Progress Report: September 2015
Hi, folks! I thought I’d try something a little bit different today, so I’m going to have a go at updating you with where I am with a few different projects. Lots of stuff is happening all over the place at the moment and life is sort of simultaneously chaotic and ultra-productive, so this could be interesting.
Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home:
This is the book of poetry that I’m currently pulling together – about half of it is committed to memory because I perform it, and so I’m sort of slowly trying to memorise the other half. Meanwhile, I’m waiting for my friend Rosy to do the illustrations – she’s already done a couple and they look awesome, but she’s also trying to arrange her wedding and so she’s pretty strapped for time. But then, I’m in no particular rush, either!
Former.ly:
Former.ly is the novel that I’ve been working on for two and a half years. It’s taken this long because I’m an idiot, and I decided to write it out by hand. Still, I’m currently working on the last chapter and I think it’ll clock in at just over 90,000 words as a first draft, and about 80,000 after editing. I’m hoping it’ll be out and in people’s hands early next year.
Forsaken RPG Game:
I posted an announcement on the website a couple of weeks ago to announce that, due to inherent limitations in the software that I was using to make the game, I’d have to terminate the Forsaken RPG early. Well, it’s pretty much there – I’ve finished tying up the loose ends and writing the story line, and the walkthrough is about 90% complete, but I do need to finish play-testing it myself to make sure that it is actually possible to complete it.
Social Paranoia:
The non-fiction book that I’m working on, about how social networking can make us paranoid and how we can protect ourselves, has hit 10,000 words and I think I’m between 15-20% complete. I’ll take that, because I only started working on it a couple of weeks ago, although the research survey did take six months and I’d been planning it for a while before that.
Robots V.S. Zombies:
This is all very hush hush at the moment, but I’m currently planning out a trilogy of novels in the Robots V.S. Zombies series, which I may or may not pursue. However, I do have a little green notebook which I’m using to slowly plot out the trilogy over cigarette breaks, so I guess we’ll see…
Anyway, I think that’s pretty much it for current projects that I’m actually likely to pursue through to completion. But that could change! That’s why you ought to follow me on Facebook and Twitter and to check back often for further updates. In the meantime, I’ll see you soon!
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