Projects and Proposals
I returned from the Borderlands Press Writers Bootcamp last weekend with an invitation to send a specific project to the EIC of a major publishing house based on a two page assignment we did at the camp, so I spent much of my weekend fleshing that out - writing a full synopsis, character notes, summary page, and three sample chapters. I'm actually very excited about the piece and hope it is received well.
The same editor suggested I send a different piece over to an editor at one of their imprints, so any other spare time I had this week went into knocking that project into shape. Both proposals went to my agent Thursday night and he reviewed them, asked for a few changes, and then got them out the door on my behalf before the end of the day on Friday.
I'd be more than happy to start work on either one of them after finishing A TEAR IN THE SKY but I'd be even happier to sell both.
Speaking of TEAR, my editor in Germany gave me a few extra weeks because there is a backlog of work on his end and he couldn't do anything with the manuscript even if I had made the Jan 31st deadline. So I've got the extra time I needed to finish this up properly, without a major stress filled rush at the very end. With the completion of TEAR, I will have finished up the major story arc begun in HERETIC and continued in A SCREAMOF ANGELS. Readers will discover the true identity of the Adversary, what exactly happened to Cade's wife Gabrielle, and the choice Cade must make when the future of the world hangs in the balance. I'm still working on a way to bring the final two books to the English language market and I'll post news here when I have it. Both A SCREAM OF ANGELS and A TEAR IN THE SKY will be available to fan of HERETIC at some point - you deserve to know how it all ends!
I think my Storytellersunplugged essay this month will focus on my experiences at the Bootcamp, so I'll leave any comments I have on that topic until the 15th. Stay tuned!
The same editor suggested I send a different piece over to an editor at one of their imprints, so any other spare time I had this week went into knocking that project into shape. Both proposals went to my agent Thursday night and he reviewed them, asked for a few changes, and then got them out the door on my behalf before the end of the day on Friday.
I'd be more than happy to start work on either one of them after finishing A TEAR IN THE SKY but I'd be even happier to sell both.
Speaking of TEAR, my editor in Germany gave me a few extra weeks because there is a backlog of work on his end and he couldn't do anything with the manuscript even if I had made the Jan 31st deadline. So I've got the extra time I needed to finish this up properly, without a major stress filled rush at the very end. With the completion of TEAR, I will have finished up the major story arc begun in HERETIC and continued in A SCREAMOF ANGELS. Readers will discover the true identity of the Adversary, what exactly happened to Cade's wife Gabrielle, and the choice Cade must make when the future of the world hangs in the balance. I'm still working on a way to bring the final two books to the English language market and I'll post news here when I have it. Both A SCREAM OF ANGELS and A TEAR IN THE SKY will be available to fan of HERETIC at some point - you deserve to know how it all ends!
I think my Storytellersunplugged essay this month will focus on my experiences at the Bootcamp, so I'll leave any comments I have on that topic until the 15th. Stay tuned!