Since you asked,
I've worked out the details for a 2500-word passage
in the homicide-detective novel,
in which she requests the extradition of Joseph Ratzinger
on a charge of felony murder.

Edited at 2013-02-27 04:50 pm (UTC)

So long as it's not in the rubbish can...

At first glance, I thought you were leaving the Mrs to ferment...

And finally, do you write your rough drafts on sandpaper?
:)

My second paranormal mystery novel, BY YOUR SIDE, will be released on March 12. I am recording the audio version of this now. Just finished chapter one...only 17 more to go!

My short story, "Root for the Undergods" was accepted for volume 2 of the ReDeus anthology series called Beyond Borders. The book is set to debut at Balticon in May. The first volume was Divine Tales and debuted in August 2012 with my Celtic story "There Be In Dreams No War". ReDeus explores the return of all the world's ancient gods starting at the 2012 summer Olympics. Volume 3, Native Lands, will debut in August 2013.

I'm also halfway finished the final read-through of an anthology that I edited for Firebringer Press called SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF ETERNITY. It's a collection of SF, Fantasy and Paranormal tales from newly published and unpublished authors including three of my own tales.

And I've started outlining a third paranormal mystery novel, but that's on hold until the anthology is submitted and the audio book is done. I only have so much bandwidth! :)

Edited at 2013-02-27 04:56 pm (UTC)

Currently working on three projects, two SF and an urban fantasy: And the Stars Shall Lead Me Home, Otherworld, and Trolls in the Hood.

"I [. . .] focus on my science thriller, Waking up Jack Thunder."

i will be famous for loving this book before anyone. er except you. and i've never even laid cones or rods on any part but the title. oh, that title.

(at the moment i am in the deepest recesses of Nargothrond considering Tolkien )

i received a tremendous burst of encouragement in seeing this invite. thank you, Jon.

Working on a short story to submit for an anthology. Deadline is in about two weeks. So trying to finish up the first draft so there's time for some readers to give feedback.

Maybe if I set it out it will seem less daunting.
--edits and general putting-together on a steampunk shared world anthology that I am editing
--revising a short story for class next week see I can submit it to an anthology it's late for (I'm taking Jonathan Maberry's short story class)
--light copyedit on two short stories for Daily Science Fiction
--proofread a previously pubbed novel so it can be published as an ebook

No, it doesn't seem any less daunting. I'm going back to work.

I'm so glad you're taking Jack Thunder out again. SO GLAD!!!!

I am working on a YA story that explores what happens if the power DOESN'T come back after a storm. For Tess and Zee, life goes on, but it's not the life they imagined.
The good news is, I got my first request from a real publisher for a full manuscript of my YA novel, MEAN SEA LEVEL today. Jon, I remember how you told us to celebrate all the little victories. It feels great!

Same things I'm always working on, just a little further.

I have a short 70k novel I've finished writing. It just got a title change from "Becoming a Man" to "Sand and Blood" after feedback from others. Still looking for beta readers and I have an editor lined up for May. Hopefully, I'll be "done" soon on that.

Beyond that, I have a weekly serial that has been running for 75 weeks on a private forum. I just hit the 500k word point on it and I'm about ten chapters until the end. I'm excited about that I still have readers after so long and that I'm almost done.

Interesting how many people seem to work on two or three things at once! I am still plugging away at finding an agent and/or publisher for Honor, my YA SF. I actually just wrote a revision for that one - it seems like it'll never be done! In addition, I'm starting to look for agents for A Drive of Dragons, and I'm plugging away at the first draft of another middle-grade fantasy, tentatively called Una and the Beggar Boy. Finally, my sister and I began playing around with ideas for a sequel to the dragons. It's likely to be called something like The Avaricious Uncles. :)

I am writing a polyamorous fantasy romance. I am pretty sure this subgenre does not actually exist. :)

Working on... a werewolf story set in London, 1973, sex'n'drugs'n'rock'n'roll'n'gory death. Waiting to go back to that first draft near future/alternative reality identity theft thriller. Wanting to move on to a sequel to 'Monkey See'. Thinking about a short requested by one of my publishers. Then there's the obtuse take on the Ancient Mariner. Please sir, can I have a couple of extra days in the week, preferably not involving ye day jobbe?