If you read fantasy for the magic, the world-building, and the occasional moment of dark humor—I write that. One urban fantasy series, one epic fantasy series, both set in the Fractured Arcana universe, with more coming. My newsletter takes you deeper into the worlds, the characters, and what's next.
Late-Feb slog
The kids had a visit from their Granny this week (her choice in nicknames), and she brought her dog to visit with ours. Pet-cousins? Not a lot else pops out from this week - one sick kid, another starting select basketball, and the third gearing up for dance competitions and tutoring in her writing. Normal bedlam. My wife and I managed to sneak in a much-needed date night over the long weekend, killing a bottle of wine at Driftwood Estate Winery. They’ve got a nice setup, with spots to drink looking out over the countryside, and the wine we had was great.
Writing Updates
I had big updates last week, showing the first prints of Book 4 and some new art. Week-older-me can’t compete.
Reminder—if you want to join in on beta reading of Book 4, the link was in last week’s newsletter (old newsletters are linked at the bottom).
Minor Spoiler Alert - you’ll get hints of Book 4 from the images below. Delete now if you don’t like hints.
I sketched a couple of pics of the town of Baenath on FreeWorld. I have an artist converting my scribbles into a map—something my previous books lacked. Does Grendelmar need a map? Forsaken? Nautical? Orbanos? Central Park? 😀
I thought it would be fun to show what the artist does to turn my chicken-scratches into something magical. I’m working with a new artist on this one, but I’m optimistic—I like the way he communicates. I don’t have permission yet to share his intermediate drawings, but I’ve asked. Oh, he agreed! His first pass of the city layout is below.
o To-Do list for writing last week:
Email updates- Grammatical and Style edits for Book 4 - through chapter 14. Yellow, because I only completed through chapter 8. I can’t keep the same pace as I managed for Book 3–work is too busy.
- Sketch out or describe pics for Book 4. Didn’t do it. Took a stab at drawing Baenath and Artifice tower, but it isn’t what I want them to draw yet.
o To-Do list for writing this week:
- Email updates
- Grammatical and Style edits for Book 4 - through chapter 15.
- list out the pics I want and decide whether they are truly achievable.
Previous Newsletters
- No rest for the weary - 2/16/2022
- Book 4 of The Guardian League, The Song Unsung - 2/9/2022
- Happy Birthday to my Wife - 2/1/2022
- Finding Books "Connected" to mine - 1/25/2022
- Hunting for Silver Linings - 1/18/2022
- Starting off the New Year with a Bang - 1/11/2022
- Happy Neo Year - 1/4/2022
- Treasure - 12/28/2021
- Happy Holidays - 12/21/2021
- A week of promotions - 12/14/2021
- Elf on the Shelf and the Bless-Yous of Winter - 12/05/2021
- Thanks have been given - 11/30/2021
- Reviews, but not bookish reviews... - 11/23/2021
- Lights, digital recording device, action… - 11/16/2021
- Annnnd... cue Christmas! - 11/09/2021
- Book 3 Hype-Up Coming Soon - 11/02/2021
- Losing Faith, a Calyx Twins Story - 10/26/2021 📜 Losing Faith, a Calyx Twins Story.pdf
- New pics for Book 1 - 10/19/2021
- Happy Birthday, Middle Egg - 10/12/2021
- Age Before Duty -10/05/2021 📜 Age-Before-Duty.pdf
- Grundle's Hope - 9/28/2021 📜 Grundle's-Hope.pdf
Steven J Morris
If you read fantasy for the magic, the world-building, and the occasional moment of dark humor—I write that. One urban fantasy series, one epic fantasy series, both set in the Fractured Arcana universe, with more coming. My newsletter takes you deeper into the worlds, the characters, and what's next.
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