Book Five is in progress and should follow in a month or so, with Book Six coming later this year.
Showing posts with label writing plans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing plans. Show all posts
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Just released - Snowybrook Inn: Book Four
As I wrote in a previous post, Snowybrook Inn: Book Four was recently released in ebook format, exclusively on Amazon.com. Three all-new stories set in my favorite fantasy world (of my own creation, of course; I can think of several fantasy worlds I like better, but I can't legally write in those, so...)
Book Five is in progress and should follow in a month or so, with Book Six coming later this year.
Book Five is in progress and should follow in a month or so, with Book Six coming later this year.
Return to Snowybrook Inn cancelled
I've re-considered how I'm doing future Snowybrook Inn stories. I started off publishing the series as short 70-80-page books back in 2012, and when I had released three, I combined them into one volume, Welcome to Snowybrook Inn.
Recently when I began working on more stories in the series, my plan was to write a novel's worth of stories and then release them all at once as Return to Snowybrook Inn. I even had a pre-order page set up on Amazon, as I thought the deadline might motivate me to write quickly. It has, but not as quickly as I would have liked.
So I've re-tooled my plans, and have decided to go back to my initial method, and just release short individual books, each containing about 70 pages worth of stories, as I finish them at my own pace. This also helps with the audiobook versions, which were also released in short 2-3 hour chunks and tied to the short book series rather than the collected Welcome to Snowybrook Inn volume. I couldn't take the shorter books off sale, because of the audiobook connection, and I thought having three smaller books and then two collected books, along with a comic book version, would just be cluttering the field, so to speak, and possibly lead to confusion among readers.
So anyway, cancelled Return to Snowybrook Inn, and just released Snowybrook Inn: Book Four a few short weeks ago, which is the subject of the next post.
Recently when I began working on more stories in the series, my plan was to write a novel's worth of stories and then release them all at once as Return to Snowybrook Inn. I even had a pre-order page set up on Amazon, as I thought the deadline might motivate me to write quickly. It has, but not as quickly as I would have liked.
So I've re-tooled my plans, and have decided to go back to my initial method, and just release short individual books, each containing about 70 pages worth of stories, as I finish them at my own pace. This also helps with the audiobook versions, which were also released in short 2-3 hour chunks and tied to the short book series rather than the collected Welcome to Snowybrook Inn volume. I couldn't take the shorter books off sale, because of the audiobook connection, and I thought having three smaller books and then two collected books, along with a comic book version, would just be cluttering the field, so to speak, and possibly lead to confusion among readers.
So anyway, cancelled Return to Snowybrook Inn, and just released Snowybrook Inn: Book Four a few short weeks ago, which is the subject of the next post.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Current Projects
I'm working on several concurrent writing projects right now.
One, which I'll be publishing in a few short days or a week, is a new collection of my poetry, titled Nuggets of Gold. I know the world is just clamoring for another book of my poetry (And yes, that is sarcasm).
The second is a new novel tentatively titled The House at the Center of the Worlds. I don't really know what genre it falls in. It's sort of a ghost story/haunted house/alternate worlds/romance novel, kind of a blending of Gothic horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
Third, I'm working on Zombie Galaxy 2, which will probably be titled Zombie Galaxy: Pandemic, but I'm not sure yet.
Nuggets of Gold will be published very soon. I'm shooting for June or July for both Zombie Galaxy 2 and House at the Center of the Worlds. Writing is well under way on both of the latter. But Zombie Galaxy 2 may take longer than that. I've got a new story line I'm thinking of adding to the book that will probably double its length. Not sure yet, though.
Further out, I have plans to write more Snowybrook Inn stories, a novel called Flames of the Sun which I've been putting off for far too long, and more Tales From the Big City. I'm probably going to be laid off from my day job in a month or so, and I plan to kick my writing into high gear at that time. Yes, I'm actually looking forward to being laid off :)
One, which I'll be publishing in a few short days or a week, is a new collection of my poetry, titled Nuggets of Gold. I know the world is just clamoring for another book of my poetry (And yes, that is sarcasm).
The second is a new novel tentatively titled The House at the Center of the Worlds. I don't really know what genre it falls in. It's sort of a ghost story/haunted house/alternate worlds/romance novel, kind of a blending of Gothic horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
Third, I'm working on Zombie Galaxy 2, which will probably be titled Zombie Galaxy: Pandemic, but I'm not sure yet.
Nuggets of Gold will be published very soon. I'm shooting for June or July for both Zombie Galaxy 2 and House at the Center of the Worlds. Writing is well under way on both of the latter. But Zombie Galaxy 2 may take longer than that. I've got a new story line I'm thinking of adding to the book that will probably double its length. Not sure yet, though.
Further out, I have plans to write more Snowybrook Inn stories, a novel called Flames of the Sun which I've been putting off for far too long, and more Tales From the Big City. I'm probably going to be laid off from my day job in a month or so, and I plan to kick my writing into high gear at that time. Yes, I'm actually looking forward to being laid off :)
Monday, January 9, 2012
My 2012 writing plans
Here are my writing plans for 2012:
Near the end of January or early February I will be publishing a novella, Scruffy Unleashed, adapted from my screenplay of the same title.
In February, I will be publishing a new novel titled Inferno: Go to Hell.
After that, I'm going to write a few more Snowybrook Inn short stories, then begin working on another novel.
I plan to write at least 1,000 words a day. Sounds like a paltry word count, I know, but that's 365,000 words per year. Since most of my novels are about 55,000 - 60,000 words on average, that's about six and a half novels. If I write six and a half novels this year, I will be a very happy camper.
Novels you might possibly see from me this year, besides Inferno, are:
Flames of the Sun
The Christian Mortician
Reset
The World of Tomorrow
Trace's Tale
I've already got the novels planned out. It's just a matter of sitting down and actually writing them. For me, that's the toughest part about writing: actually managing to motivate myself enough to sit my butt down and start writing. I never have a problem with finding things to write about. I have enough ideas for future stories and novels to keep me busy writing non-stop for years, if only I actually had the motivation.
Near the end of January or early February I will be publishing a novella, Scruffy Unleashed, adapted from my screenplay of the same title.
In February, I will be publishing a new novel titled Inferno: Go to Hell.
After that, I'm going to write a few more Snowybrook Inn short stories, then begin working on another novel.
I plan to write at least 1,000 words a day. Sounds like a paltry word count, I know, but that's 365,000 words per year. Since most of my novels are about 55,000 - 60,000 words on average, that's about six and a half novels. If I write six and a half novels this year, I will be a very happy camper.
Novels you might possibly see from me this year, besides Inferno, are:
Flames of the Sun
The Christian Mortician
Reset
The World of Tomorrow
Trace's Tale
I've already got the novels planned out. It's just a matter of sitting down and actually writing them. For me, that's the toughest part about writing: actually managing to motivate myself enough to sit my butt down and start writing. I never have a problem with finding things to write about. I have enough ideas for future stories and novels to keep me busy writing non-stop for years, if only I actually had the motivation.
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