I recently finished a writing craft book, Creating Unforgettable Characters. I want to make a couple of posts about lessons learned, but am finding difficulty getting to it. I’m working on two or three other projects, which have caused me to either change direction in my blogs or neglect them for a while.

One of these projects is working on Doctor Luke’s Assistant. After letting it sit for a couple of years, except for pitching it at the conference last June, I have decided to e-self-publish it. What the heck, so what if it doesn’t sell? It will be out there. I’m going to have to pay for a cover for this one, probably around $100 or so (I suspect more, but that’s the estimate). I’d like to get it published by February 2012. I did another reading of it and last round of edits, which have now been typed. At any time I can begin making the e-book file. Since this is a long book (155,000 words), I’ll probably list it for $4.99.

The other thing I’ve been doing is working on edits for In Front of Fifty Thousand Screaming People. This is based on initial beta reader comments, as well as some plot elements I thought of that didn’t seem quite right. I hope to work on this a little tonight. Assuming I eSP this, I hope to have it published by March 2012.

And, I’m working on a short story—a sequel, I suppose you could call it—to my short story “Mom’s Letter”. I may have mentioned this before; in fact I’m fairly sure I have. Tentatively titled “Too Old To Play”, I hope to have it ready to eSP in early January 2012. In fact, I hope to complete the story tonight, proof it in the next day or two, and build the eSP files by the weekend. I’ll be meeting with the cover designer (my son) over Christmas, and hope to have the cover “in hand” before the end of the year.

That’s where I’m at, writing-wise. I hope to be a little more regular on this blog and on An Arrow Through the Air, at least for the next week.