The Busywork Before the Next Project
...a brief return to the "necessary pain" from a few months ago
I really want to jump into three things: the prep for the next book, the first Substack exclusive short story, and the secret other book project I want to start.
However, for those who remember my posts about the “necessary pain” before I could really get into writing Swords Against Bastards, know that I read the previous three books again to take extensive character notes. Well, now that another books is written and published, it is time for me to do the same with the new book. Granted, it is one book and not three, so I should be done with it rather quickly. In fact, I’m already nine chapters deep into it.
I do this to keep things as tight as possible because the roster of characters keeps growing, as does the world that they inhabit.
Once it is done, I’ll update that here, as well as laying out my next steps, as I go into these other projects.
For now, that’s it. I’ll keep it short and sweet.