Saturday 28 June 2014

Lotsa Good Stuff

Hey everyone! 

I’m still alive. You wouldn’t know it from the lack of blog posts (geez, the last one was September of 2013!) but I can assure you that I am. Unless, of course, you are reading this sometime in the distant future, and then I might really be dead. Whoa. Dude…

It’s been another year of feverish editing. The current book (like Gasher Creek) has managed to stretch itself out much further than I ever would have expected. And while I still have another draft ahead of me, I’m hoping it will be a “polishing” draft. With any luck, the major edits are behind me, and you’ll have a chance to read it around November.

I’m hoping people dig it. Fans of Gasher Creek will find themselves reading a very different story in a very different genre. Have I decided to switch genres? Nah, I never had a dedicated one in the first place. I hope I never do. GC wanted to be a western, and LP wants to be sci-fi. After that, I’ll be diving into historical fiction. A little bit for everyone, I suppose.

But fans of westerns, don’t lose hope. A western novella is coming your way. It’s going to be a very, very, very, odd story. But if you’ve read Gasher Creek, then you know that I like a little oddness in my stories. Odd is fun!   

So that’s it? A new book, that’s what I’ve been working on? Nope, there’s more. I have big plans, kids. 

Here’s what’s coming in the fall:

1.      A new webpage

2.      A hard copy of Gasher Creek (with art by the awesome and amazing and endlessly talented Tracy McCusker)

3.      Gasher Creek the audio book? I hope so.

Plus—whoa—a podcast. Yup. You’ll actually be able to hear my wacky Canadian accent on a bi-weekly basis. It’s an idea I’ve had for a while now, and the greatest part about it (besides the wacky Canadian accent) is that it will serve as a cross-promotional tool for other independent writers. I've loved being a voice of encouragement on Twitter, and I want to expand on that. The Internet holds unlimited promise for a new generation of writers, but we must help each other if we are going to be successful. This will be my contribution.