The weather took a turn this weekend. Snow, snow and more snow. Well, it is January so I can’t complain too much about it. Plus, the bonus is that there is no reason not to sit at my desk and crank out some pages.

Writing Update

I came into the new year with a pretty ambitious plan. Lots of new projects on the docket for 2019, writing-wise. Publishing-wise? Well, I’m still trying to figure that one out.

As of this writing I am scripting DSA Season 2 Book 6. I never set out to script the second season. As I neared the end of drafting the first I knew it was important to outline, to sort of feel my way into the second season so that I could refine and focus certain details in the first.

But the stories refused to let me go. It took three weeks to dialogue everything out. All six books. Now I’m almost finished taking that dialogue and meshing it with the outlines to create a nice spine for what each book should be when I sit down to draft.

So, about 500 pages of material for January. I’ll take it.

Season 2 is shaping up to be even better than the first, in my opinion. The seasonal arc, the subplots, are much tighter this time around. I think part of my hesitance in closing out my edits of the first season is that sense of beginnings. There are details that occur before the first sentence and I’m not sure if they have a place in that opening book or if it will convolute the overall narrative.

I know, I keep talking about a project you haven’t seen yet and keep asking questions about it. This is what I’ve been dealing with for months and what I’m hoping to finish by the end of March. That’s my personal deadline and I aim to keep it.

Publishing-wise

I mentioned some hesitation on this front earlier. Publishing is a long-term game and right now, the way the dollars and cents breakdown I’m not quite where I need to be to make the DSA fiscally viable.

What does this mean?

Well, I’ve tinkered with the idea of a Kickstarter campaign. Crowdfunding is pretty huge right now and if it can help get these books in your hands sooner why not try it out?

I’ve also considered a Patreon page to help fund this endeavor. Another crowdfunding effort, but this would be on a monthly basis and you would receive my final draft of each book directly from me for your contribution. Not the eventual published version, which would be professionally edited but pretty darn close. This way you could get a new DSA book EVERY MONTH for the next 30 months once I launch.

That sounds pretty cool, doesn’t it?

Seriously, I am asking your opinion on this. And I’d love to hear your thoughts at lou@loupaduano.com. I’m loving the hell out of this project and want you to be able to enjoy it as soon as possible.

I better get back to it. Thanks for reading!