Post-Frenzy

So it's been a while since I've had the chance to write here. I've been focusing on my work, cranking out pages of short stories and working on a full-length novel. Time to review what's been going on.

Script Frenzy was a bust again this year, being just me writing a script by myself here in Sudbury. I managed to get it done, but not until a couple days after the deadline. It didn't turn out as well as I expected, but since I do plan on fleshing it out and converting it into a proper novel in the future, I can't be too disappointed with it. First drafts always look like garbage, it's up to the second draft to chip away the crap, sharpen the image, and blow the audience out of the water. Not looking at doing the conversion for a while though. Have a few other big projects on the go.

My major project this summer is a necromancer series. Originally I was writing a few short stories about a necromancer, but it seems to have evolved quite a bit into a much longer somewhat connected series. I'm in the process of ripping the stories apart so I can weave together a solid overarching thought. I want to have a "final copy" done by September so I can crank out a query letter and see about finding a publisher.

I also have a pair of smaller projects running right now. I'm working on a pair of Science Fiction pieces. "Raccoons" is a piece involving a man, his hat, BBQ sauce and raccoons. It's a little off the wall with a totally unreliable narrator. The other one, "Rifters", is a space business oriented piece dealing in the ultra-finance world of multi-planetary conglomerates. I'm working on the third draft of "Raccoons" and am sitting about halfway through the first draft of "Rifters."