Just a quick update while I am between things.
I have placed the Battle of Korunai on hold for a few months, but this is nothing new. It happens from time to time, and some of the recent chapters have needed to sit and distill for a while. I found two chapters I had severed from the current draft and some of it can be salvaged to tell parts of a section I needed to write. This fills in more than half a chapter, but needs a good solid review.
Short stories seem to be something I have never really considered before other than writing exercises. I am starting to pull them out from various locations and archive folders. I have even started one as a writing exercise in mythic structure, but the patterns generated by the character are starting to really work, so I have spun them off into their own capture mechanism.
These were initially intended to dovetail with one of my cyberpunk novels. I painted the background with that brush, but there is no reason to think they are in the same universe... although they could be.
My character is a hardened private investigator on the mean streets of Brisbane 2030, investigating insurance claims, missing items and data theft. I have started creating cases for her and one is almost complete (and good). They are between 4000 and 10000 words, but have four distinct parts and adhere to a strict mythic structure.
I am thinking in a few weeks I will need to find a writers group - I have had one recommended to me - and see if I can get some review on my work... then submit it somewhere and try to publish it.
I am also working on some blog posts, but have yet to complete anything (apologies). Give me time to write!
