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//--8/30/2023--- Aug. 30th [Writing Updates]
It's been a long time coming, though unfortunately it's another one of "those" updates. And while there has indeed been some great progress on a rewritten Shattered Void, it's become rather obvious
that a pivot in focus will be required. The blunt reality is that it will still be a vast amount of time before the novel trilogy can satisfactorily be completed, and financially speaking, I can no longer
risk another runway spanning years.
For the longest time, writing has been my life's primary endeavor, and I do think it always will be. However, there are many sides to me, and there has been one long
left in dorminant: game making. And with both excitement and dread, I am now venturing back to a dream long forgotten and a commercial chance of buying more time.
GSig Games will no longer be just a faded personal memory, but soon a business and with it, a game worthy to sell. The task ahead will be challenging, but it's one
I know that I will master...
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Shattered Void Draft In Progress:
//--8/25/2022--- Aug. 25th [Writing Updates]
After thorough review and procrastination, work has now restarted on the first book of the Wars of Greuador trilogy. And while the story of Shattered Void still holds up, the fresh
re-read has made it abundantly clear of just how much needs to be dramatically altered. Even Book 2 now seems like another full tower of work ahead, and not just simple prose changes. In some
ways it feels like a defeat and backslide of progress, and yet on the other side it displays how much of an improvement my writing on Dread Fall truly was.
While part of me wishes to already be back working on Book 3, there is in fact a unique satisfaction in reuniting with the world and characters
at their earliest beginnings: knowing in greater context of just how much occurs with them across the full trilogy.
Depending on how things go with Book 1, I'll either immediately jump back to Dread Fall or carry on with the task of editing Book 2. Though
similarly how Book 3 requires a solidfied Shattered Void, I almost feel instinctively that Blood Storm will require a completed Book 3 in order to be a better middle. Yet regardless,
its clear the road ahead is still vastly long, and the end now further off in sight...
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//--7/11/2022--- Jul. 11th [Writing Updates]
After some initial progress on Book 3, it has become quite clear that in order to both make Dread Fall the best conclusion possible and to save rework time for the trilogy in the future, I
first must venture back to Shattered Void and recomplete the book that launched everything. While originally I had just planned to carry forward to ending before reverting back to it, I've
found the task at present to be untenable.
There are simply too many connections between the books that require solidification before being able to be properly tied off in finale, and furthermore in terms of mindset I cannot place myself
truly at ending while knowing the actual work left is closer to midpoint. And so like just another beleaguered writer, my journey is back to start.
Once Book 1 is fully rewritten, I will then probably go on to at least editing Blood Storm before finally being equipped enough to face the Trilogy's conclusion. It's been a long journey,
and much is still ahead. But the writing is getting closer and the printing all the nearer...
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//--1/12/2022--- Jan. 12th [Writing Updates]
After much delay, work has finally begun on Book 3 of the Wars of Greuador saga. It's been so long since inception, that part of me still can't believe I've actually reached
this far. Writing a novel is difficult, writing a trilogy harder, though making them truly satisfactory is the fullest challenge. While Book 2 has held up so far in mind after review,
Book 1 still requires a full new draft. It's not so much that things need to be entirely changed, but rather just alter how they're presented. My prose and overall writing has improved quite
comparatively, and Shattered Void now has the task to catch back up.
This will likely be a recurring loop for all my writing. After Book 3 is completed, I'm sure Blood Storm will seem similarly inferior. And so the plan always was to write the complete Trilogy and then
polish them all together to be one cohesive and memorable set of novels. Only then can I finally start the publishing process and unleash the series onto the world. Part of me is still daunted
at the task, and yet I try to just stay focused on the day-to-day work as usual: one word at a time.
Following this draft's completion, I will revert back to Book 1 and start the writing process all over again. It will be interesting for sure, challenging, frustrating, but each effort brings
total completion that much closer. These books have been and will continue to be my greatest life's endeavor, and so I cannot spoil them with rushed or lacking effort. But the end approaches,
and soon I will get there...
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//--9/9/2021--- Sept. 9th [Writing Updates]
After many months of work and review, I can finally say that the Exploratory Draft of Blood Storm is now complete. Spanning 333 pages, it is the longest book that I have written and also
I think the best. The structure and prose appear stronger, and now after initial reading I realize that Shattered Void will need at least another full draft to muster back up to its equal.
But this just further proves the benefits of waiting for Trilogy completion before committing to publish Book 1.
Currently as written, the first two books total over 500 pages which equates to 1,000 for a standard printed novel. Truthfully I hadn't expected to hit
that milestone until somewhere during Book 3's writing, and it would be a lie to say that number didn't have significance in my mind. Though such thoughts are best saved until after completion
as self-satisfaction is often the enemy of work and there is quite a lot that I have left.
Following a period of rest and contemplation, I will proceed onto writing the Exploratory Draft for Book 3 titled Dread Fall. It has been many
years since the first iteration of Wars of Greuador, but the novels in written actuality have taken far greater form then when I had originally imagined them. And to that end the published
Trilogy will be worth the wait...
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Blood Storm Draft In Progress:
//--2/17/2021--- Feb. 17th [Writing Updates]
It's been a long time coming, but work has finally started on Book 2 of the Wars of Greuador saga. After numerous revisions and drafts, Shattered Void has now reached the solid
point where not much remains in the way of total completion beyond copy editing and the resolve to finalize the proof. Though this is not to say that Book 1 is near publication, but quite the
contrary. It's likely that release will probably not be until 2022....
Starting a Trilogy and Saga is a daunting task, and an author only gets one shot at it. Over the course of my writing career, one thing has always
made itself clear: things will change and ideas shift. And while Shattered Void has survived years of pause and assessment, amounting to the greatest work I've ever achieved, I recognize
that art is never perfect and interesting pieces can end up being overlooked or forgotten along the way. It is a lesson that I've learned numerous times the hard way, and one I don't plan on
repeating more.
To this end it is my intention to write at least the Exploratory and Proponent Drafts of both Books 2 & 3 before committing Shattered Void to print.
In doing so, my vision for the Trilogy will be firmly cemented as well as ensure the opportunity that any necessary edits, considerations, or extra foreshadowing can be applied to the first novel
without issue. As the saying goes: painting takes awhile, longer still when you're stuck in a corner waiting for it to dry...
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