Celtic Bard: Blog

I meant to do this yesterday but got in kind of late. So, I want to wish everyone a late Happy Thanksgiving! I have been working on some writing, despite the holidays, so I hope to have something to post soon, even if it is another "In Progress" project for you guys to lament over. I have been kind of working on five or six projects at once as the inspiration hits me. I haven't really had the kind of uninterrupted peace that would allow me to focus on one project and grind it out. Should that happen, I will probably try to finish up the next chapter for one of the two open stories I have going or try to wrap up the next story in the Magic at War Universe that I have been working on (Chameleon's Prey). As I wrote previously, that one has indeed gotten away from me. It is already approaching the length of Death and Love In Marjah and I don't really see the end of the story yet. The characters just keep leading me down the same road they are traveling.

I have also been working on In the Darkness Falling (the sequel to Enter the Darkness) and if I can wrap up the chapter I am on with that story, I will begin posting chapters on that one since I am about a third of the way through what I projected the book to be when I started it.

I am also about half done re-editing my next novel for publication on Kindle and trade paperback, the third in the Chronicles of The Samuelson quartet. I am hoping to get Reign of Prophesy finished up before Christmas.

That is all for now. Everyone have a happy and safe holiday season and try to celebrate in moderation (or have a DD on hand if you decide to indulge yourselves). Until next time . . .

While it hasn't been as long between Chapter 6 & 7, it has been about three months since a new Future Distorted, but Chapter 8 is finally here. Our trio of survivors have finally escaped civilization's falling and find a sanctuary in the wilds of western Virginia. Will it be a true haven or will they find more trouble? Read the new chapter and find out.

I haven't started the next chapter of Anomaly of the Fates just yet and the end of this chapter of FD kind of used up my inspiration on that story, so it might be a while before the next chapters come for those stories. Between now and then, I will probably have a new story or two out assuming I can work my way through the two I have been working on for the past several weeks. Chameleon's Prey, another Magic at War story, seems to have gotten away from me and instead of an 8-10 page short story I thought it would be it has the feeling of something a bit longer, possibly around the length of Death and Love in Marjah.

The other new story I have been working on, God of Central Park West, I am hoping to keep in line with the 10-15 page story I had hoped to make it. It is still running along the path I had envisioned it, so I hope to get it done soon.

As for anything else I have been working on, I won't bother you with since none of it will be posted anytime soon with the possible exception of In the Darkness Falling. I am about four chapters in on that story and maybe if I get a little further in I will begin posting it.

That is all for now, so check out Chapter 8 of Future Distorted and let me know what you think. Enjoy!

For those languishing without new Anomaly of the Fates, I just submitted Chapter 7. It should be up later tonight or early tomorrow. It is not that long but it is an important one as Kiernan takes his first step along his new path as a sentinel while also getting hints that his death may not have been solely about him.

As for other stuff, I am getting close to finishing up the next chapter of Future Distorted and I am getting closer to finishing up two other new projects. One is another story in the Magic at War Universe and the other is something odd that came to me a little while ago but is taking me a while to work through. I may start working again on the Enter the Darkness sequel, In the Darkness Falling, since I finally came up with the way to work through the block I had on that one. If I get the chapter I was working on finished, I may start posting chapters on that one, though it will be with a slow posting schedule since I have so many open projects. Let me know which you prefer: slow posting or no posting until I get most of the book finished.

That is about all for this time, look for the next chapter of Future Distorted hopefully soon.

As I mentioned in my last post, I have been working on a new project that has been taking up much of my writing time of late. I finally finished the first short story off of it entitled Final Breath of a Dead God. It is a little different from my previous stories in that it is more of an origin tale wrapped up in a nice story about a grandfather and his grandson sent to keep the old man out of trouble by his daughter. The story has been submitted and if it isn't up already it soon will be. I also have appendices for that universe (Legends of the God-City) that I might post if I get enough interest in it. The last appendices I posted got me hate mail, so I may just keep it to myself.

As for Future Distorted and Anomaly of the Fates, I have been slowly working on those and the next chapter of FD is already half finished, I simply need time to put the rest of it in the computer or on paper (depending on if I get time at the computer or at work). I also finally broke through my block on AotF and might be able to get that out to you all soon.

So that is the news for today, check back in a bit and I might have your favorite unfinished story's next chapter complete. Meanwhile, enjoy the new story.

It has been a while since I posted something, so I decided an explanation was needed. I am working on a number of things, including the next chapters of Anomaly of the Fates and Future Distorted. Unfortunately, real life has intruded once more and work has gotten to be a bit beastly. Add to that the fact that I have been working on something new, which has been the driving inspiration behind my writing of late, and things ready for posting have slowed to a crawl. I had hoped to have had the next chapter to one of the open stories ready by now as well as the first chapter of the sequel to Enter the Darkness, but that seems to be on hold. At least until I get this new bit of writing out of my system.

Sorry to disappoint and I find myself once again begging for your patience. Hopefully it will be rewarded shortly.