Hi everyone. Haven't been around much as I'm recently/newly employed and haven't quite adapted to the schedule. This doesn't mean I haven't been writing, I just haven't had time for blogging, or really had anything to blog about. No one wants to read "hate my new job" right?

I work in a place where every keystroke is pretty much recorded for permanent posterity and since I am in the habit of writing fiction between projects on my computer, it's been a torturous two months. But, necessity being the mother of invention, I've found a solution -

Scrap paper. Yep. Just like The Belle of Amherst, I'm scrawling down short stories in longhand on the back of old outlines, hand outs, and other things, stuffing them in my lunchbox, and bringing them home.

So, with that said - what's in development?

Well, I've got the next two Pleasant Hollow stories nearly complete - The Walker, which I started before I began the new job, is about 4000 words. The new one, The Marionette is about 30 handwritten pages long. I have no idea what that word count it.. but I'll update once I finish transcribing it.

Atop that I'm still writing for my patron, though I haven't had much time since before Thanksgiving to put any good time into the next story, which is already at the 5 draft stage. It's hard because I'm working from 500 words worth of notes for a 2000 word story. So either it's an info dump, or a story... in one case it has no story, in the other it has no info.

Next one will work though. I have a solution already planned.

I'm considering adding a new first chapter to Tears of Amaterasu which is still under consideration at Zumaya Publications. I should be hearing from them in the next couple of months if their submission turnaround time is to be believed.

I'm got two new commentaries ready for recording at The Writing Show too!

Busy busy busy.