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.
Newsletter - February 28, 2023
Friends invited my wife and me to a Journey concert in Austin--really fun night.
Then on the weekend, the first of this year's track meets for my oldest -- since it was a long drive and she had to be there hours before her event, I got there and snuck in a run myself. Then my wife and I got a second night out in one week -- hanging out with friends and laughing the night away. (It's probably a good thing there are no pics of that adventure.)
I'm very happy with the progress made over the last week on adding in a second PoV for Mother of Trees. Edith's advice was dead on. I think the story's skeleton might be done. Places need more meat on the bone, and I have to wrap my mind around this being a different and shorter book than I intended, but I think she was right about where to cut it, and put the next part in a next book. I'm not entirely convinced yet. In my first series, I wrote out the whole thing, all four books, before releasing Book 1. With a little more experience and confidence, I don't feel I need to go to quite that extreme, but I need to do more than I've done so far to convince myself this split will work.
I'm following more of Edith's lead by creating "excerpt readings" for IG/FB. I'm still learning - because I used a filter, and possibly also because I added music, I cannot use the readings in ads. I'll do another and try to get it right. The dragon remains on the wall for now, but I think it will be leaving soon.
o To-Do list for writing last week:
Email updatesWork on the alternate PoV for Mother of Trees- Try to finalize contract with artist. Still WIP, but we're talking again.
o To-Do list for writing this week:
- Email updates
- Re-read MoT and make notes for corrections.
- Keep poking ahead on the next book(s) to convince myself it will all come together.
- Try to finalize contract with artist.
Previous Newsletters
- Newsletter - February 21, 2023
- Newsletter - February 14, 2023
- Newsletter - February 7, 2023
- Newsletter - January 31, 2023
May you get lost this week in another world.
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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