I was interviewed again today on Wayne Clingman’s Blogtalk Radio show. In this interview, I talked about the series, eBook promotion, pricing and other things as well, including what I do when I’m not writing.
I just finished writing the first draft of Transition. Once I get it edited, I’ll publish both it and Travelers, book 17 of the series together at the same time. The editing usually takes me about five days, but it may take a bit longer because of some personal stuff I have going on at the moment. I’ll definitely have both books published at some point in the next two weeks though.
I haven’t posted any updates here in a while, so I thought I’d pop in and let you all know how Transition is coming along.
This morning I finished chapter 14, so I’ve got two more chapters to go in this one and then I can start editing. Two specific things have slowed down my writing as of late. The first is that we’ve had some friends of ours staying with us for about the past month, and both they and we have new border collie puppies, which means I’ve had to spend a lot of time watching them, taking them out to pee, etc….
Then I had that little incident yesterday…
See, I was sitting here writing, and I was almost done with chapter 14 when one of the puppies went under the desk and turned off the UPS my computer is connected to. Needless to say the computer died instantly, and I hadn’t saved yet since I’d started writing, so I lost it all. Then I spent the rest of the day pissed off about losing everything I’d written, so I had to walk away from it and get a good night’s sleep before I was able to come back to it again.
Anyway, that’s what’s been going on. I haven’t been able to write anywhere near as much or as often as I normally do with all the craziness and distractions going on around here, but I am making it a point to at least write some every single day. I’ve already got a perfect ending for this book that’ll tie in perfectly with the next one, Travelers, which will be released on the same day as Transition since it’s already written and edited. After that, I’ve got definite plans for two more books, and then we’ll see where things go from there. I’m thinking that after two more I’ll either end the series, or put out one more book of short stories as a companion to the series. We’ll just have to see how things go.
Anyway, that’s it for now. I’ll try to be better about posting more frequent updates in the future.
Funny how ideas can just sort of hit you out of nowhere. I’ve been talking about ending the series and what not, but then I got an idea for yet another story that takes place after Travelers, in addition to the ones that I can write just anytime. This idea revisits something that happened earlier in the series, but looks at the results of it about two-hundred and forty years later and will really force them to become the gods they claim to be.
Anyway, I’ll keep writing the series as long as I have story ideas. That’ll be the next one that comes out after Transition and Travelers come out together.
Yes I’m alive and I’m still working on Transition. I’m writing chapter 10 right now and so far I’m really happy with how it’s coming out. The writing has slowed down somewhat because we have house guests right now, but I’m trying to get some done every day.
Now, what does the future hold? Well, the plan is to release this one and Travelers together as books 16 and 17 of the series, and then book 18 will likely be a novel chronicling the life and experiences of Jack Wilson, who was the key to everything that the characters in the series became later on. His return with an amulet allowed them to rescue Jarrod’s family and to collect more amulets, which they then used to free others, which in turn led to all the other events that happened subsequently. He’s always been a key element of the series, even though he only appeared in one scene in the first book as an old man.
After that, I’ll probably be writing a book of short stories from the Unseen Things universe. Some of the stories will include main characters while others will have completely new characters. The time frame of these stories will be all over the map as well. Some may be based on things that were mentioned in the series but never delved into, while others will be things from the characters’ pasts. The great thing about writing a book like that is that not only do I have total freedom to explore things that will only enhance the backgrounds of some of the characters, but I can also break new ground, which may lead to future books in the series, or even single story companion novels that take place in the same universe, but are stand alone books.
I go through times where I think I should just end the series with Travelers as I had originally planned, but then I come up with new ideas and get reinvigorated again.
Spoiler…
At the end of Transition there’s a big jump ahead in time to the point where they all move to the Nathalis dimension, which will then lead into Travelers, which takes place over 230 years in the future. I may come back to the original characters after I do those other two books and continue with them in the Nathalis dimension if I feel inspired to do so at that point. We’ll just have to see what happens between now and then. If I do, there’ll be some crossover between them and the characters in Travelers here and there, because I’d really love to write those characters some more as well. At least Jake and Lana anyway. I loved writing Jake and Lana, so you can definitely expect to see more of them, even if it’s just a prequel book to Travelers about their experiences after the invasion. Hell, I may even write that one and release it before Travelers. That’s the great thing about being an author. I can do whatever the hell I want. 😉
Book 16 (Transition) and book 17 (Travelers) have now both been published.
I’ve never published two books at once before, but I wrote book 17 before I wrote book 16, so I’ve just been sitting on it until I had 16 finished. Now I’m posting them both together for your reading pleasure. Here’s all the details…
Synopsis: Their patience is at an end. It’s been a long time coming, but they’ve finally had enough of dealing with the stupidity and corruption of the human race, and now it’s time for them to go.
In the year 2112, the military is forced to remove the government from power due to its deep rooted corruption. Unfortunately, about half of the country supports those who were in power, which brings about riots, looting and martial law.
Feeling completely disconnected from humanity, they’re left with two options. Wipe out most of the Earth’s population so that the human race can start over and rebuild itself from the ashes, or leave. Left with no other choice, the group finally decides to make their long planned move to the Nathalis dimension.
Synopsis: It was the year 2231 when they started coming through the portals. The Echnid soldiers devastated the Earth and eliminated nearly eighty percent of the population as they searched for resources they could steal and send back to their home dimension.
Jake and Lana managed to survive the initial assault and went out on the road together in a stolen (errr…salvaged) vehicle. After what became known as the Day of Death however, where all of the Echnids on the planet suddenly turned inside out, they looted whatever Echnid weapons they could find and then traveled from town to town, doing less than reputable jobs and stealing or salvaging whatever they could in order to survive.
When they happen upon a no name town in what used to be the state of Utah however, they finally find themselves in a place where they can lay down some roots. The question is, between the Echnid raiders, the roving gangs of humans known as Skinks, and one very angry pregnant girl from the next town over who’s hell bent on making Jake her husband, how deep will their roots be allowed to grow?
The books are or will be available at all the usual websites, including here on the official site.
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