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Fixed: Newsletter - July 1, 2024
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Rough patch for the family - I won't go into details, but... yeah. (Rough enough that it looks like I messed up the email... trying again) On the positive side, my oldest daughter started her first job! She's pushing salads at Mad Greens, earning the big bucks, while still asking me to pay for gas. (clever girl). She's also trying to write her college entrance essay(s) and study for the SAT. Busy summer for her. Meanwhile, my 13-yr old is complaining when I wake her at noon. Livin' her best life! I usually scroll through the photos on my phone, and mostly what I found this week were pictures of mushrooms and flowers (we've had lots of rain) and a photobombing squirrel. But I thought I'd share this one with my oldest daughter getting her first paycheck (and showing it to my youngest). Book 2 of Thaumatropic Roots is under the care (read that as "getting torn up") by a structural editor. Meanwhile, I took a crack at restarting Book 3. I have some of the middle of Book 3 done, but the changes I made to Book 2 require Book 3 to start differently. Anyway, I haven't done much in terms of word count, but I did get past a point where I was stuck, so that's good. It's amazing how a couple hundred words can log-jam thousands of them. I have an exciting new possibility for a story on the horizon. A game developer reached out to me and asked if I would write a story in their universe. Thanks to the help of a friend (who reads this, but I don't know if she wants to be called out by name), I now have an LLC (DragonLore LLC). I've signed an NDA, and we're getting into details. I'll share what I can when I can, but that's probably not going to be much. If we move forward, there will be a point when they'll want me to start chatting about it. I'll do what I can to make sure you hear first. Indie Author Showcase
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Steven J Morris
Hi! If you enjoy fantasy with snarky humor, I've got some books for you. My newsletter takes you along the creative journey, and keeps you informed of what's brewing.
Click here to rejoin family content. Not a lot of updates. Between the family trip to the Keys, and a trip to see a set of grandparents, I didn't get much writing time. That's okay... sometimes I need a break from writing as much as I do from work. I did write one chapter, so not zero progress. I sent what I have to my mother, still my biggest cheerleader... the beginning and end of Secrets. She had questions about how it all connects to Guardian League. Maybe I hadn't said this before, but...
Click here to rejoin family content. Book 4 is well underway now. I took a different approach this time and wrote the first 4 chapters, then the final 5 chapters. The ending has weighed on me for so long that I just had to get it done. So now I just need the silly midling bits and it'll go out the door. :D Frankly, the parts I have written are missing things. Bits that it is hard to tie up in action scenes without distracting. It'll be fun and interesting to work that out. I'm still trying to...
Click here to rejoin family content. Oddly enough, the twice-a-month cadence for newsletters won out over once-a-month, by one vote. So twice a month is borderline. Maybe I'll skip a newsletter once in a while. And more people liked seeing the indie book options than didn't, so I'll keep them, but I set up ways to opt out of both the non-writing updates AND the indie book showcase. So you should be able to click on your choices in an email, set your preferences, and future emails will be...