Happy New Year Everyone! As some of you may recall, my New Years Resolution for 2021 was to finish the first draft of Bad Americans, the new volume of The Human Tragedy series. Well, today I am almost done with the 12th and final story of the hybrid novel/short story collection. There is still an epilogue to write, but that shouldn’t take me more than a week or two. So I’d say that I‘ve pretty much fulfilled my New Years Resolution for 2021.
The major caveat is that the book is a bit of a mess. That’s what I pretty much expected, that the draft would be a “mold” from which I would still need to carve the masterpiece that the work is destined to become. Well I do intend to do that, but it will likely take me at least another year or so. So I think you know my New Years Resolution for 2022 🙂
There are also plenty of other goals for 2022. The Dance Towards Death is being entered in any number of independent award contests and continues to get great reviews. The Brotherhood Chronicle in general is still very much on the map, getting great press and more readers. More Beta Readers (and plenty have already helped) need to be engaged to help with the shaping of Bad Americans.
Grants will be applied to, many other projects will be pursued. My team will continue to grow, more strategies for engagement will be mapped. Presentations, lectures and events are being planned, including Supporting Indie Authors at ALA LibLearnX. I am reading more contemporary short story collections, indie books, writing reviews, discovering more fellow fiction writers both good and bad.
A major book on The New Wei is also being developed. I’m creating and strengthening more key relationships and friendships. And of course The Road Trip Across America II is being planned for Spring 2022, along with other adventures, and I hope the pandemic won’t halt them.
For those of you who haven’t read the first volume of The Human Tragedy, Good Americans, yet, I invite you to try. Or any of The Brotherhood Chronicle books:
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