Last Week in Review - April 11-18, 2021

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Have you ever wondered what a writer does with their time? Or thought how lucky a writer was to just have to jot down a few words each day before getting some time off? Well, here's a really brief overview of what this writer's week looked like, last week.

I'm pretty happy with it, in that it was fairly busy and quite productive. I completed a large work-for-hire project, finished the second book in the Strays of Lunar One series (which ended up being 20,000 words longer than expected), started a short story  for my next project, that decided it was going to be a young adult science-fiction-fantasy novel, and then started a second short story that agreed to remain a short story (for which I am grateful).

I also recorded a mix of game-play, writer-at-work, and writer-reads-the-first-chapter videos, which will need to be processed and scheduled, this week, and did some research on other games, and some more research on the background needed for my next work-for-hire and personal writing projects. Much of that was done during the last three days of the week as I wasn't feeling a hundred per cent, and had to take things easy, so words were fewer, but admin and recordings were a little higher.

We'll be reversing that trend, next week.

In summary, the week's achievements were as follows:

Words Written: 24,347

Projects Worked on: 4

Projects Complete: 2

Videos Recorded: 20

Administrative Hours: 17 hours 18 minutes

Research Hours: 7 hours 13 minutes

Total Work Hours: 67 hours 58 minutes

I'll leave you with the first (almost) hundred words or so of the short story that decided to become a young adult novel:

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The dragon flew high, its wings slicing through the sky, and Tenebrak woke to the thunder of a starship. He rolled out of bed and into a crouch ducking his head to keep below the window frame. All trace of the dragon was gone, and he couldn’t be sure if it had been a dream or something seen through slitted eyes.

The starship was unmistakable. It swept low through the atmosphere a dozen drop-ships spewing from its belly as it started powering for orbit. Light poured past curtains billowing in a heated breeze, and Tenebrak rolled to the floor.

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and the first (almost) hundred words of the short story that will replace it in the project I was writing for:

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The dragon sat, one long claw idly tapping on a shield, the rest of the paw resting on the body of the knight it belonged to. Cool air swept in from the mountainside and it contemplated the view through the cavern door.

It was mostly tree, but there was a little bit of sky…enough to tell it another storm was on its way.

It drummed its claw some more, thoughtful.

Outside, the trees dipped their crowns, their golden foliage crackling as another gust swept through.

The knight’s horse stood, pawing the ground and tossing its head, whickering in anxious defiance. The dragon thought it looked delicious.

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and an unofficial cover reveal. (There will be an official one later.)


 Cover art for this collection is by Jake at JCaleb Design.

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