Welcome to Jon's author diary for the week ending August 25, 2019.
This week has been a bit of a mixed bag. A virus knocked me back for a couple of days, so this gave me chance to read a big chunk of Anthony Ryan's Blood Songs, book one in his Raven Shadow series.
It’s a grimdark epic fantasy set in military order, so it ticks a lot of boxes for me. I’m about two –thirds through, and it’s a great story so far.
I managed to finish the third draft of Justice, which is book 11 of The Ravenglass Chronicles.
My process usually involves me writing a shitty first draft, which is where I vomit the story from brain to the page. In my second draft, I do a complete re-write, telling the story how I wish I’d told it first time around. And then my third is focused on making the writing on a sentence-level. It’s very important that my words have the right rhythm and flow. It’s now ready for the editor. So, hopefully, I’ll get that released mid-September.
I did make the mistake of putting all my ongoing and planned future projects onto a spreadsheet to share with my editor.
Eek!
I had three first-draft novels, three novels waiting for a final redraft, two Wasteland novels needing a rewrite, three non-fiction books drafted, and eleven novellas to write. This isn’t to count the series I’ve started planning when I’ve cleared the backlog of projects.
There’s a lesson there about focusing on one thing until the end, I’m sure…
One-hundred episodes!
Next seek marks the one-hundredth episode of my Author Diary podcast. For this episode, I’d like you to email jon (at) joncronshaw.com with a question for me to answer on the podcast. It can be about anything—my work, my life, or anything to do with books, movies, writing, etc.
Patreon
I’ve been continuing to post the re-write of Wizard of the Wasteland chapter-by-chapter on Patreon. Plus, podcasts, short stories, and articles. I post new chapters on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and you can get access for $1 per month. Visit: patreon.com/joncronshawauthor.
Yours,
Jon
