You know, I had plans for Ghost Worlds when I started writing it.  I rarely make any plans for my books.  Usually I just sit down and start typing and let the story flow out of me in whatever way seems natural.  I realized today that one specific thing I wanted to include in Ghost Worlds…well…I kinda forgot to write it because I was too wrapped up in the other stuff I was writing.  It’s nothing that affected the main story all that much, but it was going to be something that was rather shocking and that would specifically affect two of the characters.  Now that I’m well into chapter 13, I realized that I no longer have time to fit in that aspect of the story in a way that would feel natural and not like something that was just thrown in, so I’ve decided to include it in the next book instead.

So what’s in this book?  Well, lots of stuff.  Lots of answers too, including the true name of the creator race.  So you’ll finally get to know what their race is actually called, and why everyone just calls them the creators instead.  It’s been mentioned in the past that the name of the race is really hard to pronounce, and when you see the name, you’ll know why. 🙂

Anyway, that’s it for now.  I’m still plugging away at it, and I’ve got about three and a half chapters left to write before I get to the editing process.

Just a small update here.  I’m officially half way done with book 8 of the series, Ghost Worlds.  I had a bit of a dent put in my writing schedule unfortunately when I ended up with an unbelievably painful attack of gout on my right foot which absolutely destroyed my ability to get any sleep, and as such, destroyed my ability to write as well.  Fortunately it’s mostly gone now and I’ve been back to writing at my normal pace.

As with all the books in the series, there are some major developments in this one, and there are some shocking events as well.  I will admit that I was having a hard time getting started on this one because I wasn’t really sure where I wanted to go with it, but as I’ve found with all of my writing, if I just sit down and start typing, it all just starts flowing and one thing leads to another.

Anyway, that’s it for now.  The book will probably be available in a couple of weeks if I keep up with my normal writing schedule and the editing takes about the same amount of time it usually does, which is typically three or four days.

Here’s a little teaser from chapter 2 of Ghost Worlds. To put this into context, they’re having a guys night out, and after Billy’s disappointed by the rules at the strip club, they end up going to the most ridiculously seedy biker bar looking to get in a bar fight just for the fun of it.

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Just as they were getting ready to go through the door, two drunken bikers came busting through it in the throes of a fist fight, followed by a third, heavily bearded biker who took about two steps through the door and then promptly bent over and started puking all over the place. They all had to jump out of the way to avoid the splash, and when the guy was done, he wiped his lips with his arm and then looked up at them with bleary eyes and chunks of some unidentifiable food hanging from his puke soaked facial hair.

“Evenin’,” he slurred to them, flashing them a somewhat toothless and bizarre looking smile before he staggered off after the two fighting bikers.

“Yes, I believe this place will do quite nicely,” Billy said as he smiled brightly at the others. Everyone laughed as they walked through the door, but as soon as they were inside, the laughter stopped completely. The place was absolutely disgusting and smelled like old booze, cigarettes and body odor. Loud classic rock music played from a beat up jukebox with broken glass in the front, and the place even came complete with a burly looking bartender with an eye patch working behind the bar.

“Holy shit,” Derek said as he looked around the room. “If we weren’t immortal, we’d probably need a couple of penicillin and tetanus shots after we get out of here.”

With all of my responsibilities taken care of, I was finally able to start on Ghost worlds today.  My typical writing goal is to get through one chapter a day, but since I got a late start today I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get through the whole first chapter today or not.  I will tell you this though.  In the first 1K words of the first chapter, Derek informs Jarrod and Beth that they found another dead world.  Oooooh…weird, huh?  It’s starting to seem like more than just a simple coincidence.  I wonder what they’ll find when they start exploring those worlds?  No, I mean I really wonder, because I don’t have any idea what they’ll find until I actually write it. 🙂

I haven’t started writing it yet, but here’s a little teaser about Ghost Worlds. Someone’s going to die in a very shocking way, and the person who has to kill them is going to be even more shocking.

As for the book itself, my plan is to start writing it either tomorrow night or the next day.  It will definitely be incorporating elements from both groups as they explore their areas of the destroyed worlds looking for some answers.