It’s not only summer along the Texas Gulf Coast – which
means near-smothering humidity combined with the heat – it’s also a dry spell
for things to do (it seems). My Master’s
thesis is not only completed, but I have my degree in hand and applications for
work as an adjunct instructor are out to a few of the local community
colleges. We’ll see what happens. I do have a Plan B if nothing pans out.
After all that research and writing for my thesis, the idea
of writing and revising anything was the last thing I wanted to do for a quite
a while after it was over. Now, though,
I’m pulling myself back into the swing of things and the creative mind never,
ever rests (no matter how badly you want it to shut up!). So, while my hands were busy gaming on
computer, my mind was developing a new idea to write up during the course of
the next year or so.
So, here’s what’s on my plate for the next year and what I
hope will be in your hands within the next 12 months:
The first book in the Mike Guidry series – Paint it Black
– has come back from my editor – my father – and I’ve gone through it so I have
lots of changes to consider and possibly incorporate. So, now it’s strictly about editing, cover
design, and eventual publication. I hope
to have that one ready to go by the end of Summer.
The second book in the Mike Guidry – title forthcoming – has lain finished in the first draft phase and now I’m going through the first round of editing with it. It picks right up where the first book left off and speeds ahead into the story arc that will dominate the series for the next several books. I would like to have that book out within a month of the first book.
The third book in the Mike Guidry series is in its infancy and the plot will take it off the track of the first two, but no good story arc ever sleeps.
I’m developing a historical fiction (probably a one-off) that takes place in late-1st Century A.D. Corinth. The story line will follow a series of people – Christians and non-Christians (both neutral and hostile to Christians) as a new governor for the Senatorial Province of Achaia takes the reins of government. I will be using historical figures as characters in the story alongside my fictional characters. It’s going to require a lot of research (on top of what I’ve already done) and may prove to be a slower, more deliberate work than some of the things I’ve written within the past year or two.
Lastly, but by no means least, I’m acting on the advice of my thesis advisor and I’m working to turn my thesis into an article for publication in a scholarly journal. I have found that rather than editing, it requires significant recreation of the wheel since the language of a thesis is vastly different that than required for an article. I’ll definitely let y’all know if gets accepted.
So there you have it, and that just what I’m writing. It doesn’t even count what I’m reading. Glamorous life a writer, huh?
The second book in the Mike Guidry – title forthcoming – has lain finished in the first draft phase and now I’m going through the first round of editing with it. It picks right up where the first book left off and speeds ahead into the story arc that will dominate the series for the next several books. I would like to have that book out within a month of the first book.
The third book in the Mike Guidry series is in its infancy and the plot will take it off the track of the first two, but no good story arc ever sleeps.
I’m developing a historical fiction (probably a one-off) that takes place in late-1st Century A.D. Corinth. The story line will follow a series of people – Christians and non-Christians (both neutral and hostile to Christians) as a new governor for the Senatorial Province of Achaia takes the reins of government. I will be using historical figures as characters in the story alongside my fictional characters. It’s going to require a lot of research (on top of what I’ve already done) and may prove to be a slower, more deliberate work than some of the things I’ve written within the past year or two.
Lastly, but by no means least, I’m acting on the advice of my thesis advisor and I’m working to turn my thesis into an article for publication in a scholarly journal. I have found that rather than editing, it requires significant recreation of the wheel since the language of a thesis is vastly different that than required for an article. I’ll definitely let y’all know if gets accepted.
So there you have it, and that just what I’m writing. It doesn’t even count what I’m reading. Glamorous life a writer, huh?
