{"id":724,"date":"2019-04-07T12:38:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T16:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=724"},"modified":"2019-04-07T13:02:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:02:18","slug":"death-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/?p=724","title":{"rendered":"Death card"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Death card in Tarot means endings and new beginnings. I&#8217;ve just finished <em>Grimaulkin Tales<\/em> (not <em>Grimaulkin Collected<\/em> &#8211; that&#8217;s the omnibus edition) and it will be available <strong>May 1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I&#8217;m working on <em>Blood From a Stone<\/em>, doing the long and detailed rewrite of the story. It&#8217;s not as wrecked as <em>Yellowtree<\/em>.  <em>Yellowtree <\/em>needs a total rewrite, I think. I might end up parking it in the drawer and starting something entirely new, but I love the title and I can&#8217;t let it go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My next event, hopefully, will be the Providence Book Festival on April 27. I may have copies of <em>Grimaulkin Tales<\/em> there &#8211; no promises.  Regardless, they will be available at PrideFest (if the Association of RI Authors has a presence).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Brother of the Zodiac<\/em> omnibus should be available soon as well. Here&#8217;s the first draft of the cover..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/7dbc50a090e717ea22ac8883b1bad8fff475ff13-705x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/7dbc50a090e717ea22ac8883b1bad8fff475ff13-705x1024.png 705w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/7dbc50a090e717ea22ac8883b1bad8fff475ff13-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/7dbc50a090e717ea22ac8883b1bad8fff475ff13-768x1115.png 768w, https:\/\/grimaulkin.com\/ljacob-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/7dbc50a090e717ea22ac8883b1bad8fff475ff13.png 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second draft has some Easter eggs and this will be available soon. <em>Blood From a Stone<\/em> will be under Maxwell&#8217;s name because of the subject matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am trying to think of a different story to do. I liked the character of Turbo that I developed in Champions. His brother was a superhero and got injured, so Turbo took up the mantle himself without his brother knowing. I&#8217;m not sure if the superhero market is any good when it comes to stories&#8211;I know that the urban fantasy series is still going strong. I want to write to market a little bit, because otherwise the book will end up in the remainder pile somewhere. But I don&#8217;t want to sell out. It&#8217;s a fine line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to write something that I can enjoy writing because after all, I&#8217;ll be with it for months. And you, Gentle Reader, will be with it for hours. I don&#8217;t want to waste your time on it, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, first thing&#8217;s first &#8211; finish <em>Blood From a Stone<\/em> and then take a look at the landscape to see what&#8217;s next. As with the Death card, every ending is a new beginning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Death card in Tarot means endings and new beginnings. I&#8217;ve just finished Grimaulkin Tales (not Grimaulkin Collected &#8211; that&#8217;s the omnibus edition) and it will be available May 1. 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