{"id":477,"date":"2017-11-19T10:37:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T14:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=477"},"modified":"2017-11-19T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T14:37:17","slug":"ah-the-smell-of-new-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=477","title":{"rendered":"Ah, the smell of new books!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just got Grimaulkin Tempted<\/em> in the mail yesterday, both hardcover and trade paperback. It looks so cool!<\/p>\n

Although it’s officially not going to be released until December 1, I needed them for the Author Expo on December 2, which will be my launch party! I’ll have special bundles there, buy Grimaulkin<\/em> 1 and 2, get $5 off. Or pay full price of the two Grimaulkin<\/em> books, and you can get Homecoming<\/em> for free. And, of course, you’ll get a copy of Mike’s origin story “Self Defense” for free. And card readings if you want.<\/p>\n

I’ve decided to put aside War Mage<\/em> for the display, although I still will have the dragons as eye-catchers. For the past week, I’ve been working on War Mage<\/em>, doing some exercises to try and generate ideas for the story. I’ve got the trajectory, point A, the beginning, and point Z, the end. It’s how to get to point Z from point A that I’m having trouble with. I know what the theme is, but it’s really hard for me because I, myself, don’t believe in the theme.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should change the theme into something I believe in. But that would make for a dark story. I wanted it to be uplifting. I want the main character to succeed. But the way I have it now, he fails in one way, but succeeds with the theme. If he fails in his environment, it’s the end of the series.<\/p>\n

Maybe that’s what the muses want. I’ve been working on this story for 2 years now. It’s been on the back burner for all this time, and I really should get it going. I’ve written it three times. It’s a story that I’ve promised, but I can’t seem to deliver.<\/p>\n

I’ll keep working on it over the Thanksgiving weekend. Maybe something will come to me by then that will make the 4th rewrite of the story an actual charm. I should have done it for NaNoWriMo, but I thought the memoir would have been easier. It wasn’t. Check out my podcast<\/a> as to why.<\/p>\n

So my homework this week is to keep working on War Mage<\/em>, and get myself psyched up for selling Grimaulkin<\/em> on December 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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