February/March Newsletter: Crossroads and Is It Getting Hot in Here?
It’s March in Florida, which means it’s starting to get in to the Yucky-Hots instead of the Merely-Warms. What that means for me is that I hide in the AC unless we are going out somewhere or going swimming.
The editing work on the next 3 novels is moving apace. Nemetona and Control are out with my proofreader, which means we’ll shortly be working on formatting and cover art. Hopefully, in the next newsletter, I might have some release dates for you. Zeno’s Quicksand needed some extra attention, and is back with the Wife and my Mom for another read through after I did another major edit pass. I wasn’t feeling sure about it a few weeks ago, but with this most recent pass, I feel like it’s a complete novel now.
With all those Survey books in my editing pipeline at the moment, I’m at a bit of a crossroads. Do I start on more Survey novels? Do I start on a sub-series in the same universe? Do I work on The Hermit? Do I just take some time off writing? I wasn’t really sure the last week or two, but now I’m getting some ideas for The Hermit again, so I’ll start writing on that for a while and see where it goes. There’s a bunch of scenes that weren’t quite short stories that I’ve written over the years that seem to be scenes that could fit into this novel. It’s definitely going in a much darker direction that the Survey novels…
Or, well, that’s where my mind’s going with it today. We’ll see where it ends up!
In other news, the audio version of Colony on Tales from Flat Space is 4 weeks away from being complete! Come listen to me read on Fridays at 8 pm Eastern on my Twitch stream, or wait until the edited version comes out. As always, if you click the cover for Colony on the Book page, you’ll find a player there that you can use to catch up. Otherwise, add Tales from Flat Space to your podcasts on your favorite podcatcher!
Lastly, all of my Irish visa documents have been collated, stamped, approved, etc, and we should be putting in the final application within the next week or so. Once it’s in, it’ll be approximately 4-6 months before I receive an answer. Good luck vibes still greatly appreciated!
Blessed Ramadan, Blessed Equinox, and Happy Easter for those who celebrate!