September is in its last few days and I’m finally at a place where I can hunker down and get busy writing in earnest. “The Secret of Possum Hollow” has been doing moderately well, but not well enough so I can quit the day job. Now that I am working “full-time”, opportunities to sit down in front of a keyboard are less common. Today, I have a few hours more than usual, due to an early start.
I am working on three projects at this time:
“Epiphany”, a story based on Pastor Dan’s life four years after the events of “The Magnolia Chronicles” is coming along quite nicely. I read an earlier draft of the story here roughly a year ago. A sermon by the rector of the church I attend has led me to change the story just a little bit to make it more interesting.
“Still Life”, a story started when I lived in Allen at the suggestion (and with input from) my wife is still in the works. I’ve done a little prodding and prying here and there on one of the aspects of the story and have tweaked the still unresolved narrative accordingly. I was hoping to have this story out at least six months ago. Maybe in another six, who knows?
The third project is one I started to read earlier this year before getting sidetracked with the publication of “Possum Hollow”. I did a minor re-write and was ready to start reading it again, but have since decided that the story needed to follow a different track. This third project actually fits in a timeline between “Chronicles” and “Possum Hollow”, with elements which are part of “Epiphany” and “Still Life”.
I will continue to soldier on.
Amazon still has “The Secret of Possum Hollow” available for the discerning reader… and for the discerning reader who would like a copy of that book with the author’s autograph and a personalized quip, see the previous blog.
Gotta go write, now… Bye!!
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