Things have been crazy lately! I’ve
been doing a ton of work, although a lot of it isn’t exactly easy to find. A
big part of most writers’ income includes work for hire which is along the
lines of ghostwriting. Hey, work is work and bills gotta get paid. The main
reason I’m mentioning this is because I’ve been talking about working on the
next Skinners for quite a while and this is why it’s taken so long for me to
get it completed. I’ve been working on a couple different projects at once for
the last few years and Skinners has always been top of my list.
Of course, I’ve got other stuff in
the works, but more on that some other time. This is a Skinners post! As lots
of you already know, I’m publishing the next one on my own digitally. If
there’s enough demand, I can look into print copies, but for now this’ll be the
way to go. As of today, I’m closing in on finishing the manuscript for Book
7!!!! Woo Hooo!!!! It took me a while to gear up for this one and then a little
while more to figure out where, exactly, I wanted to go after Extinction
Agenda. I’ve always had a general idea, but the “exactly” part of that last
sentence is the tricky part. Trust me, that extra gestation time pays off in
the end. I’m REALLY happy with how this is turning out.
Another thing I’ve always said is
that I always saw Skinners as an ongoing storyline with arcs that change Cole’s
world in major ways. Basically, every 3 books is an arc and #6 (despite the
rather final statement at the end of that one) wasn’t meant to wrap everything up.
It was the end of an arc and Book 7 is the start of a new one. And hoo boy, are
there some changes! Don’t want to spoil anything for anyone, but this new arc shakes
everything up while fitting in very nicely with the series.
So…Book 7. Right now, it’s called
Forged from Ash and I’m shooting for a release date of this summer. My personal
goal is to get it out there in June, but I’ll say summer to allow for some
extra editing if needed. There’s a lot to do, but it’ll get done. As for the
future of the series, I’m guessing lots of you are thinking, “Cool. New
Skinners! Will it take this long between EVERY freaking book in this
series?” The answer to that is NO! My
goal is to put out more books per year. They’ll be a bit shorter than the last
few (I’m thinking between 300 – 400 pages each) and will cost you guys a bit
less. That’s another cool thing with me putting them out digitally. I can
charge what I like, which will be in the neighborhood of $2.99 - $3.99 each.
That may change after a while, but not for the first arc at least.
To my Facebook friends out there, I
apologize for neglecting my posts lately. Truth is, I’ve been typing so much
all day that the thought of typing socially hasn’t been too appealing. I check
in a lot on my phone and stuff, but just get lazy and don’t post as much as I
should. Honestly, I also figured I might lose a ton of you after 219 posts of,
“Hey everyone! Still writing all day. Stayed up until 6am again. I miss
Twinkies!” That’s totally true, you
know. I miss the HELL out of Twinkies.
2013 is gonna be the year where I
really get things out there and follow through on so many of the plans I’ve
been making in previous years. Hopefully this answers a lot of questions. I’ll
have a lot more to say as things progress and can’t wait to see what you guys
think of the next phase of Skinners! See what I did there? “phase” like phases
of the moon? Werewolves? Now you see why not hearing from me all the time is a
good thing.
