October 2024 News

Hello my darlings.
The first draft of these posts is always a ridiculosity to behold, especially this part. What if, just for once, I don’t edit it?

Writing

I had my first author panel recently at a local author event. I spoke about adapting a novel to an audiobook. Us authors were given tables to display our spreads, which was cool. I sold some books and met a ton of new friends.
If you were wondering why you heard nothing about this, it’s because I failed to post about the event and here’s the ONE picture I took while there. Promoting isn’t my strength.

I’m so excited about V&V2, aka The Heathen Tide. Every weekday I improve the wordcount and general quality of this story. The fact that I’m this excited for it despite its age is really encouraging.

V&V2 will conclude the story which started with Violence & Vigilance. The condensed synopsis is: A war that’s been promised for 300 years finally occurs. A more detailed synopsis might mention that V&V2 concludes the journeys of twenty-something named characters, new and old. That aspect was always tricky because every last one of them has their own motive and values and driving force and only rarely do even two of them overlap.

If there’s anything I’ve learned (or any lesson that’s been reinforced) it’s that Cool Moments take priority over everything else. When in doubt, make something cool happen.

What if the escaped uergatas end up befriending and riding wild orcanes?

practical me: “Not likely because [boring technical reasons].”

smart me: “I will make that happen at all costs.”

Next month

Wait, that’s it? No talk of kayaks or Hurricane Helene or simulations or paludariums or films or games or even your camping trip?

Correct. Gotta write.

see you then

dtl