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Blog postI’m late on purpose. I had a meeting with my doctor scheduled for this morning so I waited until I knew what he was going to say.
The bad news: It’s cancer.
The good news: It’s treatable.
The next few months are probably going to suck, but I should recover.
Status: The Wizard’s Cat
I have had a few epiphanies about that story. Why it’s so hard for me to find the story. What the story is about. All that. Fingers crossed that the Good News will free my brain -
Blog postI remember I had great plans, wonderful energy. Even walked a few days early in the month. The good ship foundered on a collection of misadventures, some of which I can share. Others, not so much.
Status Tanyth Audio Snafu
Chapter 12 in Hermit of Lammas Wood has chapter 15’s audio. Unfortunately chapter 15 is also chapter 15. I got the correct files from Artistic Whispers and corrected the uploads, but it’ll take a bit for them to work through the system. Sorry about that.
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Blog postThe first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one. Last month’s late post, along with my mid-month email, had me taking stock and taking steps, not just making plans.
So it’s now March and I’m roaring – if only to wake myself up and get this circus moving again.
Status The Wizard’s Cat
I’ve been working on the files. Rereading them and marking the pieces that are missing. The story feels forced but I think the answer is not “start over” as much as “fill in the -
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Blog postOn pretty much everything, it seems.
I haven’t any new news. I’ve made zero progress this year so far.
I’m still reading a lot. That seems like it matters even when I haven’t been able to focus on anything else.
What I Am I Reading? The last book was E. M. Foner’s Con Living, EarthCent Universe Book 3.
I found it pretty engaging, humorous in the right places. I first started reading Foner’s work with Date Night at Union Station. This series is set in the same u -
Blog postLooking back at 2021, I didn’t do a lot of things I wanted to do. Most of my goals fell far short of my intentions. Rather than getting depressed about the things I didn’t do and laying out grand plans for making it right in 2022, I thought I’d talk about what I did manage to pull out of my hat.
First, I wrote 413,367 words. That’s four novels worth of stories in the pipeline. Three Ishmael books that need second draft editing and third draft polish. It’s over 100,000 words toward a f -
Blog postYou’d be hard pressed to prove it by the conditions here. Mid-70s today, although the trees are mostly bare, and the nights dip into the 30s. Still seems wrong.
Status The Wizard’s Cat
My NaNoWriMo ended with 60k new words in this title. It’s a mess right now but I like where it’s going.
New Ishmael
No progress. Been focused on new words. These stories still live rent-free in my head, though. I’m looking forward to clearing away the Cat first.
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Blog postOctober was not my finest hour. Or even a good week. Mostly it boiled down to distress over The Wizard’s Cat.
Status New Ishmael
I haven’t made any progress on getting those three books polished up. It’s been a struggle to get anything done at all.
The Wizard’s Cat
I had about a third of a novel written on this. I chipped away at it, throwing words at the page for days at a time only to get to the point where I realized none of it was working. I closed the file and w -
Blog postSeptember saw the return of “regular writing.” I didn’t exactly burn up the pages but progress has been made.
STATUS New Ishmael
It’s three books. I finished my first clean up pass through the 1150 pages and marked out where the stories break. They’re going to take some work but it’s definitely three books.
The Wizard’s Cat
Over 30k words into this baby. I’ve got some plot holes that tripped me up over the last couple of days but the story is beginning to gel for me. -
Blog postI know it’s not Autumn yet, and back-to-school has happened for a lot of people already but September has always marked the End Of Summer to me. A time to get busy and get back to enjoying cooler weather.
That’s not actually what happens in Colorado. We’ll have 80 and 90 degree days into October, when it will likely snow.
Be that as it may, I’m seeing a trend.
Status Salt is out in ebook. Audio is up in the air. It won’t be happening any time soon because it will take -
Blog postThe phrase comes from the ancient Romans who believed that the sun rising with the brightest (hottest) star Sirius in Canis Major caused the summer heat. Has nothing to do with lounging around panting in the shade – other than it’s a pretty good thing to do here in the northern hemisphere.
