Well, things have turned out pretty much as expected this week. And don’t worry – my projects page has been updated to reflect it all, so you can play “spot the difference” to your heart’s content.
The Gospel is now in its third draft. I’m still not happy with it and will probably re-draft it several times over the coming months. The second draft of White Heart has been completed (wooo hoooo!). And a request for dedicated readers (RFDR) has been put in the Critter’s Workshop [External Link] system for The Longest Night. The RFDR itself consists of the synopsis for The Longest Night and probably won’t make it to the front of the queue until January, as I have a short (Hybrid) to go through first (up for critiqueing from 05/12/2007).
I’ve heard back from the Interzone Mundane issue editors (more information here: [External Link]) and my story The Ally-Ally-Oh has been very nicely rejected. Being determined/positive/stubborn/a pain in the proverbial/all of the afore-mentioned, it’s gone straight out again to Murky Depths [External Link], which was queued up to be added to my reading material list before I made the decision. Now I just look like I’m brown-nosing, seeing as I haven’t actually subscribed yet (the joys of obscenely low income). Oh, well.
You may also notice the addition of The Big, Bad Wolf to my projects. It’s a modernisation of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy/folk tale (Wikipedia info: [External Link]) intended for Drollerie Press and their anthology of Little Red [External Link]. Hopefully, it’ll be ready in time for the deadline. Then I just have to worry about them liking it.
And for my next trick… This coming week, I’m hoping to start putting together the first draft of Faith properly. It may take some time as I need it to fit perfectly with White Heart and the rest of the planned Hound of Kern Trilogy, but develop in its own right as well. I’m also hoping to put fingers to keyboard for Nemonymous Eight: Cone Zero [External Link]. I have an idea. I just have to write it down.