Good
things are afoot in the kingdom of R.A.
Two
of my short stories “Into a Watery Grave” and “Grenadiers and Dragon’s Fire”
have been accepted for publication later this year. The first one is my foray into the
horror/fantasy genre, and was a real stretch for me. Not the fantasy side. That’s easy.
Horror is not a genre I enjoy reading, so I’ve never attempted to write
it. I was invited by the publisher to
submit, but I wasn’t certain if I could pull it off.
Surprise,
surprise.
“Into
a Watery Grave” will be part of the In
Shambles anthology which will feature a Dan Shamble story by Kevin J. Anderson.
Longmire without Longmire |
“Grenadiers
and Dragon’s Fire”, which includes the same character, provided me with goodly
amount of background and world building.
It inspired me to start the wheels turning on a full steampunk novel
centered around Aubrey Hartmann, Lieutenant, 4th Division of the
Empress’ Imperial Army, retired. She’ll
feature as the same constable as she does in “Into a Watery Grave” and right
now the plan is for a series of books around her solving crimes in a
pre-industrial village.
It’s
like “Longmire”, except without Longmire.
I
also figured out the plot for a new Del/angelpunk story to follow up Tears of Heaven and the plot for a
fantasy series I’ve been working on. It’s
been awhile since I’ve had more projects moving forward than I could actually
handle.
It’s
a little overwhelming, but it’s better than the alternative.
Congrats on the publications!
ReplyDeleteThank you. The first one, "Into a Watery Grave" had some input by you. So congrats back!
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