General updates 1/11/16
Thus far 2016 is off to a pretty decent start. Here’s what’s going on with the #GallowglasArmy and my quest to be “The hardest working man in indie fantasy.”
SPELLPUNK: I’m finally getting my first novel into shape where I feel like sharing it with the rest of the world. I’m posting new chapters on Mondays and Fridays, except when I brain fart, in which case, I’ll post one chapter per day I’m late. Like this last weekend, I was so focused on Robin’s birthday that I missed Friday…and then Saturday… So, to make up for it, Sunday evening I posted chapters Three, Four, and Five.
PATREON: I’m still figuring this Patreon thing out. It’s like Kickstarter or Indigogo, but instead of supporting a project, people pledge to support a content creator. I post all my work in rough draft. Including my daily flash fiction stories. I’ve decided to make it so that during the first week of every moth, people can see all my posts. I don’t know that I’ll update this every day, but everything will get posted, even if it’s in big chunks like earlier today. So far this year I have ten flash fiction stories and the latest version of the prologue to Halloween Jack and the Red Emperor. Will likely be posting Chapter One later tonight.
LIVE STREAM: I’ve been live streaming some of my writing sessions. I’ve had a couple of people pop in now and then. We’ve even had some lively discussions in the chat channel. Some of the best bits have been: “Is this what you do all day?” “I caution against giving M Todd Gallowglas unsolicited writing advice.” If you tune in during the afternoon session, sometimes you can see and hear miss Megan joining me at the kitchen table where I do most of my writing. Wednesday evening, I’m going to experiment with streaming from Starbucks.
TEARS OF RAGE RE-READ: This one got away from me over the holidays. Now I’m set to start back up in the conversation. Hope some of you will join me as I gear up for writing A Rise of Lesser Gods. I’m going to start this as soon as I’m done with Hallween Jack and the Red Emperor. Hopefully, I’ll have both completed by the time I start my MFA program in April.
Coming events:
- ConFusion – Jan 21-24 – I’m just going to hang out with friends. Have nothing in the way of panels, signings or such.
- LTUE – Feb 11-13 – Great genre themed writer’s conference in Provo Utah. I have a limited panel schedule, but I’ll have a table as well, so if you’re going, stop on by, and say, “Hi.”
- Long Beach Comic Expo – Feb 20-21 – Tentative at this point, but letting people know just in case.
That’s everything off the top of my head on this fine Monday. What’s going on with you guys. What are you up to? Who am I going to see where?
