confusing my audience. I’ll need a good name. How about Dirk LeRouge. Too “Twilight?” How about Stan McSmashfist? That’s probably for action stories. I’ll think of something.
All frivolity aside, I also ensured that Fate’s Needle is now available in paperback! Through the magic of CreateSpace, I am able to have this as a print-on-demand book. The process was a little tricky, but I did it. I was quite pleased with the results. The proof copy looks awesome. If you don’t like reading books on e-readers, phones, or computers you can enjoy my story as a traditional book. Now that I know how easy it is provide paperback options I’ll be offering all my future works in both electronic and paper formats.
