Good Evening!
This afternoon, I submitted the files for The Empirical Evidence of Stars. We hope to get proofs in about a week, at which point the final phase of editing will commence. Your patience will soon begin paying in dividends. In the meantime, enjoy the finalized cover, courtesy of Dean Kotz himself.
All right, put the fork in the second draft this afternoon. Delays have come up over the past few months. My wife and I had a kid, got a new job, etc. There will be inevitable edits to come, but usually my third draft is my final draft–-unless there are some serious problems.
But we're not even going to think about that for now. Happy summertime!
On a short pre-Christmas vacation, I made the final push and I am very happy to announce that I have finished the first draft of The Zeros and The Empirical Evidence of Stars. It comes in at 94,030 words. Now, because this book was written over five years (!!!!), there will definitely need to be some work done to get it in good shape. BUT the bulk of the work is done.
All right, now let's have a drink.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y'ALL
Hello Folks,
It has been more than a year since I checked in here, and even then it was only to post a goofy logo. I've got some actual news now.
The Zeros & The Empirical Evidence of Stars has been reappraised by our series editor (Miss Kathleen), and a number of drastic changes have been made to the manuscript, to say nothing of the outline. Entire segments have been cut or moved, with many of the better set pieces cut and saved for later volumes, greatly tightening an outline that had grown to rival Tolstoy–-in length only. So instead of being less than halfway through at 60k words, I'm more like 2/3 of the way through at 55k.
Infinite apologies for the delay. I have no excuse other than the fact that the story grew too large and unwieldy, and it simply got away from me. Time travel, Albert Einstein, parallel universes, reincarnated despots, assassins, international nuclear politics, and trans-dimensional travel grew too much for one volume. For everyone out there waiting patiently for the next volume, all I can do is apologize and beg for further patience. It is coming. I'm hoping the volume you receive now will be a much cleaner, tighter, and faster read than its previous incarnation ever would have been.
Thank you again for your patience and support.
-Your Loyal Author
Well, folks, I should be writing, and after an absence as long as this absence has been, you'd think I'd be too ashamed to show my face. Right? Wrong. I'm always ready to stroll on through when I've been remiss at something.
That being said, this is what I've been working on, friends. A random Harold's Meat Shack tee, what I'm sure you've been craving. Here it is. And now I'm hungry.
Yeah, I know, these are books, so it's supposed to be quiet, right?
But what's wrong with a few tunes to get your toes tappin?
Why not slide on over to a new page on a pair of not-terribly-secret easter eggs in each of the novellas. You know what I'm talking about, right? Something to do with the chapter headings?
Yeah, I thought so...
Much love,
Eric
All right, well we've got a new website up and running (mostly). I'm hoping that the majority of this is working as it's supposed to. It sure looks better than the other one, right?
Some kinks will continue to be ironed out, I'm sure. Going forward, hopefully things will start working 100%. Or that's the idea, at least.
And in the meantime, patience remains a virtue as we continue the endless wait for The Empirical Evidence of Stars. It'll be worth the wait, I promise. It's bigger and more complicated than anything I've written before, and I'm trying to do more constructive outlining to keep the whole thing together as it should be.
Your patience is eternally appreciated!
Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for updates!
Much love,
Eric
If you haven't read the inaugural Brick Brannigan tale–Brick Brannigan is Knee-Deep in Peril!–and are thereby nonplussed by this fine little post-Thanksgiving helping of news, then I've got nothing for you, this evening.
Howdy Pardners,
So I was doing quite well on The Zeros and The Empirical Evidence of Stars, chugging along, cruising to chapter 15 when I hit a bit of a snag: this is infinitely more complicated than The Library of Doom! or The Man Who Could Not Die. I'm sorting details, doing research (historical!), and trying to get ducks in nice lil rows. The problem is, that's slowed down the writing process drastically. So while that's happening, I figured I'd put my nose to the grindstone on a…
*wait for it, wait for it*
…a new novella.
Ah, yes, a new novella. This puppy is called The Zeros and The Season of the Witch and it is coming together nicely. New characters, new villains, and a new locale. I'm working at it and hoping on a summer '14 release.
Stay tuned for more news, as it's surely coming soon (seeing as I'm about a third of the way through it!).
Much love and gratitude,
--Your Loyal Author
Good Evening Dear Readers,
