2016 is the Year of the Tie-In
(Crossposted from Jennifer Brozek)
I’ve already written about what I did in 2015. Now I’m looking forward to what I need to do for 2016. The short version: A whole lot of contracted tie-in fiction, some editing, and a bunch of travel.
Contracts signed: 1 board game mythology/background, 1 reprint RPG fiction collection, and 1 tie-in novel.
Forthcoming contracts: 1 serialized YA tie-in novel, 1 anthology as editor, and 2 tie-in short stories. (As in, discussion is done, I’ve agreed to do it, and we’re just waiting on paperwork.)
Planned contracts: 1 tie-in novella. (Proposal requested. Writing is probably slated for early 2017 if all parties agree.)
Planned editing: 2 novels, 2 omnibuses, 3 novellas, 1 monthly fiction feature, and 1 anthology. (For Apocalypse Ink Productions and Evil Girlfriend Media.)
Events planned: 8 conventions (3 as GoH), 1 workshop, 2 readings, 1 wedding in Iceland.
The writing metrics for 2016 are daunting. It’s about 200,000 words of contract tie-in fiction. This doesn’t count any of the editing for that work or research or one-off anthologies or one-off articles. Or any blog posts. Or any of the 10,000 other things a freelance author-editor does.
What this means is that I’m going to have to buckle down and change my personal working schedule. I’m probably going to have to institute a “no internet before noon” policy to focus on my writing. Leave all the email and such to the afternoon once my word count for the day is done. It is too easy to fritter away my time online, answering emails, reading articles, and watching videos.
Scheduled Appearances:
Jan 8-10, 2016, OrcaCon, special guest
Jan 26, Reading at University Bookstore
Feb 5: Foolscap, Workshop leader
Feb 12-14, 2016, RadCon, Writer GoH
Mar 23-27, Norwescon, dealer/panelist
May 12-15, StokerCon, Panelist
Jun 15-20, Origins Game Fair, dealer/panelist
Aug 17-21, Worldcon/MidAmericon, ??
Sep 4-6, Tracon XI in Tampere, Finland, GoH
Nov 4-6, We Are All SF Con, Ocean Shores, Lead Writer GoH
