Thursday, September 27, 2012

LoHaCt 2nd pass

I'm thirty pages into the second draft of Legends of Haergill and Conniker's Tale. It is going quite well. I'll try to up my page count in the coming days. I could conceivably be through the second draft by the end of next week. Which, of course means the release draws near. Huzzah!

I'm pretty happy with this volume. It will fill in a LOT of back story, set up the coming stories and generally entertain in a full and vivid way. I'm very happy with the two novellas mentioned in the title. I really think you'll enjoy them, too.

I had this idea to write a trilogy with an extended fourth volume that filled in all the historical and future events back in 2007. And, darn it, if I didn't actually accomplish what I set out to do. I'm very chuffed with myself. I planned something rather complex, and requiring a lot of effort, and I did it.

Which is kind of a relief  to me in a strange kind of way, because the whole over-arching network of books will total eighteen novels.

yeah.

Eighteen.

heh, heh. Of course, it's a gigantic endeavor. But who thought I could pull off the four novels I originally envisioned? I'll admit I had my doubts. 

But, here we are. The books continue to gain in popularity. I'll probably have to hire a pro editor at some point to really spit-polish the whole works. I know, I know there are some mistakes here and there. It's astounding how the mind fills in, or skips over what is actually on the page. But, I find I'm definitely getting better, the more I write. makes sense.

I have no idea if an actual print run is in the near or extended future. That really isn't up to me. It's much too time consuming and expensive to set up a printed edition of the books on my own. Some publisher will have to ultimately realize that they will make a truckload of money when they decide to print these novels. so, I wait.

In the meantime, my job is to write my heart out. 

I had hoped to have another novel, Berand the Fool, out by christmas, but that seems unrealistic now. Legends of Haergill and Conniker's Tale took a little longer to write than I originally planned.  To have a novel ready by christmas, I would have to write first, second, and third drafts in about two months. I can't see producing a work of quality in that short of a time. But I do hope to have that novel out early next year in the late winter. And if all goes well, you'll have The Tiger's Mouth in early summer, and then Ancient Science in late autumn, or early winter of 2013. 

I should, all things being equal, be able to produce three novels a year. Which means that in about five years time I should be done with the whole set, ending with The Sun in All Its Glory, the last Iounelle book.

It can happen. I've already proved I can do big things. Here's to even bigger things.


cheers,

Kurt

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Question for readers of the Wealdland stories

Should I include my dictionary of Miranei, the elven language I constructed, as an appendix to the fourth book: Legends of Hergill and Conniker's Tale?