The Making of Cleric Journal Part Four
Originally published at J.A. Pitts. You can comment here or there.
Okay, tomorrow we start back with the second season of Cleric Journal: The Further Adventures of Useless Lump. What will happen next? Will our hapless hero find another to worship with? Will he find out the fate of his friend, Liz? Who is this dwarf Bob? And what’s up with that enigma Wizard Tim?
Season one has wrapped at just over 60k words. I’m in the process of having this portion professionally edited. Then I’ll clean up any copyright issues, get it formatted and find a cover artist in the inevitable publication of an EBook. Depending on how this works, I may also release a paper copy. There are folks who have expressed an interest in getting a comprehensive collection of the existing daily posts to make it easier to read. So, that’s what I’m doing.
Going forward I’m strongly considering a Patreon account (feel free to chime in here with your thoughts). I will continue to post daily for this next season, but will collect each 2-3 week section into individual episodes for the Patreon backers. Then when I reach the 60K mark again (and a terminus in the story line) I’ll release another EBook (and possibly paper).
Depends on how well the Patreon thing goes, I may also write some new short stories highlighting in full detail certain events during each season without the somewhat unreliable narration of Useless. What really happened in the island tower and just why did that island explode? What happened with Sparkle/Lilith left Liz and Useless? I’m open to other requests as well. Which portions of the story would you like to see more fully rendered. Leave suggestions, you never know what will strike my fancy and feed the muse.
This is all an experiment in delivering story to my fans, keeping the words flowing in a way that is entertaining to me, growing my footprint out in the wide world and perhaps, making some money on the side. As much as I love to write, it’s very critical to me that I pay my mortgage, buy groceries and help put my kids through college. It’s a madcap life.
Stay tuned for further news of the Patreon account and gear up for Monday’s next installment of Useless Lump.