Catching up with myself

After an exceptionally busy few months I'm finally catching up with all those niggling little side-projects I've got on the go. Promotion for my book Jaque's Magic Beans is going well; I've performed seven signings and readings and one radio interview, sold a good many books and hosted a short story competition.

Throughout that time I've built a following of over 150 people on Twitter and posted over 140 unique pieces of twiction – exceptionally short stories – which have been well received. I've also been asked by Deadstar Publishing to compile a book containing the best of these twictions along with other, previously unpublished, micro-fictions and this is scheduled a release date at the end of November.

Where does that put me now? Well, the novel that I have been working on since summer 2008 has fallen to one side for long enough; I plan to enter Nanowrimo this year and perform a complete re-write which will include many changes to the plot and premise since my original conception of the idea in 2007. A novel that I have been editing, and co-authoring with a friend is coming close to being complete so I want to see that finished before the end of 2010. On top of all that, I have been commissioned to write the first arc in a comic book series; with planning and plot outlining now nearing completion it is nearly time for me to begin scripting. I can't give any more information on that at the moment, but as soon as I'm permitted to, I'll share the details.

You might think that with those projects to continue I wouldn't have any spare time – but thanks to the miracles of careful planning I am still able to take on freelance editorial work, so if you – or anyone you know – has need of my services, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.

Until next time, take care! Oh, and click here to return to the site.