Hello to everyone! I know I been absent for us several weeks, but it’s been that busy. I hope everyone is well during this difficult time and hope I can offer a bit of distraction from the difficulties we’re all facing.
Progress, though somewhat slow is continuing in many ways. Over the last several weeks I’ve been picking up some steam as I work toward several goals at one time. Here’s the latest:
Anthology Projects
A possible cover.
My memory is dim on the point of mentioning anthologies earlier, but my intention is to publish several of these this year. These books will stem from short stories already written and which I’ve decided to share more widely. I’m excited about these projects and spending some time brushing up the stories for the first anthology. My hope is to release the first one within the month if at all possible.
If progress is good enough, I’ll share more about it next week.
One of the main holdups is deciding on a title for this anthology but I’m going with a working title of: Curses Dark and Foul. Your comments about the title are welcome but each story will involve a curse. After that, the next priority is settling on a cover that suitably represents the anthology.
Just have to finish the print cover
An Arrow Against the Wind Print Edition
I’ve also been making some progress with my print edition for An Arrow Against the Wind. The print formatted version of the book is now complete. I am working to adjust a print cover which I hope to have done in short order, but releasing that print version is very close at hand. I’m already working on the formatted version of The White Arrow and very excited to complete the series and print as soon as possible.
Reformed Mage & the Series
The biggest news is that I’m planning the preqeul/prologue for the first book or Reformed Mage with a target release date during the summer depending on how fast it’s ready. I’m doing some dictation for this content now. One of the main goals in writing this book is that it npth triggers me and challenges me with adding details about characters and the world building into my existing manuscript. So the project is twofold, releasing a prequel later in the summer and supplementing my thinking about the series and my ongoing revision.
As already mentioned, my main goal is to release a full novel beginning with the first book of the Reformed Mage series this year. If that’s going to happen this year, I will have to get with it and complete the revisions so I can send it to my editor as soon as possible. There’s also work on the cover which needs to be done, but that will happen over the next couple of months as the editing cycle continues. The main goal right now with the manuscript is completing the revision which includes some additions. Since I’ve reorganized all of the material that I first wrote for the series, I’m now working on a reconstructed order of the book that keeps me on task.
So those are the developments with all of my immediate writing. Of course there are more editions of the Reformed Mage series in the works with a rough draft already written of books two and three. The hope with the first book is that it will make all the editing easier to complete other books as I move forward.
That’s all for now, I’ll be back next week with more about what I’m doing immediately and some possible dates on releases for print and my first anthology addition. Thanks for stopping by today and visiting with me. Please share this post as you see fit over social media or a reblog and I’ll stand by with respond to your thoughts as soon as I am able. Don’t forget to leave an opinion regarding the anthology title: Curses Dark and Foul.
