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Late-Feb slog
The kids had a visit from their Granny this week (her choice in nicknames), and she brought her dog to visit with ours. Pet-cousins? Not a lot else pops out from this week - one sick kid, another starting select basketball, and the third gearing up for dance competitions and tutoring in her writing. Normal bedlam. My wife and I managed to sneak in a much-needed date night over the long weekend, killing a bottle of wine at Driftwood Estate Winery. They’ve got a nice setup, with spots to drink looking out over the countryside, and the wine we had was great.
Writing Updates
I had big updates last week, showing the first prints of Book 4 and some new art. Week-older-me can’t compete.
Reminder—if you want to join in on beta reading of Book 4, the link was in last week’s newsletter (old newsletters are linked at the bottom).
Minor Spoiler Alert - you’ll get hints of Book 4 from the images below. Delete now if you don’t like hints.
I sketched a couple of pics of the town of Baenath on FreeWorld. I have an artist converting my scribbles into a map—something my previous books lacked. Does Grendelmar need a map? Forsaken? Nautical? Orbanos? Central Park? 😀
I thought it would be fun to show what the artist does to turn my chicken-scratches into something magical. I’m working with a new artist on this one, but I’m optimistic—I like the way he communicates. I don’t have permission yet to share his intermediate drawings, but I’ve asked. Oh, he agreed! His first pass of the city layout is below.
o To-Do list for writing last week:
Email updates- Grammatical and Style edits for Book 4 - through chapter 14. Yellow, because I only completed through chapter 8. I can’t keep the same pace as I managed for Book 3–work is too busy.
- Sketch out or describe pics for Book 4. Didn’t do it. Took a stab at drawing Baenath and Artifice tower, but it isn’t what I want them to draw yet.
o To-Do list for writing this week:
- Email updates
- Grammatical and Style edits for Book 4 - through chapter 15.
- list out the pics I want and decide whether they are truly achievable.
Previous Newsletters
- No rest for the weary - 2/16/2022
- Book 4 of The Guardian League, The Song Unsung - 2/9/2022
- Happy Birthday to my Wife - 2/1/2022
- Finding Books "Connected" to mine - 1/25/2022
- Hunting for Silver Linings - 1/18/2022
- Starting off the New Year with a Bang - 1/11/2022
- Happy Neo Year - 1/4/2022
- Treasure - 12/28/2021
- Happy Holidays - 12/21/2021
- A week of promotions - 12/14/2021
- Elf on the Shelf and the Bless-Yous of Winter - 12/05/2021
- Thanks have been given - 11/30/2021
- Reviews, but not bookish reviews... - 11/23/2021
- Lights, digital recording device, action… - 11/16/2021
- Annnnd... cue Christmas! - 11/09/2021
- Book 3 Hype-Up Coming Soon - 11/02/2021
- Losing Faith, a Calyx Twins Story - 10/26/2021 📜 Losing Faith, a Calyx Twins Story.pdf
- New pics for Book 1 - 10/19/2021
- Happy Birthday, Middle Egg - 10/12/2021
- Age Before Duty -10/05/2021 📜 Age-Before-Duty.pdf
- Grundle's Hope - 9/28/2021 📜 Grundle's-Hope.pdf
Steven J Morris
Hi! If you enjoy fantasy with snarky humor, I've got some books for you. My newsletter takes you along the creative journey, and keeps you informed of what's brewing.
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