What work are you doing on the grydscaen manuscript?
Work has started on the grydscaen: desecration manuscript n which is volume 5 in the series. I have edited it 3 times and now I am proofreading and going through it for the 4th time. I will have to get through it a few more times before it is ready for submission in mid June 2017.
The story in the volume wraps up the battleship Escalon story arc and we experience the Convergence celestial event which was hinted at in previous volumes. Lino who became the Emperor of the Pacific Territories in grydscaen: insurrection meets his arch nemesis again who has returned from his supposed demise in grydscaen: war. The arch nemesis has been plotting behind Lino’s back and when he returns all hell breaks lose with the Atlantea Federation.
The rest of the cast are in supporting roles for the most part but Gloughster Illian, Lino’s Trance Channeler steps up to take a major part in the storyline for desecration. Gloughster’s love for his sisters clouds his judgment and the Trance Channeler makes a misstep that has dire consequences.
How has it been going?
Since I have been all focused on graphic noiz and The Seer of Grace and Fire, edits on desecration since I have been away from it for so long have been going slowly. I need to get back into the grydscaen mindset. Luckily, I am writing Packrat Underground the free serial story on the blog every week on Friday/Saturday so it gets me back in the cyberpunk realm. For now the work is progressing slowly but I am sure that I will hit the deadline.
What else are you working on?
We are working on graphic noiz: book 3 and beta edits for The Seer of Grace and Fire. We have also started writing a new homeless youth story with the working title of “street dark” at the moment. We are in chapter 3 and I think I am going to give all proceeds from this specific book to a homeless youth or LGBT youth charity. We will see as the work continues.
We have a few other things in the works. Work on episode 2 of the A Storm’s Coming anime will start again on February 17 with me as art director and we will hopefully start on some new Saiyuki fan fiction and doujinshi as the fans were raving about the first volume when I sold copies at ComicCon and the fans who bought it wanted more.
I do need to get back to beta edits on The Seer of Grace and Fire as we are in chapter 12 of the 20 chapter book and it is my turn to respond to the beta reader. So I hope to get that done today if I am not too lazy. We had been on a roll there for a while then kind of ran into a snag. I hope to get back to it right after I finish this blog post.
So that is a lot to do and I work a full time job as well. Writing is my hobby but I treat it more like a business. And in business we have to keep things constantly moving. So I definitely have enough to keep me busy for the rest of the year. Peace!