Writing Update

It's been a while since I updated you on my current writing projects.

Here's what I've been working on:

1. Mind's Eye Series

I have just finished two new short stories for Book 5 in The Mind's Eye series.

Both stories were inspired by photographs, one by Helle Gade and the other by Martin David Porter.

Our editor (Bob Helle) told me that my first story, "Somewhere In Time" (a strange tale where nothing is as it seems), reminded him of the Twilight Zone series. My second story is called "Sand and Water". Interestingly, both titles were inspired by music titles - Somewhere in Time ( Iron Maiden album title) and Sand and Water (Beth Nielsen Chapman). The line "Solid stone is just sand and water," fits well with my story.

You can find out more about the series and the writers/photographers involved by following this link: http://quietfurybooks.com/mindseyeser...



2. Lost and Found - short story collection

My new collection of short stories, "Lost and Found" is currently with my beta readers. I hope to release that sometime early next year.

The stories are:

A Different World
An Innocent Man
Boomerang
What's Left Unsaid
Office Gossip
Birthday Boy
Happy Anniversary

All the stories (apart from Boomerang) were originally written for short story competitions in the '90s. They had been saved on an old floppy disk. When I found the disk a few years ago, it had become corrupted, so I thought the stories were lost. I found printed copies in a drawer at home last year and decided to edit them and publish them. I wrote "Boomerang" last year as an extra story for the collection.



The title "Lost and Found" seems apt because I'd originally thought the stories had been lost. Also, "Boomerang" was originally called "Lost and Found", but I often change titles of stories after I finish them :)

I also had the help of Bob Helle in editing this collection.

3. New novel

I'm due to send my sixth novel to my editor shortly (I'll be using Bob Helle again for this one). Its working title was "In the web of dreams and lies" but I think I already have too many books with "dream" in the title, so will be thinking up a new title... to be revealed soon.

The new novel is a fantasy/horror/romance/thriller with a bit of humour. It was a lot of fun to write and I'm looking forward to publishing that sometime next year.

4. Co-writing project

Last, but not least, I've been working on a novel with Darcia Helle. The idea came from Darcia. So far we've written ten chapters. It's an interesting concept and none of us have any idea where it's going as the characters have already taken over! With any luck, we'll be able to reveal more about this project early next year.

That's all for now.

Check out my website for all the up-to-date news: http://www.mariasavva.com