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My Writing Goals for the Next Decade

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I hesitate to make these public, because I know my readers (and friends) will hold me accountable. That’s some serious pressure. But perhaps I not only need that, I need to let all of you know what I hope to accomplish for the next decade.

I’ve started a lot of series and books that I have yet to finish. My goal is to complete those. To that end, here’s what you can expect from me:

  • Two sequels to Destroyer, making it a trilogy. Working titles: Apollyon: Body and Soul and Apollyon: Haunted Legacy. These are being written by only me, but I am getting input from my co-authors on the first book.
  • A sequel and “midquel” for Pandora’s Box. I started the sequel, which has the working title of Hope’s War, several years ago and need to finish it. I also have an idea for a “midquel” (i.e. it takes place during the first book) that is from Overlord Erebus’ perspective. It’ll be something of an origin story for him. He was only in a few chapters, so I figured he should have a chance to shine.
  • Books 2-5 of The (Mis)Adventures of George Francis. As in, sequels to Ninjas and Talking Trees. I’ve been sitting on ideas for more of these books for a long time. I even led with Ninjas being labeled “book 1.” It’s time to make good on that promise. As part of that, I’ll be revising book one for republication. It won’t be a George Lucas-level revision, but there are some typos in it that need addressed, and I think some of the humor hasn’t aged as well as I’d like.
  • The original urban-fantasy romance novel I started as a creative writing thesis in grad school needs to be finished. It’s sitting at 50 pages. I was hoping to use it to shop around for a literary agent. I don’t know if I will use it for that now or not. Working title: There Sleeps Titania.

After these are done, I will start the epic space opera that’s been brewing in my head for years. As a fan of Star Trek since childhood, I’ve always wanted to write a space opera.

This doesn’t mean I won’t be working on other things along with these, but these are the big ones.

Which of these are you most looking forward to?

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COMING SOON – ‘The Worlds of Nathan Marchand, Vol. 2: Tales of the Lost and Lonely’

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This summer (and hopefully before Gen-Con), I plan to release another short story collection that will be titled The Worlds of Nathan Marchand, Vol. 2: Tales of the Lost and Lonely. It’ll be another anthology of unpublished stories spanning my entire writing career, from college to today (well, close enough).

Unlike in Volume 1, these stories won’t be speculative fiction (with one possible exception), but many will involve “nerdy” things. For example, the flagship story involves a young man in a small town trying to return a collectible Superman cape he found in a dumpster on Christmas Eve. You may recognize some of the stories because many were once available on this very website.

As with Volume 1, I’m including short intros for each story that explains their origins. Some stories were written for college classes; others were the products of prompts from a writers group I used to attend.

Currently, my sister, Sarah, is editing the book and working on a photographic cover. Once those are done, it will be in print quickly.

Stay tuned for more updates!