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Fireside chat.

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Good news, folks!

Fireside Magazine has opened its doors to the public for free online viewing. Traditionally, the magazine has been supported by Kickstarter funding for yearly chunks. However, they’ve wanted to try and move away from Kickstarter and to a more communal funding effort. Thus, the options for subscriptions, contributions, and patreon funding have opened up.

If you want to take a look, check out the magazine’s full catalog over here. If you’re also wanting a direct link to my previously published piece of flash fiction, Reversal, the link is right here. To directly help support Fireside, check out their “Support Us” page.

So yeah, there we go. A couple days late, I know, but things have just been manic. The rig is mostly up and running now, so I’ll be completely on my feet before we know it.

~ James.

First Draft: Done

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It’s done.

The first draft of Project: Ember is complete, clocking in at 102,541 words. The project started back on May 18th, so this took almost exactly three months. The average word breakdown comes down to roughly 1,140 WPD.

I might have written down a bit more than I expected to.

Now begins a few days to work on Project: Warcry, but after that, some time off from the writing. A lot of TV shows, movies, games, and so on took a pretty big backseat during this project, so spending a few days to try and catch up on some of it would be nice.

Once that’s over and the editing begins, things are going to get ugly. I need to update my codex on the setting and add in my editing notes, because there’s a lot of work to do in fixing and cleaning it.

The characters have definitely come a long way as well, though it has caused some inconsistencies with the beginning scenes. Intros are always the hardest part for me, not so much the middle or end. The last paragraph or sentence can cause some hang-up for me, but that’s about it.

The characters aren't happy about their treatment.

The characters aren’t happy about their treatment.

Either way, I am thankful to be done with this much of the work. Sure, the long and ugly part is up ahead, but I look forward to seeing a cleaner piece of work come out of it.

Project: Warcry will definitely help tide me over while I work on the editing. Admittedly though, it’s a small project with a very close deadline.

So … yeah, I should probably get working on that.

Either way, one (large) step is done. Now, to move on to the next one and not have a hard time switching processes and story.

I am working on Project: Ember as efficiently as I can, but there’s a lot of work to do on it. Thus, I can’t even begin to guess at what timetable I am looking at for it. I’ll have to get some progress made in the editing process in order to begin guessing at when it might be ready for beta, let alone release.

If you’re itching for some of my own work to tide you over until some of these projects get further along, might I suggest having a gander at Blood in the Machine, or check out Reversal from last month’s issue of Fireside Magazine.

So yeah, here’s to progress. Now, off to take a mini-break for the night before working on Project: Warcry.

Reversal has a Release Date.

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That’s right, folks. Reversal, my first project I’ve ever been paid for, has an official release date. So you might be asking, “Well, what is it already? I want to read!”

Well, I’m happy to announce that Reversal will be releasing in July 16th in Fireside Magazine.

I do encourage folks to not only read the issue, but to go through and read as many as you can. Not only has Fireside been featuring other writers like Andrea Speed, James McGee, and Martin Cahill (and many, many others), but each issue also contains a piece of serial content written by none other than the infamous Chuck Wendig.

Yeah, needless to say, having my work in the same publication as “The Wendigo” has my head spinning.

Either way, I thought you lot would like to know that you’ve got something to look forward to. Sorry for the short notice, though I actually only learned the release date a few days ago. After that, I promptly dropped the ball on informing you folks. Life’s got a funny way of burying you then punishing you for forgetting things.

Be that as it may, I hope you all enjoy the issue and the story. I’ll be releasing a State of the Mind address a bit later on, but there’s definitely been lots of progress in various projects.

Until then, however, enjoy.

~ James.

Upcoming release: Reversal.

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Well, the good news just rolled in!

Recall yesterday, in this article, where I mentioned that I had two pieces of flash fiction out for submission? Well, an hour after I wrote that article, I got word back on one of them. My first story in flash fiction, titled “Reversal”, has just been accepted for publication by Fireside Magazine.

Fireside has been known to attract a high caliber of writers, including Tobias Buckell, Chuck Wendig, Kat Howard, and Stephen Blackmoore amongst many others. Writers who’s actual job isn’t spent at some other building that’s two bad commutes away from home, but actually write fiction for a living.

Needless to say, knowing that my work has been accepted by a publication who deals with such writers is beyond simply being mind-blowing. I am quite humbled and honored to be a part of this effort, and am definitely looking forward to seeing what comes of this great event.

So, what is “Reversal” you ask?

Besides being the first piece of flash fiction that I’ve written, it is a piece of contemporary fantasy that is a spin on the idea of second chances.

Unfortunately, due to the size (or lack thereof) of the story, I can’t really disclose much more on the piece without ruining it. What I can say is that I am proud of the piece that resulted from the work that went into it, and I hope that you all enjoy it when it releases.

Brian, the editor in chief for Fireside, will be putting together the schedule for the issue in the weeks coming up. Until that gets taken care of, the publication date is still to be planned. Trust me when I say, however, that as soon as a date is finalized and disclosed, I’ll be shouting it from the hilltops. You know, what hilltops I actually got around these parts.