Since last I posted anything I've been working with a group of Indie Authors putting together an compilation of Fantasy / Sci-Fi short stories - of which Joe's Shanghai adventure "International Incident" will be a part of (in 2 parts since well, it's a bit longer than most of the other tales.) This compilation will be FREE to download on Amazon Kindle on May 23, 2022. I'll get the links attached when it's ready.
Book 4 of Overdrive is going - slowly as is my usual stop/start bullshit process. I've got a good chunk of the beginning going and I quite like my outline. I'm considering adapting my process a bit and doing things in more of a start a chapter, write what's in my head, then make notes for what else needs to happen in this section - then immediately move onto the next chapter and do the same thing. I've heard of this "hatchet process" working well for other writers but it makes me nervous. I've always tried to write in a linear fashion whereas this kinda feels like an extended Layout. Though, in my head it's probably more like a literary story board.
Finally I am considering hiring a proofreader / editor for the first 3 books of Joe's adventures to fine toothed comb them. The most common criticism I get with my books is that - well - they've all been written and edited by me. So it's easier for me to miss things than an objective eye (or my readers) would. If / when I go this route I am also considering finding a new cover artist and repackaging my books for a 2nd edition Re-Release. Not that I'm unhappy at ALL with the work that Dar Dixon has done for me. Just that if I'm going to relaunch the titles, perhaps I should start'em again from scratch in a way. Time it for a release with Book 4 when she's ready to go.
I'll keep you (in theory) up to date. Provided I don't fall down a 1000 Star Wars rabbit holes what with Kenobi about to come out on D+.
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