The Hard Part’s the Story

You get to a point in the initial stages of a story where it kind of clicks. Where the plot shifts from a vague idea and a series of “What next?” questions to a big picture with all its edges defined.

That’s where I am—finally!—with the new novella/novel. I have notes for every scene through the end, they all add up to something pretty much makes sense, and quite a lot of those scenes are either done or in pretty good shape. It’s looking like this thing will run 20 or 30 thousand words. So shorter than a novel but longer than a short story. A novella. But we’ll see. The story’s a mystery, with a bit of magic and a lot of weirdness, and prose I’m rather digging.

All I’m really missing now is a title. Which is weird because those are usually the first thing to come to me. Working title’s Mr. V, and I don’t like that much.

Animus Audiobook Promo Codes

The audiobook version of Animus, my short story collection, is now widely available. And I still have quite a few promo codes for it. So if you up for leaving a review on Amazon and Audible, send me an email and I’ll give you a code to get a free copy.

For what it’s worth, the last story in the collection introduces the main character of the probably-getting-a-new-title Mr. V.

Patreon

I’ve setup a Patreon page for my writing. If you’re pretty sure you’ll want to read Mr. V and whatever books I release after that, signing up’s a great way to support future stories while effectively pre-ordering them at $2 a pop, less than it’ll cost to buy them on the Kindle. And you don’t pay anything until I actually release something. If I get enough supporters, it’ll let me do cool stuff, like have professional audiobook narration done for each, or get them into print in addition to ebook releases. Give it a look.