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Brothers Ilk update
Now that I finally have a laptop again, I need to get cracking on finishing my stories for the collection I am putting together with my brother, Jamie Meeks. My side of the TOC is changing a bit as I have been writing a few new stories that I want to get out to readers as fast as I can. A few of the new ones I plan on adding are All In Vein, House In the Valley and Beggar. Most of the other stories are all going to be on the older side, so it's nice to add some new ones to it as well.
We were hoping to get this one out by Christmas, but seems we may have to wait until early next year. I don't want to rush this one out like the last one though, I did learn something from pushing out At the Gates of Madness and the editing issues there.
As the time gets closer to the release date, I will be releasing the TOC for all my stories and Jamie's as well. Right now it looks like the collection will have between 20 and 26 stories in it. We're also hard at work at doing cover art and will be posting it once that's finalized. Looking forward to sharing it all.
We were hoping to get this one out by Christmas, but seems we may have to wait until early next year. I don't want to rush this one out like the last one though, I did learn something from pushing out At the Gates of Madness and the editing issues there.
As the time gets closer to the release date, I will be releasing the TOC for all my stories and Jamie's as well. Right now it looks like the collection will have between 20 and 26 stories in it. We're also hard at work at doing cover art and will be posting it once that's finalized. Looking forward to sharing it all.
House in the Valley
Last night I finished the firat draft on my new story, House in the Valley. The story seemed to take on a life of it's own as I went along, starting off with just a first line, then two days later I had over 12,000 words done. The story in an apocalyptic tale pf a group of people trapped in a house in the valley of death, trying to figure out how to survive and how to keep their humanity. The story follows the main character, simply known as the gun man moving back and forth from the house to how he arrived at the house. I will be working hard on editing this one so that I can include it in the upcoming release, Brothers Ilk early next year. I am putting together the TOC of my stories and my brother's and will be releasing it in the next few weeks.
New stories and photoshoot for Brother's Ilk
Brothers Ilk is quickly coming together. This past week I finished a new novella for it, House in the Valley, as well as three new short stories, Beggar, By Invitaion Only and Unopened (a follow up to Open Book). They will be joining my stories All In Vein and The Pork Pie Sisters.
Right now I am currently working on two more stories, possibly the final two for my side of the collection. One is called Faded Star, a story about a former rock star that longs for his old glory and fame and is trying to find a way to get back into the spotlight. The other story is called Gathering and is about a woman that sees signs of things changing, strangers around her that know her, causing her to fall into a paranoid nightmare. I hoping to have these done by the end of the week and start editing them as my brother ties up his stories and edits them as well.
I am also getting ready to do a photoshoot this coming week, an idea I started that Mina LaFleur pulled together into a quite the digusting cover. Once it gets going, I will be putting the first edits up on my Facebook page.
Right now I am currently working on two more stories, possibly the final two for my side of the collection. One is called Faded Star, a story about a former rock star that longs for his old glory and fame and is trying to find a way to get back into the spotlight. The other story is called Gathering and is about a woman that sees signs of things changing, strangers around her that know her, causing her to fall into a paranoid nightmare. I hoping to have these done by the end of the week and start editing them as my brother ties up his stories and edits them as well.
I am also getting ready to do a photoshoot this coming week, an idea I started that Mina LaFleur pulled together into a quite the digusting cover. Once it gets going, I will be putting the first edits up on my Facebook page.
