I took a look at the ol’ blog this weekend, and noticed that
the last update was on my birthday. Though it may be relatively easy to post
only once a year (and on my birthday, at that), that’s not what this blog is
about. No, this is about chronicling my journey toward (and hopefully “in” for
many years) the world of writing.
First thing’s first: unfortunately, it looks like I won’t be coming back to
insideSTL on a full-time basis to cover the Rams. Though the gig was fun, and I
learned a lot about the industry, made many new friends along the way, and
taught myself a more disciplined way of writing, Tim’s going in a different
direction with the site. All I can say is “thanks” to Tim for the opportunity,
and I’ll still drop by on occasion in the STLRams section to offer up my
thoughts. And hey, I’ll still write about all things sports over at
Hank’s Sports Blog, semi-regularly.
On the bright side, the shift gives me a
lot more time to do what I really want
to be doing: write more fiction! I’m happy to say that my first novel now has a
name:
Debt of Souls. I’ve written the
blurb and everything, but I don’t know if I should post it here now, or wait
until the book is ready to go. Any thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.
At the moment, the manuscript is in the hands of my crack
team of editors, who have already offered some great feedback, and are putting
some real thought into this thing. Some of the discussions I’ve been having
with folks on the team have been heartening, others…well, let’s just focus on
the positives for now, okay?
I finished up my big edit of the manuscript and got it out
to the team on July 4. Last year, I probably would have made some overly sappy,
“Your Own Personal Independence Day”-type post to commemorate the occasion.
Though you were deprived of such a self-indulgent screed,
you may be wondering what exactly I
have
been doing since
Debt of Souls has
been out of my hands. Have I taken another vacation? Am I sitting around,
playing videogames, waiting for the editors to do their jobs?
Hell no!
I’m proud to say that I’m already 10,000 words into my next
novel, which, for now, I’ll call
Project
Flux Capacitor, not because it’s any kind of
Back to the Future-inspired fan fic, but rather because it does
involve time-travel and I have a really solid title for it that I don’t want
anyone else to re-purpose.
It’s already been an incredibly fun book to write, and I
hope that my enthusiasm transfers over to the page….err…”screen”…whatever…
The outline is finished, so I’m just filling in the blanks,
and hopefully it’ll be ready to go by sometime this fall.
Aside from that, I’m working on the outline of my third
novel, which is in the early stages, and I’ve been kicking around an idea for
an e-commerce startup, which may or may not happen depending on the folks I’ve
been talking to, and some of the technical/cost limitations.