One of my friends asked why I don’t post on my blog anymore, and I realized that I haven’t posted anything here in forever. It’s not that I’m not doing anything worth blogging about, it’s just that it keeps slipping my mind to post something. So hopefully that will change.
On the writing side of things, I’ve decided not to give myself any specific direction for the rest of the month other than to write at least 2k words per day (or revise at least 10k words). After my last WIP took a month longer to finish than I’d expected, I’ve come to realize that I might be able to be more productive if I changed up which projects I’m working on. So for the next couple of weeks, I’m giving myself permission to work on anything, just to see what excites me the most right now.
I’ve been spending a lot of time with my writing friends recently. We’ve had some very interesting discussions, such as whether the 2nd amendment should apply to nukes and which modern cities are most likely to be abandoned in the next 200 years (Detroit doesn’t count, since it’s pretty much already there). It’s fun to get together and burn things, especially when you have a cast iron skillet and bacon. Good times–maybe I’ll post a couple pictures from the next bonfire.
I just finished all the new covers for Desert Stars, Stars of Blood and Glory, and Sholpan, so you can expect to see a few cover reveals soon! I’m keeping the artwork, but updating the typography to look more, well, professional.
Also, I just got an email from the Writers of the Future contest that they should have the finalists for the 4th quarter decided in about a week, and my story is still in the running! I’m super super nervous about this, because I think the story may actually be good enough to have a decent chance. You never can tell about these things, though–writers are horrible judges of quality when it comes to their own work. In any case, either way, I’ll probably self-publish that story once I hear back.
Winter is here, and I haven’t stocked up on LDS cannery hot chocolate yet. The shame! If the apocalypse happens between now and April, I’ll be broke (I am convinced that the LDS church offers hot chocolate as a food storage item so that we’ll have some form of currency in the event of the apocalypse).
In any case, I’d better get back to writing. Take care!
