Belated Groundhog

Sorry! The month snuck up on me and I forgot.

I spent last month working on a story which will get published in an anthology. That should be out later this week or early next. It’s a story I’ve been working on for over a month and finally got tuned in the way I wanted just a day before the deadline. Watch for news in the usual channels. No, I’m not going to tell you what the name of the anthology is. Yet. 🙂

Milk Run – the first of the Smuggler’s Tales – has taken on new life. Finishing the origin story so I have an anchor has given me a huge leg up on that book. Some of what I’ve written so far might get used but I’m loving where the new book is going.

Yes, I know you want more Ishmael. I can’t give you Ishmael until I get this Smuggler story done so I know what Ishmael finds when he takes the Chernyakova out of the yards. Just the way it goes.

Podium has selected Jeffrey Kafer as the narrator on the new audiobook editions of the Ishmael Wang stories. I’ve known Jeffrey and his work for a long time. I was surprised to learn he’d signed up for the job, but pleased that we’re getting the work moving again.

That’s it for now.

Safe Voyage.

Interview Time

I’m a member of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, one of the local writers groups here. They’ve got a strong presence in Denver and over on the Western Slope in Grand Junction. Recently they started a podcast to reach out to more writers. Yesterday, Mark Stevens and I sat down on Skype and talked. Luckily he recorded it and released it today.

I think it’s a public link. Most of you probably know the story already, but if you need a fix…

Year In Review

It’s been a year.

The good news is that nobody went to the hospital this year. It’s not much but it’s a start.

Looking at the production for the year, I started out well but pooped out in the middle. I got one new book out this year – In Ashes Born – and have some significant in-roads on Cape Grace. It started well last winter but faded as my depression got the better of me. I thought we had that under control by August when I switched gears to producing Ashes.

Unfortunately, November saw me slide back into the hole and I’m only just managing to find the opening again now.

I’ve got two books in process – Cape Grace at 35k words and Milk Run at 45k. Both have stalled but my brain is beginning to kick over again.

The bad news is that even the daily walk podcast fell by the wayside for much of the year and I was unable to maintain even that amount of progress.

It’s a daily struggle and one I’m still fighting. Here’s looking forward to a better year ahead.

Thanks for staying with me.