Hello, all!
Well, the leisurely pace of incremental editing and new work I’ve been maintaining of late is soon to pause, ahead of the next major project. The one exception is pre-publication work on the second Cross & Flag book, Trials, which is presently slated for release at the end of August/start of September–but may be sooner! I’ll be finishing off the present stretch of new work with the last sections of an Alternate History short story intended for an anthology being put together on Sea Lion Press, along with some tying-off work on the latest chapter of Reckonings, the fourth and last Cross & Flag novel. Then it’s a full week of relaxing (apart from Trials work when necessary), much of which will probably be taken up by catching up on the full shelf (yes, shelf) of new reading that I’ve let sit for much too long, with one “no screens” day thrown in.
Once I’ve recharged, the next round of new writing will begin, on my scifi/surveillance thriller “All Eyes”, which currently stands between one-quarter and one-third finished. This round will last from the final week of August to September’s end; current guess is that I’ll reach between the one-half and two-thirds mark, although that can change according to Outside World pressure. Then it’s another, shorter break, ahead of editing, world-building and perhaps occasional new work on my “Pangaea” fantasy drafts all through Oct.–and the start of the second book in that series’ second trilogy, for this year’s NaNoWriMo in November.
More news about Trials will be up on my FB Author and Twitter pages as it comes in, so keep watching. And while you’re doing so, feel free to pass on the links below, for the latest sales on my works In Other Words and Red Delta, on Kindle!
Have a good end to the summer, and I’ll be back here in September!
Mark Anthony Ciccone 