Confession time; last year I wrote three books.
Or rather I started writing three books.
One is a Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Young Adult spinoff. It is all about a young engineering girl, called Verity Fitzroy. Some of you may have read the Precarious Child and Merry Christmas, Verity Fitzroy. So I have been meaning to get to her story for quite some time.
The second is Immortal Progeny. This is an epic fantasy about three sisters, and set in a world of temples battling to have their god be The One True God. Naturally they are battling with huge, Frankenstein like monsters, called Progeny.
The third is Hollywood Sentinels. This is set in 1920s Hollywood. There are Sumerian gods, an immortal woman who is constantly reborn, and lots of early Hollywood history. You know me, I love my history.
So I did all these things last year, half-writing three books, but completing none. Ouch. It’s been a good few years since I haven’t written at least one novel a year. It wasn’t like there wasn’t something going on; Ministry books came out, we wrote the Social Media for Writers book, and I appeared in a couple of anthologies.
Still, part of me was angry with myself for not finishing something, and maybe that tiny, negative little voices all writers carry around with them, started up.
Luckily I had some time in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee to drive those thoughts away. With some of my favourite people in the world sharing a cabin for the week, I was able to suck down the equivalent of some creative juices Five House Energy, and kick start Immortal Progeny again.
This passed week I finally tapped out the last words of the book. Of course, there is always more, but I have done it. I have got over the road block in my way, pushing over the idea that I couldn’t finish a book anymore.
Next up is Hollywood Sentinels.
What happens to these stories remains to be seen, but what I do know is there are more stories crowding forward. Tee and I are mulling over an idea for something else to write together. Something epic.
I’ve started up a mailing list as well, just to let everyone know what is going on. Subscribe and I’ll keep in touch, but only when there is some exciting news.
For now, there is success. I finished a book!