Happy New Year! Bring on the resolutions!
If any of you stalk my Goodreads profile or check Amazon's new book list, you'll probably have noticed a little something like this:
This is an ebook titled Festival. You know, in case you missed the block lettering (it is kinda hard to read, so I can't poke too much fun).
Any of you who followed my blog posts in October will have seen the debut of Isolde, a new novelette that I wrote for Halloween. Well, Festival is the sequel. Sort of. It's far from that simple. You see, Isolde follows a character named (shockingly) Isolde. Festival, however, does not. In fact, it has a full cast of new characters. So how, exactly, does that make it a sequel? That's the fun part.
Isolde kicks off the story of a world that can no longer see the sun. She aids the sun in its disappearance by killing a unicorn. But in this dark world, there is a lot more at play. Isolde will appear again in the series, as will Urwin, Forestyne, and Maurelle from Festival. Their stories are just getting started. But rather than writing it as one big, long book (I hate editing, and smaller pieces make me less likely to procrastinate) I'm writing it in smaller pieces of roughly ten thousand words. This gives me an interesting opportunity.
Because these stories are written in smaller pieces, it allows me a lot of freedom. Which, for an author, is like walking into a candy store with several hundred dollars to spend however you like. The result of this freedom is that this story is also a puzzle. Every chapter has one (or more) clues to the mysteries in the overall story. The questions you ask in each story just might be answered in a following chapter - if you can find the clues.
To make it even more fun, I am going to be jumping around in the timeline of the story. For those of you who've watched Once Upon A Time, it might feel similar.
Once I have six or seven completed and published separately, I'll be collecting them into an omnibus for sale. But until then, I plan on making them free to read for all Amazon Prime members, and only ninety-nine cents for purchase.
I have five or six more of these novelettes scheduled for the first half of next year (one of my resolutions is to write more), and to keep me on track, I'm going to post the working titles (they may change) here, along with when I hope to publish. (I saw Brandon Sanderson do something similar, and thought it was a genius idea for the new year):
Ashrinde - January
When sirens appear in the bay of the kingdom of Harch, and an army marches over their northern border, Ashrinde's talent for gossip and eavesdropping is called into service.
Melisande - February
When a stranger arrives at a powerful duke's manor to court the duke's only daughter, Melisande's maid is the only one to mistrust him. She believes he has ulterior motives for wooing her young mistress - but is she right?
Love story - February
No, I don't have a better title yet. No, I don't even have a vague synopsis. Yet. But it's February. I have to do something for Valentine's Day, right? Right.
Maurelle - March
The shadowy place called the Crossroads is where all evil is spawned, and it is Maurelle's birthplace. Brought up to believe she is human, she is kicked out of her childhood home and must find her own way. Can she survive in a world where everything that lives exists to harm humans?
Lorica - April
Orphaned and living with her ill grandfather, Lorica would do anything to save him - even make a bargain with the realm of Faerie.
Willard - May
A bounty has been announced by Queen Isolde. She wants every unicorn horn in the world, and will pay handsomely for them. Willard's master, however, wants information, not gold. Why does the queen want unicorn horns?
So there you have it. My (tentative) list of novelettes that I plan to complete and publish in the next five months. I have rough drafts for most of them completed (thank you, NaNoWriMo!) but editing still needs to be completed.
I hope everyone had a happy New Year - and good luck with those resolutions!
This is an ebook titled Festival. You know, in case you missed the block lettering (it is kinda hard to read, so I can't poke too much fun).Any of you who followed my blog posts in October will have seen the debut of Isolde, a new novelette that I wrote for Halloween. Well, Festival is the sequel. Sort of. It's far from that simple. You see, Isolde follows a character named (shockingly) Isolde. Festival, however, does not. In fact, it has a full cast of new characters. So how, exactly, does that make it a sequel? That's the fun part.
Isolde kicks off the story of a world that can no longer see the sun. She aids the sun in its disappearance by killing a unicorn. But in this dark world, there is a lot more at play. Isolde will appear again in the series, as will Urwin, Forestyne, and Maurelle from Festival. Their stories are just getting started. But rather than writing it as one big, long book (I hate editing, and smaller pieces make me less likely to procrastinate) I'm writing it in smaller pieces of roughly ten thousand words. This gives me an interesting opportunity.
Because these stories are written in smaller pieces, it allows me a lot of freedom. Which, for an author, is like walking into a candy store with several hundred dollars to spend however you like. The result of this freedom is that this story is also a puzzle. Every chapter has one (or more) clues to the mysteries in the overall story. The questions you ask in each story just might be answered in a following chapter - if you can find the clues.
To make it even more fun, I am going to be jumping around in the timeline of the story. For those of you who've watched Once Upon A Time, it might feel similar.
Once I have six or seven completed and published separately, I'll be collecting them into an omnibus for sale. But until then, I plan on making them free to read for all Amazon Prime members, and only ninety-nine cents for purchase.
I have five or six more of these novelettes scheduled for the first half of next year (one of my resolutions is to write more), and to keep me on track, I'm going to post the working titles (they may change) here, along with when I hope to publish. (I saw Brandon Sanderson do something similar, and thought it was a genius idea for the new year):
Ashrinde - January
When sirens appear in the bay of the kingdom of Harch, and an army marches over their northern border, Ashrinde's talent for gossip and eavesdropping is called into service.
Melisande - February
When a stranger arrives at a powerful duke's manor to court the duke's only daughter, Melisande's maid is the only one to mistrust him. She believes he has ulterior motives for wooing her young mistress - but is she right?
Love story - February
No, I don't have a better title yet. No, I don't even have a vague synopsis. Yet. But it's February. I have to do something for Valentine's Day, right? Right.
Maurelle - March
The shadowy place called the Crossroads is where all evil is spawned, and it is Maurelle's birthplace. Brought up to believe she is human, she is kicked out of her childhood home and must find her own way. Can she survive in a world where everything that lives exists to harm humans?
Lorica - April
Orphaned and living with her ill grandfather, Lorica would do anything to save him - even make a bargain with the realm of Faerie.
Willard - May
A bounty has been announced by Queen Isolde. She wants every unicorn horn in the world, and will pay handsomely for them. Willard's master, however, wants information, not gold. Why does the queen want unicorn horns?
So there you have it. My (tentative) list of novelettes that I plan to complete and publish in the next five months. I have rough drafts for most of them completed (thank you, NaNoWriMo!) but editing still needs to be completed.
I hope everyone had a happy New Year - and good luck with those resolutions!
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