A Break Between Chapters and A Call to Arms
It has been a long time since my last update. I have been trying to finish Journey to God but it has a mind of its own. Unfortunately, that means that I am not working on short stories. Even though I am not working on them, I have three that are outlined and have their introductions written. There was a small break where I focused on only reading (holidays). Right now, I am on Moby Dick and will be moving to Winnie the Pooh. However, I am writing again and pouring more of my time into Journey to God. Tentative completion of the rough draft is the end of February dependent on work and classes.
Before I jump back into my work, I wanted to bring up a good cause from an old and very important friend of mine. Courtney works for Teach America (in the Chicago public school system) and one of her students experienced the horrors of a home fire. For those who have never experienced this disaster: imagine taking all of your belongings and throwing out 80+% of them, including heirlooms and mementos. Nonetheless, if you are interested in her student’s story I implore you to visit the following link and donate: Click Me! Everything helps, instead of buying that nice frosty IPA buy the cheap PBR and donate the difference.
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The short story hiatus is in full swing and Journey to God is moving along at a calm pace. Realistically, Journey to God will be completed by the end of November. Based on the content, it should end at roughly 50,000-70,000 words, and is currently ~13,000 words.
Since there will be a new manuscript soon, I am not sending any new query letters to agents until Journey to God is written and edited. This way, I can send two manuscripts instead of one. I feel that my writing fluctuates between multiple genres, and it is important to give the agent I query an opportunity to see my other work when they make a decision. Thus, the holding off on query letters.
Another Day is in secondary edits and should be released sometime this month. However, it is not a primary priority and has a few corrections in regard to content. Thanks for understanding the pause in releases, and I hope to have something for all of you to read shortly.
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