{"id":8676,"date":"2013-06-26T17:52:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T23:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=8676"},"modified":"2013-06-26T17:52:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T23:52:21","slug":"no-new-books-this-month-but-the-next-few-should-be-stacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/no-new-books-this-month-but-the-next-few-should-be-stacked\/","title":{"rendered":"No new books this month, but the next few should be stacked."},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m working on Star Wanderers: Deliverance (Part VIII)<\/strong> right now, and it’s coming along swimmingly.\u00a0 Where the other novellas are pretty much character dramas in a space opera setting, this one is more space adventure with the character \/ relationship stuff under the surface.\u00a0 It’s all about Mariya and Lucca, how they meet and end up falling for each other in some very extreme circumstances.\u00a0 I think they crash-land on Zarmina in chapter 3, and things just get crazier from there.\u00a0 Today, I wrote a scene with some giant reptilian bird-monsters, and I think I pounded out 1,000 words in 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

So yeah, I’m having a lot of fun with that.\u00a0 The next one I’m going to publish, though, is Benefactor (Part VI),<\/strong> and I still have to do a lot of revisions on that one.\u00a0 So it probably won’t be out until next month sometime, probably closer to August–I want to make sure it’s as good as I can make it.\u00a0 But since the first draft of Reproach (Part VII)<\/strong> is already finished, it (hopefully) shouldn’t be much longer than that for it to come out, maybe in August.\u00a0 And Deliverance<\/strong> should come out soon after that.<\/p>\n

For now, my goal is to finish Deliverance<\/strong> this week, and start the revisions for Benefactor<\/strong> immediately after that.\u00a0 It would be awesome to get these books out in July > August > September, though it might be more like July > September > October.\u00a0 Definitely, I’ll have Part VIII out before the holidays, perhaps even Part IX or X as well.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I just started typesetting the print edition of Stars of Blood and Glory<\/strong> and set Desert Stars<\/strong> and Genesis Earth<\/strong> for expanded distribution through CreateSpace.\u00a0 There’s been some interesting developments in print-on-demand in the past few months, which may make it possible to get my books in bookstores through that venue.\u00a0 I still need to do some research on that end, but I do want to get the print versions out there at least.\u00a0 My first priority, though, is definitely writing.<\/p>\n

There’s been a great deal of interest in my Star Wanderers<\/strong> ebooks, not at blockbuster levels but certainly more than I was expecting.\u00a0 And it’s growing, too–June is already my best month ever sales-wise, and most of the reviews have been quite positive.\u00a0 If the momentum keeps up with the next few books in the series, I might (might!) be able to go full-time before the end of the year.\u00a0 Worldcon 2013 is definitely looking like a possibility, and if I can find some friends to room and\/or drive down with, chances are good that I’ll be going.<\/p>\n

So yeah, thanks for all your support and interest!\u00a0 This has been my dream for a long, long time, so it’s really gratifying to see it finally within my grasp.\u00a0 I definitely don’t take it for granted, so I will do all I can to write more and better stories for you guys.\u00a0 My goal is to write more than a hundred novels & novellas, and I’m already on track to do so!<\/p>\n

I’ll leave you with this video from Georgia, which I still miss almost every day.\u00a0 Man, I need to find another place that I can fall in love with as much as I did with that country.\u00a0 A small part of me wants to say “screw it all” and go back … in any case, here’s the video:<\/p>\n