All Systems: Check
I expect 2023 to be an ultra-productive year. My goal is to write 8 novels, which I think I can do with goo time management and solid outlines. Here's a check-in on my current projects as of February 2023:
The Lazarus Key
I've finished writing The Lazarus Key, a speculative/dark thriller that stars a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent named Sam Brodie who joins a specialized FWS task force that specializes in looking into bizarre wildlife cases (like saber-tooth tigers). For a high concept, think of The X-Files if Mulder and Scully investigated unexplainable wildlife incidents rather than aliens. The manuscript is finished and now out on submission. If book 1 connects well with readers, this will become a series.
Judge Mental
I started writing this serialized superhero story on Wattpad, but I've found a new home for Judge's complete story. It's now finished and with my editor. In the meantime, you can read the first few (unedited) chapters on Wattpad here.
Secondhand Spaceman
I'm now writing my next space series. Book 1 is outlined, and I'm writing it. I hope to have book 1 finished by end of February (or early March, more realistically) and will start right away on book 2.
Lilly Parker
Once I'm done with Secondhand Spaceman, I'll write a middle-grade horror novel. It's already outlined and all the major characters are worked out, so I expect to write this short book in just a couple of weeks.
Archon
I'm looking forward to begin writing a brand new post-apocalyptic series by Fall 2023. It has some horrific, nasty zombies in it--a lot meaner and deadlier than the ones in the Deadland Saga! I already have the covers for the first three books, so I'm pretty excited to self-publish this series. Release dates depend on my wrapping up Secondhand Spaceman first.
Legion Quest
When I'm not working on other projects, I'm writing a portal fantasy that throws a disabled gamer into a Dungeons and Dragons world. It's fun, classic fantasy with a heroic team facing unbeatable odds. I haven't chosen the publication path for this one yet, but I'm considering self-publishing it, possibly even as a series of novelettes to get it to my readers faster.
Bounty Hunter
From a publishing standpoint, I originally had six novels planned for the current story arc, which leaves two more novels to write. Unfortunately, the series hasn't done as well as I hoped, so the remaining two books are sitting on the back burner as I work on other projects first. The first four novels are available on Kindle, everywhere in audio, and in paperback. Oh, and the first novel is also available on the Tales app!
Other Stuff
I have the rights back on the very first novels I published (fantasy romance). I picked up a new cover and plan to package both novels (Knightfall and Hellbound) as a single ebook, which I'll rerelease this year across all ebook retailers under the original series name, Guardians of the Seven Seals.
I also recently wrote a short story for a SoundBooth Theater audio project that takes place in Jaime Castle's and Christopher Vailin's Raptorverse universe. My story centers on Bastet fighting some scary newcomers in the Raptorverse. I'm not sure on the release date for that yet, but it's sometime in 2023.
For a writing tangent, I'm considering entering the podcasting world this year with a Voiceover audio narrative. I have a post-apocalyptic story idea. The writing will be the easy part. Handling the new-to-me audio side will be the hard part. I'll keep you posted.
I also recently wrote a short story for a SoundBooth Theater audio project that takes place in Jaime Castle's and Christopher Vailin's Raptorverse universe. My story centers on Bastet fighting some scary newcomers in the Raptorverse. I'm not sure on the release date for that yet, but it's sometime in 2023.
For a writing tangent, I'm considering entering the podcasting world this year with a Voiceover audio narrative. I have a post-apocalyptic story idea. The writing will be the easy part. Handling the new-to-me audio side will be the hard part. I'll keep you posted.