South of the equator, not so much.
Status Salt – Book 1 of the Barbarians
This should drop this month. I’m the hold up and I’m not proud of it.
New Ishmael
There’s a lot of -
Blog postI think most people visiting this site realize that it’s just an archive of the old stuff. The pages hold a lot of DVD extra material that didn’t make it into the books but I still find useful.
At some point, I’ll migrate those pages over to my main site – nathanlowell.com.
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Blog postI’ve just found some new comments on this blog and I’ve answered them.
Sorry for the long delay in responses.
FYI. I update my main site every month and the email notifications for new comments get delivered in my face so I’m less likely to lose a question (or forget to answer).
Here’s a recap:
1. I’m done with Ishmael for a while. By Darkness Forged is out, the manuscript is with Podium for Audible production. Ishmael & Co will return, but -
Blog postTime flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.*
I just realized that it’s almost two years since I posted here. Looks like I need to pay a little more attention, eh?
* Ever wonder who said this first? I did.
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Blog postWhile I’ve been posting regularly every month over at nathanlowell.com, I just realized I’m not as dedicated to cross posting over here.
So, with a fond farewell, let me say good-bye 2016 and hello 2017. I’m looking forward to my 10th anniversary with Ishmael Wang on the 12th and to many more years to come. With two more Ishmael books (Seeker’s Tales) and two more Natalya books (Smuggler’s Tales) and who knows what happens after that, there’s plenty to look forward to.
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Blog postThe temps have taken a dive and the leaves are turning here on the Front Range. Things are percolating along out in the Deep Dark.
If you haven’t seen them, Podium is rolling out the Ishmael Wang stories on Audible. Jeffrey Kafer’s interpretations are different from mine, but they’re the same stories. They’ll release Captain’s Share this month (on the 11th I think). Owner’s Share drops in November and In Ashes Born in December.
I’m about 29,000 words into To Fire C -
Blog postFor those that haven’t found it, Milk Run dropped a couple of days ago. This first book of a spin off series set in Toe-Hold space, features Natalya Regyri and Zoya Usoko in an adventure exploring the other side of the Golden Age. Hint: It’s not what you think.
If you missed the short story “Exile” when the Starbound anthology was available, it’s now the first three chapters of Milk Run. If you read that story and think “What? I read this already?” that’s why.
Podium has the f -
Blog postLast post here was May?
Sorry about that. I try to post at the beginning of each month over at nathanlowell.com but I guess I forgot the Solar Clipper Diary.
If you’ve missed the news, Podium has started releasing the Audible versions of the Ishmael Wang stories. Quarter Share, Half Share, and Full Share are available now and – if they stay on schedule – In Ashes Born will be out in mid-December.
The first book of the new Smuggler’s Tales has gone to the editor. Milk R -
Blog postSpring has been snowy here. While it hasn’t stuck, it snowed here all weekend which was good for my writing.
Milk Run is coming together. The origin story – “Exile” – which has done very well in the Starbound anthology – will be coming home in May and I’ll put it at the beginning of Milk Run as the opening chapters. I think part of my problem all along as been it should have been there and I’ve been flailing trying to get it together. The anthology is free for a few days so if you mis -
Blog postNot quite April, but past time for me to leave an update.
Milk Run is in my word processor. It’s being difficult but I think I might be at that point where I have to write to get it out of my head.
Many of you are anxious for the next Ishmael book – which will be To Fire Called. I can’t write that one until I get Milk Run out. I need Milk Run so I have a better handle on what Ishmael is sailing into. It’s sort of like building a house. I can’t put on the walls on the second fl -
Blog postI just realized I haven’t posted here in a long time.
Sorry about that.
I’ve just finished a new story that’s going into an anthology next month. I’ll let you know when the anthology get published.
I signed with Podium to create the audiobooks for the Ishmael Wang stories starting with Quarter Share up to By Darkness Forged (the last Seeker’s novel on the board at the moment). Jeffrey Kafer – an award winning voice artist – will be doing the narration. No, I’m not doin
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