Saturday, March 16, 2013

Fumblerooski

I don't talk about Fumblerooski very much here.

Although I'm a huge sports fan (especially NHL, NFL, and college football) I don't think I'll write another non fiction piece.  Again, I want to feel emotion when I write. I didn't when I wrote that piece. I'm proud of it, of course. I put alot of work into it, I certaintly believe in the system I created, but it  felt so matter of fact by the time I finished it.

I'm not going to unpublish it though.

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Does anyone know the setting on your computer to stop your cursor from hopping around as you type. THIS IS SO ANNOYING.

Shadow of the Watchtower

This tale will be about a group of women missionaries who call themselves The Sisters. They are Core citizens on a Proxima issued ship traveling in neutral space when they were attacked and boarded by the Centauri.

They have been in this Centauri prison camp for 8 months when this story opens.

This happens in the Fictional Universe of what I chosen to call the Twelve Worlds. Earth and Mars are the Core Planets, The inhabited moons of Jupiter and Saturn represent the Belt, Proxima and the Planets of the Centauri System are a third set of worlds, and there are a fourth family of worlds that I haven't worked out in my head yet.

NHL

Im watching Leafs-Jets on the tube. I'm proably one of the few hockey fans living in the southern US and perhaps the only person of color...but it is ALL GOOD. I love this game. 

2013 Schedule done

Just finished my one line blurbs for the 10 remaining stories to be written this year. There are 4 Twelve Worlds Novelettes and 6 other SCFI/Fantasy stories to be published.

All that being said (or written), tomorrow is a HUGE day. I've got to get over this internal editior flaw of mine and get some actual prose done.

Good luck to me...    

new "Waiting" cover

I've uploaded a slightly new cover of Waiting for smashwords and amazon. The latter is already posted on it's site. Smashwords distrubution partners ( Kobo, B&N, Itunes, and others) will be showing it anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks from now.

My reasoning is simple: I wanted to emphasize that this is one of a series (The Twelve Worlds)  of books in this same Sc Fi Universe when ever I have the urge to play in a soap opera setting. In fact my next release "Shadow of the Watchtower" will originate from Centauri space.

As of today I have two more stories planned for 2013 that take place in this same universe. One will feature Solaris- the daughter of Waiting's hero Trinity- in a heartbreaking endeavor. Another will involve an operative of the resistance that Trinity and Solaris' father Micah were active in during the heart of the Core's war against the Belt/Centauri alliance. I'm still working on the titles and covers so more on that as it comes to me.

Unless I change my mind (which I've been known to do) I plan to publish 4 or 5 stories a year from Twelve Worlds. I'll bounce around from time period to time period with each story. Whether it's the way to go about it or not, but writing from a dramatic POV is the way I'm going about this right now. If I truly wanted to make money I could try to create a series of ebooks with the sole goal of catering towards the masses. Hell, I could just request more OT at the JOB if that was the case. But yet, right now, what is in my heart is trying to push across to my readers the things that scare, disturb, bother, and trouble me. If I'm not tugging at your heart strings then I'm not accomplishing what my goals are. I'm not being true to myself.

Dang, I apologize, I didn't mean to go on this long...        

Busy Weekend

I worked on what will become my remaining ebook covers for the year. I'm getting better at it since I've learned how to incorporate both powerpoint and photoshop.

Tomorrow is REAL big. I'll start my second draft of Shadow of the Watchtower with intent to publish before the end of the month.

This story takes place in the same "universe" as Waiting.

I've chosen to call these stories as "The Twelve Worlds."

If you liked Waiting you may want to look for this ebook.