WRITING PROJECTS
Well Behaved Women: Still plugging away at the first draft of book two. Middle books of trilogies are hard.
The Adventures of Strongarm & Lightfoot – book four: First draft in progress. I got a decent chunk written last week while I was letting ideas for WBW percolate.
Action Figures – Issue Seven: The Black End War: Fourth draft finished, in the editing process.
Action Figures – Issue Eight: Crawling from the Wreckage: Third draft written.
Action Figures – Issue Nine: Rough plotting in progress.
Action Figures – Issue One: Secret Origins (audiobook): Review completed, final editing in progress.
APPEARANCES and EVENTS
Friday, January 12 through Monday, January 15, 2018: Arisia at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. I’ll be back selling books and speaking on three panels: We Got Movie Sign! Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Saturday, 10:30 PM); Stage Presentation: A Minute or Less to Impress (Sunday, 11:30 AM); and Fight Science for Writers — Hands-On Demos (Sunday, 4 PM).
- Friday, February 16 through Sunday, February 18: Boskone at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel (tentative).
MISC.
First, a reminder that the New England Speculative Writers group is still holding its open call for its first anthology. If you’re a New England-based writer, you’re eligible to submit a story. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2018. Go here to get the full details.
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