Week 3 of 2018
It’s been a weird, and productive week. My original plan was to go to Meridies 40th Year, but the weather was not conducive. Instead, I found myself an AirBnB place called the Bird House near Dunlap, TN.
I’ve had a kitchen, plenty of food, and WiFi. Other than my sweetie, what more could I want?
I’ve been very productive this week, starting with finishing a short story entitled A Gift of Crimson and sending it to the editor. It’s kind of an odd balance between Raymond Chandler, Stan Lee, and J.K. Rowling as it’s for a buddy who’s bringing back Pussy Katnip, a series of superhero comics/stories from the 1930s. Maltese Falcon noir with anthropomorphic animals in a superhero world aimed at young adults. I had a lot of fun with it.
It was challenging too because he asked for shorter stories than normal, around 4000 words. This one ended at 3868. Go me. I’ll have more publishing details when I know exactly.
I made huge progress on the other side project this week. I’ve been building a Wiki for the Four Horsemen universe. You can find the Wiki here: http://mercenaryguild.org/wiki/tiki-index.php. It’s low on content right now, but I’ll be updating that consistenly.
I actually wanted to make sure I could talk about it on this post, which is why I decided to wait until this morning to actually send out my update. Thanks for your patience.
Well, I suppose I should get back to work. This is my last full day on the mountain and I should take advantage of it.
Current Playlist Song: Yngwie Malmsteen, “Flamenco Diablo.” Yngwie is an incredible guitarist, and does some amazing versions of works in classical and other genres, as well as metal.
Quote of the Week
As mentioned, this week has been odd. I’ve literally not left this little above garage mother-in-law type apartment since I got here on Saturday. I’ve had internet and phone, but it’s been… remote.
“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.”
― W.B. Yeats, The Land of Heart’s Desire
News and Works in Progress
- A Gift of Crimson (3868)
- Brief Is My Flame (30000s)
Recent Blog Posts and Wiki Additions
- Random Music Thoughts: https://robhowell.org/blog/?p=915
- Major expansion to Etain Muirghein entry: http://robhowell.org/shijuren/Etain+Muirghein
- Fernando Belatz: http://robhowell.org/shijuren/Fernando+Belatz
- The Four Horsemen Wiki: http://mercenaryguild.org/wiki/tiki-index.php
Upcoming Events
- 19-21 January: ChattaCon, Chattanooga, TN
http://www.chattacon.org/ - 16-18 February, Planet Comicon, Kansas City, MO
http://planetcomicon.com/ - 10-18 March, Gulf Wars, Lumberton, MO
http://www.gulfwars.org/
Spotlight
Since I’m announcing the Four Horsemen Wiki, I suppose I should announce that tomorrow Chris Kennedy and Mark Wandrey will release the prequel in that universe, The Four Horsemen: Alpha Contracts.
Today’s Weight: 385.4 (from last week)
Updated Word Count: 6807
Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.
Have a great week, everyone.
Author of the Shijuren-series of novels
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- A Lake Most Deep (Edward, Book 1)
- The Eyes of a Doll (Edward, Book 2)
- Where Now the Rider (Edward, Book 3)
- I Am a Wondrous Thing (The Kreisens, Book 1)
- Brief Is My Flame (The Kreisens, Book 2) Forthcoming 2018
- None Call Me Mother (The Kreisens, Book 3) Forthcoming 2018
- “Where Enemies Sit” in For a Few Credits More (The Four Horsemen Universe)
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