So it’s been a while since my last post… I’ve got to try and make this more of a habitual thing. Whenever I forget to do something my wife asks what the point of the fancy Apple Watch on wrist is if I can’t even set reminders. We’ll see how this goes.

But for the exciting news bring me back: I finished the first draft of my novel yesterday. Yes, nine months into it (with breaks for childcare in the summer and from a literally break of my arm) I’ve finished the draft.

Without giving too much away, the genre is something that I’ve never seen done before, nor have people I’ve talked about it with. That being said, my next step is to read a bunch of genre adjacent books before my re-write. Hopefully I’ll see fun strategies as well as things to avoid.

On the list is The Aeronaut’s Windlass, The Steampunk Trilogy, Boneshaker, The Difference Engine, Infernal Devices, Homunculus, and The Anubis Gates. I’ll probably follow that up with Fairy Tale because Stephen King. Coincidentally enough, I’m just finishing with The Lost Metal, which isn’t too far removed from genre as well. Fingers crossed the re-write will go swimmingly.

That’s it for this week’s update (yes, I’m going to try weekly), stay tuned for more.