Status Updates:A little progress is better than none. I've had to change up my process in order to deal with the Cat and I have high hopes. What's Next:The Wizard's Cat The SC Marva Collins (no change): What I'm Reading: I've been reading a lot of stuff over the last month. A lot of fantasy but for the last week or so I've been chewing through a pulpy space opera series. Scott Baron crossed my streams back in 2023 but I stumbled on his Dragon Mage series early last month and got hooked. I'm up to book 8 now, which tells you only that I'm having fun reading it. The basic set up is that our hero Charlie gets sucked into an inadvertent wormhole that deposits his ship and crew on a sandy plain on a distant planet. It's some time before he discovers just how distant and the unfolding universe keeps him on his toes. Charlie is my kind of character and the people he finds and who find him just keep stirring the stew pot of a story. Magic. Dragons. Time travel. Skullduggery. Mayhem. Even a sweet love story or two threaded through the worm holes. But, as always, don't take my word for it. Maybe grab a sample of book 1, Bad Luck Charlie and see what you think. This month's honorable mention goes to Becky Black's Vacant Possession. A story about how Earth almost gets snatched away from humanity by some legal shenanigans in a galaxy far, far away but all too familiar. Looking Ahead: I'm still playing games and telling myself stories. The notebooks and pens keep me on my toes as I work through the various pieces of story that will - eventually - be fitted together in the eldritch environs of Shackleford House. My goal for the few weeks: Keep pushing it forward. I've got all these cool pens and a good excuse to use them. I intend to keep doing that. It's difficult to have my entire work process yanked out from under me. Whether it's a function of cancer and the attendant treatments, a feature of my age, or perhaps just one of those things that happens when what always used to work doesn't any more. I'm being pushed back into "How do I do this?" after years of "Oh, this goes here. That goes there." Keeping what I've learned so far as a foundation, all I need to do is rebuild the house from the loose sticks and ashes. It sounds terrible but it's rather exciting. Anyway, until next month, safe voyage. -NL Remember Beta Readers: Every so often, I put out a call for beta readers. These are people who are willing to read the work in progress in a short period of time with only the briefest of notices. I'm going to be fine tuning this process going forward but if you'd like to be considered for future works, then click this link. And thanks. Fine Tuning: Would you prefer to get ONLY new release notices? YES, PLEASE Note: Newsletter people will get New Release notices, too, but |
Full-time self-published author and sometimes podcaster, I write and publish science fiction and fantasy. I also write about the business of writing and publishing in The View From Here.
Status Updates: Ups and downs but there is progress being made. Some of it with writing, even. What's Next: The Wizard's CatIt's coming together. You know what they say about herding cats. Future IshmaelIshmael's still on my table for future works. Tanyth FairportI really want to get back to her and the people in that world. When I'll find the time is anybody's guess. The audiobooks are still in limbo. Sorry. What I'm Reading: Lots of reading this month with "next in the series" books, but a...
Status Updates: Color me "Cautiously Optimistic" after too many weeks of thinking "any day now." What's Next: The Wizard's CatI'm pretty sure this Cat may be feral. Every time I put out food and water, offer it shelter, it sneaks in during the night, eats the food, spills the water, and hacks up a hairball on the doorstep. So, basically, acts like a cat. Lately, I've found dead mice on the front porch, lined up as gifts. I think I'm winning. Maybe. Future IshmaelSeveral people have asked...
Status Updates: I started out with such good intentions and wound up with all these paving bricks. What's Next: The Wizard's CatIt's still the only work on my word processor. I'm still trying to get my head around it so I can actually finish it. The SC Marva Collins (no change):All three of the Marva Collins books are now up in ebook, paper, and audio. Future IshmaelSeveral people have asked about Ishmael's future. I'm not done with him yet. At least I'm not done with that universe. There's...