I have been fairly quiet as of late as opposed to my normal “let me explain everything I am up to” way of doing things. Largely there isn’t much to talk about, yet. But I did want to give the round up of what is coming this year and where things are at with Adamsville and site news. Let’s break it on down!
ADAMSVILLE BOOK 1:
I’m coming very close to knowing what I will be doing with this book. Things have come to abit of a screeching halt news and process wise, because right now it’s just been a time of waiting. I can say that I have not set signed any publishing deal for the book series. I don’t want to say any more than that really, but when it’s appropriate I will. I am hoping to know very soon what I should be planning for. It has mostly been a very encouraging experience that has just strengthened my belief that this book will hopefully be enjoyed by many people.
ADAMSVILLE BOOK 2:
On the second book front I have geared up to begin writing in earnest the sequel to the book, which is at this time, the middle book in a trilogy. Initially I was really trying to put this off until I knew what would happen with a publisher, because I knew that could effect a number of things, but in the end I decided it best to just get cracking. The story has been a bear to get figured out, mostly because it feels a little bloated. I’ll reveal one plot point that I can super excited to play with narratively: there will be a school dance. Maybe typical I guess, but I hope I go pretty atypical in execution.
I have given myself a month to write my first draft of the book and another to get it all honed down to a final draft. I am hoping I will be thumbnailing pages by early June.
THE DRAGON BOOK AND OTHER STORIES
This is a project I am really excited about. The book is done and I am working through a number of things, but basically this is a book my 4 year old daughter and I made together. It’s a compilation of these little short stories she put together and I drew. It was so much fun to make and we have some really cool and fun plans for the book. I suspect a lot more will coming out about this in a couple of weeks.
A HOME FOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
A number of years back my wife wrote a book about our cat Benjamin Franklin. We got him when he was still a young kitten and had to go through all of the fun of dealing with a cat you had to teach how to behave in a home. So she wrote this great little kids book about parenting and all of that love stuff! I have been busily painting the pages of this book and I hope to be done in the next month. We’ve been talking here and there about what our plans for it will be, but we’re exploring all of the options still.
KEVIN AND THE LIGHT OF DESTINY & OTHER THINGS
I made a brief announcement that I would be working towards finishing Kevin and the Light of Destiny this year, and I went ahead and wrote a full draft of the book. The draft I thought was enjoyable enough, but was honestly a mess of things. I still don’t know what is going to happen with this book, but I am working through rewriting it from scratch and will make more formal decisions once I have a draft I am really happy with.
Other than that I am taking commission and working on things as I can. In general I like to only have one project plate I’m spinning at a time, but at the moment it’s many. I thnk I’m doing OK!
2013 looks to be a full and fun year! 🙂