Random Musings From The Cave
I can't believe 3 months of 2015 have already slipped away. Here, in Northeast US, we've been fairly shut in with the tremendous amount of snow and bad weather so I've been spending a lot of time in the writing cave.
My tendency in the past has been to publish one book a year, but with all the writing I've been doing it's starting to look like a break-out year. No promises yet, but you may see two or three from me in 2015.
As to progress, I'm cleaning up the final draft of the 2nd in the Apprentice series, The Dragon's Castle. It has tons of romance, adventure, swords and sorcery and is a real page turner. Looks to be falling in the 500 page range.
I've also finished the first draft of the 3rd in the Apprentice series, The Worthy Apprentice. I took this one somewhat in the murder-mystery style, which was a lot of fun for me. Also in this book we see several of the creature-kind characters that can control leopards, cheetahs, cougars, hawks, eagles and the like. I was fairly surprised at how much fun these characters were to pen. I think you're going to fall in love with Felix and Leonna. This book is clocking in at around 350 pages.
I worked on the final chapter in the Apprentice series for most of March, then sat it down because I was getting a little burnt out on it. Still the first 6 chapters are fleshed out. Working title is Into Darkness. If you like epic battles then that book will be fantastic for you becuase this is where it all comes together.
So, like I said, I sat part 4 down to clear my head. I think I was starting to get a little writer's block, so to avoid that, I usually switch to something else for a bit. Hence Community 17.
I had this crazy little idea for a dystopian novella, working title: Community 17. I'd recently read 1984 (for the third or fourth time, I think) and one of the most powerful things about the story for me is not so much Big Brother and how he controls society, but that the protagonist completely changes into what he hates. Very powerful.
I wanted to do something with that whole idea of being psychological manipulated to become the opposite of what you are. So I'm just finishing up this novella today. It's looking like 180 pages and about 40,000 words so it's sitting on the high-end length of a novella and short end of a novel, so I guess you can call it what you will. I think if you liked 1984, Brave New World or any of the great dystopian classics then it will appeal to you.
For those of you who beta-read for me, drop me a line if any of these are of interest. I should definitely have something press ready soon.
My tendency in the past has been to publish one book a year, but with all the writing I've been doing it's starting to look like a break-out year. No promises yet, but you may see two or three from me in 2015.
As to progress, I'm cleaning up the final draft of the 2nd in the Apprentice series, The Dragon's Castle. It has tons of romance, adventure, swords and sorcery and is a real page turner. Looks to be falling in the 500 page range.
I've also finished the first draft of the 3rd in the Apprentice series, The Worthy Apprentice. I took this one somewhat in the murder-mystery style, which was a lot of fun for me. Also in this book we see several of the creature-kind characters that can control leopards, cheetahs, cougars, hawks, eagles and the like. I was fairly surprised at how much fun these characters were to pen. I think you're going to fall in love with Felix and Leonna. This book is clocking in at around 350 pages.
I worked on the final chapter in the Apprentice series for most of March, then sat it down because I was getting a little burnt out on it. Still the first 6 chapters are fleshed out. Working title is Into Darkness. If you like epic battles then that book will be fantastic for you becuase this is where it all comes together.
So, like I said, I sat part 4 down to clear my head. I think I was starting to get a little writer's block, so to avoid that, I usually switch to something else for a bit. Hence Community 17.
I had this crazy little idea for a dystopian novella, working title: Community 17. I'd recently read 1984 (for the third or fourth time, I think) and one of the most powerful things about the story for me is not so much Big Brother and how he controls society, but that the protagonist completely changes into what he hates. Very powerful.
I wanted to do something with that whole idea of being psychological manipulated to become the opposite of what you are. So I'm just finishing up this novella today. It's looking like 180 pages and about 40,000 words so it's sitting on the high-end length of a novella and short end of a novel, so I guess you can call it what you will. I think if you liked 1984, Brave New World or any of the great dystopian classics then it will appeal to you.
For those of you who beta-read for me, drop me a line if any of these are of interest. I should definitely have something press ready soon.
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