Abigail's Dragon

I am finished with Abigail's Dragon. A huge weight has been lifted. I finished a novel at 60,000 words, which is about average for YA.

Monday, I am going to start submitting to publishers and agents. I do expect that if I am lucky to get picked up by a publishing house that I’ll have to make further edits, but I am done.

Abigail's Dragon was a very important step in my evolution as a writer. I have started five different novels before this. I have completed two of them.

The Providence War and the Highway West both were incomplete first parts of a trilogy. They both suffered from issue #0 syndrome, meaning the stories involved the gathering of the heroes for an epic quest that never quite got started.

Abigail’s Dragon has a beginning, a middle, a climax, and an ending. While it could very well be the beginning of a series, it is a complete story. I fell in love with the characters. I feel like I know Abigail, Teddy, Clara, Mrs. Aithne, and the rest.

The rest of this month, I am going to concentrate on editing Into the Dreamlands and writing a couple of short stories. I am taking next weekend off to spend with my wife.

In February, I am going to start my next novel. The best way to make it is to keep writing and submitting. The more novels I have in the submission ether the better I will feel. I am trying to decide between this possible books.

Ironically, my problem now is trying to decide which of the following books need to be written first.

The New Gods of the Lost Children

Fear and Loathing in Innsmouth: Richard Nixon’s Revenge

Fading Light From a Dying Star

Abigail's Dragon

I am finished with Abigail's Dragon. A huge weight has been lifted. I finished a novel at 60,000 words, which is about average for YA.

Monday, I am going to start submitting to publishers and agents. I do expect that if I am lucky to get picked up by a publishing house that I’ll have to make further edits, but I am done.

Abigail's Dragon was a very important step in my evolution as a writer. I have started five different novels before this. I have completed two of them.

The Providence War and the Highway West both were incomplete first parts of a trilogy. They both suffered from issue #0 syndrome, meaning the stories involved the gathering of the heroes for an epic quest that never quite got started.

Abigail’s Dragon has a beginning, a middle, a climax, and an ending. While it could very well be the beginning of a series, it is a complete story. I fell in love with the characters. I feel like I know Abigail, Teddy, Clara, Mrs. Aithne, and the rest.

The rest of this month, I am going to concentrate on editing Into the Dreamlands and writing a couple of short stories. I am taking next weekend off to spend with my wife.

In February, I am going to start my next novel. The best way to make it is to keep writing and submitting. The more novels I have in the submission ether the better I will feel. I am trying to decide between this possible books.

Ironically, my problem now is trying to decide which of the following books need to be written first.

The New Gods of the Lost Children

Fear and Loathing in Innsmouth: Richard Nixon’s Revenge

Fading Light From a Dying Star

Interesting Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

"Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect."

"He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of the Bush dynasty. But he was nothing, he offered nothing, and he promised nothing. He had no humor. He was insignificant in every way and consequently I didn't pay much attention to him. But when he passed out in my bathtub, then I noticed him. I'd been in another room, talking to the bright people. I had to have him taken away." -on meeting George W Bush at Thompson's Super Bowl party in Houston in 1974

America's answer to the monstrous Mr. Hyde. He speaks for the werewolf in us.
-- Hunter S. Thompson on Richard M. Nixon

Richard Nixon was an evil man--evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand it.

"When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal."
- Richard M. Nixon, interview with David Frost, May 19, 1977

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to
anyone, but they've always worked for me." - Hunter S. Thompson

Interesting Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

"Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect."

"He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of the Bush dynasty. But he was nothing, he offered nothing, and he promised nothing. He had no humor. He was insignificant in every way and consequently I didn't pay much attention to him. But when he passed out in my bathtub, then I noticed him. I'd been in another room, talking to the bright people. I had to have him taken away." -on meeting George W Bush at Thompson's Super Bowl party in Houston in 1974

America's answer to the monstrous Mr. Hyde. He speaks for the werewolf in us.
-- Hunter S. Thompson on Richard M. Nixon

Richard Nixon was an evil man--evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand it.

"When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal."
- Richard M. Nixon, interview with David Frost, May 19, 1977

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to
anyone, but they've always worked for me." - Hunter S. Thompson