So I’m back in Kutaisi again, recharging my netbook battery due to some chronic electricity problems out in the village. \u00a0Seriously, I think I heard a transformer explode this morning. \u00a0Anytime it rains, you can prettymuch expect a blackout here in rural Georgia. \u00a0Hope for the best, plan for the worst–but that’s the subject for another post.<\/p>\n
Anyhow, here’s where things currently stand with\u00a0Star Wanderers:<\/strong><\/p>\n Part III: Sacrifice<\/strong> is almost ready for publication, and will hopefully be up in a few weeks. \u00a0I’m just waiting for \u00a0some feedback from my first readers, to make sure there aren’t any major problems. \u00a0I made some pretty big changes to the story after getting some helpful feedback I got from my friend Laura, so I don’t want to put it out until a few other eyes have seen it in its current form. \u00a0Of course, I’ll need some help with proofreading, so if anyone wants to exchange services (proofreading or formatting), just shoot me an email.<\/p>\n As for\u00a0Part IV: Homeworld,<\/strong> I’m currently wrapping up the 2.0 draft and should have it finished by the end of the week. \u00a0I’m really excited about this story, especially the ending I have planned and the way I want to bring together all the threads from the first three parts. \u00a0You know that moment when a story just comes together naturally, without being forced or anything? \u00a0Yeah, that’s what I’m experiencing right now. \u00a0It’s awesome.<\/p>\n So the plan is to publish\u00a0Star Wanderers: Sacrifice (Part III)<\/strong> sometime in mid-late October, and to publish Star Wanderers: Homeworld (Part IV)<\/strong> sometime in November. \u00a0As with parts I and II, they will both be free via Smashwords for the first two weeks to subscribers of my email newsletter. \u00a0To sign up, fill out the form in the sidebar ——–><\/p>\n This isn’t the end of the\u00a0Star Wanderers<\/strong> series, of course. \u00a0I’ve already completed the first draft of a parallel novelette to Part I: Outworlder<\/strong> from Noemi’s point of view. \u00a0I’d also like to do stories with the other characters, like Samson or Mariya. \u00a0And of course, there’s the omnibus for parts I-IV, which I’ll probably release early next year. \u00a0If you’d like to see a story from any particular point of view in this universe, let me know–I’m always open to new ideas.<\/p>\n In the Gaia Nova series, I’m hoping to publish\u00a0Stars of Blood and Glory<\/strong> by January. \u00a0I’ve been in touch with my copy editor, and things are looking good for a 2012 release. \u00a0I need to make another quick revision pass first, which I’ll probably finish in October, and then we’ll see about getting the ball rolling.<\/p>\n So that’s where things stand right now. \u00a0I’m happy to see that sales are trending up on all the platforms where I’m published, which means that I can reinvest more in new titles and put them out more frequently. \u00a0And my teaching schedule here in the village is pretty light, which means I have lots of time to write–that is, when we actually have electricity. \u00a0And even when we don’t, there’s always pen and paper.<\/p>\n That’s just about it for now. \u00a0My battery’s almost at 100% and it’s starting to get dark, so I’d better go. \u00a0See you all later!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So I’m back in Kutaisi again, recharging my netbook battery due to some chronic electricity problems out in the village. \u00a0Seriously, I think I heard a transformer explode this morning. \u00a0Anytime it rains, you can prettymuch expect a blackout here in rural Georgia. \u00a0Hope for the best, plan for the worst–but that’s the subject for… Continue reading Update on STAR WANDERERS and other projects<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[857,569],"tags":[42,705,529],"class_list":["post-7752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sw","category-sbg","tag-frustrations","tag-georgia","tag-indie-publishing","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-212","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7752"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7754,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7752\/revisions\/7754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}