January is almost over, and while I have gotten to a point where I loath writing for the blog, the last entry was the one where I noted that my cat died. It’s probably time for us all to move on past that, especially since New Cat has already adopted a movement pattern in the house that presages me heading for the writing couch. He always gets there first and is flopped RIGHT where I’m going to sit.
Anyway, a few weeks ago, I did my third Clarion West One-Day Workshop for a gaggle of attentive folks. They listened, they asked questions, and I didn’t spend too long making them watch the opening to John Boorman’s Point Blank. I’ll be back for another workshop in May. This time around, Greg Bear will be co-teaching with me. It’s called “Equine and Canine Paradoxes: Publishing and Collaborating in the Modern Age. Details are here
It will be the Dog and Pony Show of Writing Workshops, I promise you.
The next writing book is coming out in March, whether I’m finished tweaking it or not. Here’s the cover.
It’s a continuation from Jumpstart Your Novel, and digs into the what and how of making a book after you’ve got your sexy outline.
About that same time, Night Shade Books is re-releasing Lightbreaker in a sexy trade edition.
AND, a month later, the print version of The Potemkin Mosaic will be coming out.
Which is why I’m invisible online. My to-do list is very long.
‘the print version of The Potemkin Mosaic will be coming out’
Cool! So what kind of format did you decide on?
It’ll be a single print volume in trade. I’m still toying with the idea of a limited run in multiple volumes to replicate the online experience, but the process of converting things to a print edition are making me rethink the presentation. This edition may end up being its own variant. Plus there is some related material from a planned sequel that I may fold in. It’ll still be byzantine in its internal references, but I’m trying to make it a more linear read.
Thanks! Looking forward to it as I still haven’t gotten around to the online version.
Mike