{"id":3297,"date":"2010-11-02T03:51:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T07:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2010-11-02T04:02:30","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T08:02:30","slug":"new-projects-and-other-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/new-projects-and-other-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"New projects and other stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I started the sequel to Mercenary Savior<\/em> today; I figure I can take a couple months off to finish the rough draft, then leave it in the trunk until the first one sells.<\/p>\n

The working title of this one is Into the Nebulous Deep,<\/em> which captures the main premise quite nicely (though let me know if it doesn’t jive with you).\u00a0 It takes place five years after the events of Mercenary Savior. <\/em>James is a lieutenant in the Colony’s civil defense forces, and has made a name for himself as an ace gunboat commander.<\/p>\n

\"\"The basic premise is that the Colony is falling into economic ruin and must therefore make a mass exodus in order to survive.\u00a0 Their only real option is to flee into the Good Hope Nebula, where FTL drives don’t work and the Hameji can’t follow them.<\/p>\n

Deep in the nebula are newly born stars with planets and proto-planets, and they hope to re-establish themselves there.\u00a0 Of course, nothing happens quite that smoothly, and James is going to find himself putting out fires most of the time.<\/p>\n

While all that is going on, however, I hope to put him in the middle of a love triangle.\u00a0 I have the ending of it planned out, and it can ONLY happen this way in a science fiction novel.\u00a0 Oh man, the twist is going to be way interesting–and incredibly hard to pull off well.\u00a0 I’m up for a challenge, though, and I can already tell this one is going to be fun.<\/p>\n

For some reason, things worked out so that I started this novel on November 1st.\u00a0 Because of that, I suppose I’m doing it for a nanowrimo–since hey, the rough draft is probably going to be between 120k to 140k words long, and I want to finish it before January.\u00a0 Sounds tough, but I’ve got the money saved up to take off a few weeks and work on my writing, so that’s what I plan to do.<\/p>\n

In loosely related news, I hope to start running soon.\u00a0 My brother in law ran a marathon this year, and he’s going to help me get set up.\u00a0 Basically, I need to get in shape for the wilderness job I hope to train for in January, and also because hey, I need to take better care of my body.\u00a0 Besides, I’ve found that exercising boosts my writing tremendously, which is something I definitely need.\u00a0 Exercise = win\/win\/win.<\/p>\n

The most pressing thing on my mind now, however, is the article I need to write about the history of “the class that wouldn’t die.” I’m working on a very tight deadline, and absolutely must produce.\u00a0 I wish I hadn’t been so flaky with the previous deadlines, but it is a volunteer magazine and I have had other pressing things taking up my time.\u00a0 Not any more–I’ll get it done right away.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I’m tired and must get some sleep.\u00a0 I wish I could function like one of Stephanie Myer’s vampires, but reality is a harsh and unforgiving mistress.\u00a0 One of these days, though, I’ll be free of her–just you wait!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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