{"id":10901,"date":"2017-01-21T00:19:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T07:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=10901"},"modified":"2017-01-21T00:19:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T07:19:03","slug":"plugging-along-with-gunslinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/plugging-along-with-gunslinger\/","title":{"rendered":"Plugging along with Gunslinger"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/div><\/div>Gunslinger to the Stars<\/div>
Phase:<\/span>3.0 Draft<\/div><\/div>
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So I’ve passed the 50% mark on\u00a0Gunslinger to the Stars,<\/strong> which is kind of pathetic because I was hoping to finish it by today. Regardless, it WILL be finished soon, and when it is, it’s going straight to\u00a0the editor.<\/p>\n

Right now, I’m shooting for a publication date of May 15th. Things are on track to put it up for pre-order\u00a0by the end of February, except I probably won’t put it up on Amazon until a month before it comes out (Amazon nerfs pre-orders for indies). Regardless, I am REALLY excited.<\/p>\n

I’ve also got a super rough book description. Seriously, it took maybe twenty minutes and definitely needs some work. But if you’ve been following\u00a0Gunslinger’s<\/strong> progress and are curious to see it, here it is. Feedback is definitely appreciated.<\/p>\n

The name’s Sam Kletchka. Perhaps you’ve heard of me: captain of the Star Runner, military contractor for Earthfleet and interstellar privateer. But before all that, I was a hired gun, freelancing across the galaxy one gunslinging job at a time.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you’ve also heard about the incident in the Gorinal Star Cluster. There’s a lot of things that the powers that be, especially the Immortals, don’t want you know. I’m here to set that record straight. When the jumpgate went dark, I was there, along with Jane Carter, my better half, Tarak, my telepathic copilot, and the empath shapeshifters of the Silver Diadem.<\/p>\n

It was a tough scrape, but fortunately, I brought some friends: LOVE, my 1911 9mm; KINDNESS, my 2011 .45 ACP; MERCY, my Ruger .22 Charger Rimfire; FAITHFULNESS, my .300 AAC Blackout; RIGHTEOUSNESS, my .50 Beowulf; JUDGMENT, my M203 grenade launcher, PRESERVATION, my Mossberg 590A1; and TRUST, my 15″ Chainpure Kukhri. But the greatest of these is CHARITY, my alien-modified AR-15.<\/p>\n

If you never want to leave your safe space, then stay down there on Earth. As for the rest of us, we’ll be chasing our destiny among the stars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, that’s definitely not going to be the final version.<\/p>\n

It’s interesting just how much this book has changed through the last two revisions. The story hasn’t changed at all, but it’s shed more than 20% of the words in the revision process and I’m not even finished with the third draft.\u00a0When I told my roommate that I wanted to cut out a good 10k words this draft, he thought I’d have to cut out a character or something. Yet that hasn’t been the case.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing how much you can improve a story by cutting out all the unnecessary words. It’s\u00a0the difference between\u00a0a small shot of deliciously thick hot chocolate, and a\u00a0large mug that is far too watered down. I thought I had the main character’s voice down, but it didn’t really shine until I started aggressively cutting.<\/p>\n

That’s the thing about measuring progress by word count. Sometimes, it’s not about how much you can write, but how much you can cut out.<\/p>\n

Between now and May, I’m going to write a short story from Jane Carter’s point of view. It’ll be something of a prequel, and hopefully showcase a bit of her character. I’d also really like to write a short story from Tarak’s POV, but that’s going to take a bit more thinking through.<\/p>\n

Lots of interesting story stuff going on behind the scenes. I’ll do my best to keep you guys updated on the blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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