{"id":552,"date":"2018-05-06T10:32:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T14:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=552"},"modified":"2018-05-06T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T14:32:34","slug":"one-of-three-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"One of three completed!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grimaulkin Redeemed<\/em> has been finished and is at the editor. I feel pretty good about this story. Even though I didn’t tie up the loose end from Grimaulkin Tempted<\/em>, I developed Grimaulkin into a reluctant hero, which was the point of this book. It’s the last in the series, but I don’t know if it’ll be the last we hear of Grimaulkin. I love him so much, I can’t give him up; and, of course, it depends on if he has fans who clamor for more.<\/p>\n

Next is Earth<\/em>. “Virgo” is at the editor’s also. I’m not thrilled with that story. I’m working on “Taurus” and it’s right now meandering into a long, drawn out, denial-of-love story that I hate. But maybe it’s one of those kinds of stories that others love.<\/p>\n

Lastly, of course, is War Mage<\/em>. Yes, I know–I can’t seem to get past getting things “right”. My initial thought about magic in the military is that they’re not utilizing it to its fullest extent. That mages have a high turnover because they’re in the front line. I keep thinking about the single star review saying, “There’s no story here except for the last twenty pages.” So I tried to make it a murder mystery instead. But it’s really hard for me to change one character from a non-trusting enemy to a steadfast friend. It’ll take a lot longer than 40K words to do it, and I’m not sure I have the patience. If I don’t have the patience, then neither will the reader.<\/p>\n

At the moment, I have no other ideas. I kind of want to get out of the magical realism realm, but it’s what I know. I can easily write that kind of thing. In fact I just bought a couple of books on ceremonial (“high”) magic. It’s where my interests lie. I don’t want to make a Harry Dresden copy-cat, though there’s plenty of them around; and I allude to further adventures that Mike has in “Family Bonds”.<\/p>\n

Maybe I will keep Grim alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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