I like to take stock on where I am with my work and I feel it’s important to share that with you here. Every two weeks you can find out what I’m currently writing, what I’ve been reading and other interesting factoids I have found on the interwebs instead of doing my work.

Writing:

Tales from Portents is in the hands of my fine circle of beta readers. I’ve been getting some great feedback already and appreciate every critique offered. Anything to make the work stronger as a whole. I’m also happy to get it off my hands for a bit. I lived the collection for the last five months so being able to move ahead with the next step of Greystone’s first “cycle” is a great relief instead of feeling like I’m spinning my wheels.

Speaking of the next novel – with a hopeful launch next summer – I am about halfway through my scripting phase. Last update I wrote about the outlining stage with my handy index cards to help me out. This time it is all dialogue, dialogue, dialogue.

Scripting

It is my absolute favorite part of the process because it becomes so engrained in everything I do. Coming up with conversations in your head. Finding the voice for each character, major or minor. It doesn’t matter if I’m cutting the lawn, playing with the kids, or sleeping, the conversations are playing in the background and as each one falls into place, the tapestry of the novel comes together.

I’m really enjoying the direction the novel is heading and it tackles some great concepts.

I plan to talk about both the outlining phase and the scripting phase of my writing next week so stay tuned for that.

Reading and the Web:

Nada. Bupkus.

“WHAT? How can you have nothing for me here? Where will I find my next favorite comic book read?!” (The answer is always Amazing Spider-Man. Enjoy.)

School is back in session and I am back on full time Dad duty. (Heh. Duty.) Every spare second (thanks be to you, Nap Gods) is being spent spreading the word on Signs of Portents and working on the new novel before Tales from Portents comes back from my beta readers for another read-through before heading off to my oh, so wonderful editor, Kristen Hamilton. So, yeah, lots and lots of writing going on this month when possible.

Thanks for reading.