Good morning, gentle readers. It's Monday morning and here I sit, eating an iced Honey Bun, sipping a Coca-Cola and finishing up a short story involving time travel.
The story is called Tempus Necat and I'm submitting it to 365Tomorrows.
In other news, this month marks the one year anniversary of the release of my first book, Dawnwind: Last Man Standing. I had hoped to have the sequel, Dawnwind: Resurrection, finished and ready to publish by the end of this month, but, alas, circumstances have conspired against me. I'm roughly halfway through Resurrection but the going is slow. I have a full-time job now and am house-hunting. When I get home, all I want to do is sit down, have a drink and sleep.
Still, I persevere, ladies and gentlemen. I keep at it. Some progress, after all, is better than none.
An odd thing about Resurrection is that the story hasn't twisted on me. Usually, when I write, I start off with one story but, about a quarter of the way in, the narrative will twist and I'll find myself writing another story entirely. That hasn't really happened with the current book, which is odd and somewhat alarming. I don't think this has ever happened to me before, and so I am not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing.
I suppose only time and the reviews will tell.
In other news, I have managed to read a few things. I just finished Gregory Maguire's What-the-dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy. It's one of Maguire's lesser-known books and, even though it was interesting, I thought it lacked the polish of his other works. Honestly, my biggest complaint about the story would be the framing device he used, telling one story within another. Other than that, it was a decent read. On a scale of 1 to 5, I'd probably give it a three.
I've also returned, after a long pause, to Catherynne M. Valente's The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There. It's a sequel to her previous book, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making. Cumbersome titles, I'm sure you'll agree, but entertaining reads. Ms. Valente is very imaginative and you get a very clear sense of her main character, September.
And, finally, the other day, I picked up a new book, Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig. Wendig is a great author whose previous books, Blackbird and Mockingbird, I thoroughly enjoyed. Those were gritty, urban fantasies starring a rather unlovable protagonist. Blue Blazes is another urban fantasy, set in a criminal underworld that knocks up against a supernatural Underworld. I'm only a few chapters in so far, but it's a damn fun read mainly because Mr. Wendig does a great job making his main character, Mookie Pearl, sympathetic. If you're looking for a good read and urban fantasy is your thing, you could do worse than picking up this book.
I'm off now, to work on Resurrection.
And maybe have a Fuzzy Navel.
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