Syllables Sound Sexy

Alliteration strikes again! Muahaha.

Ok, so I'm just planning on doing a short little post today. I know I promised one on the 7th to keep people up to date on how I've been doing. Things have been coming along pretty good on most fronts. Still don't have any queries or submissions out, but that's a part of what I plan to work on this week since I'm stuck up here in Timmins anyways. I've a week of vacation and will end up getting my driver's licence at the end of it finally. As such, I'll also be doing a lot of driving.

I will tend to have the mornings and evenings to myself however. This puts me in a good position to work on researching and writing letters of submission. I've three pieces that I feel are complete enough for me to send out to a few different places. Will have to wait and see how it turns out. I will be sending out "Lakeside", "Through a Window", and "Last Tuesday". I've a couple pieces from my Necromancer series that could probably stand on their own pretty well, but I'm thinking of trying to get them out as a single piece once they're completed. If I can't seem to find a way to get them through that way, I'll split them up and see if I can get parts published separately. After the stories have gone through their hold, I can see about putting together an anthology.

I could look into going the self-publishing route. That sort of thing works really well for some. Randolph Lalonde immediately comes to mind. Randy's been self-publishing through CreateSpace for the past year, and now manages to make enough from his self-publishing to write full-time. The thing that keeps Randy going though is his following and his frequency of publication. His following will rabidly devour his latest pieces, search the web for hints about his next work, and try to find out all about him. I know Randy through the Sudbury Hypergraphic Society, so I know that he's really a pretty down-to-earth kind of guy. He's easy to talk to with some of the same troubles the rest of us have in terms of writing, but with the added pressure of having to get his work finished and out in limited time because of upcoming bills. I have my job at The Source for my bills, though I hope one day to use my writing to more than cover that.

In other news, Ad Astra is swiftly approaching. The latest list of panels is somewhat uninspiring, but I should still be able to get something out of it. I'm very excited and have just about everything ready for the event. The Northern Lights Festival will definately be a goal for the SHS, though we won't be doing a performance piece. We will be having a booth and will be advertising some of the events that we're involved in. There's to be a book sale this summer, plus I get to advertise NaNo and SF.

Speaking of Script Frenzy, I've been racking my brains for an idea and finally stumbled upon it in my crap-file. Dug through a handful of my older work, mostly stuff that I had a couple pages, barely an idea from, and stopped on years back. I found a small folder of research from when I was thinking of doing a novel for WoTC back in '04. I've since taken the idea and worked out a pretty good outline for a screenplay. Think of it as Pygmalion (My Fair Lady) meets Saw. I think it'll turn out really good, and after the script is done, all I need to do is fill in some description and it's a dialog driven novel. I think its a good approach. Certainly something different. I just hope that I can finish up the rough of my Necromancer novel before the end of the month. It's going to be busy between now and then!

Anyhow, back to work with me. I've a lot more to do.