Hey, today is Bubba's birthday. Give the boy a shout out if you think about it.
As for writing updates: First, Kevin and I have gotten the green light to start work on our next full-length novel project, so I've started playing around with the opening chapter for that. I can't offer any details on this just yet, at least not until the editor gives us the A-OK to start blabbing. The manuscript's due November 1st, so right now it looks like we've got plenty of time. Now that I've said that, however, Murphy (of Murphy's Law fame) will no doubt show up to bite me right on my optimistic ass.
Started getting editor's notes back from John Ordover at Phobos Books on the manuscript I turned in for The Genesis Protocol. So far, the revisions are nothing major, and his early take on the book is that he digs it. Yay me! This one is still slated for a January 2006 release.
Still waiting for the go-ahead on Distant Early Warning, our latest installment for the Star Trek: S.C.E. series. Our benevolent editor, Keith R.A. Decandido, has already told us he's gonna look kindly on us with regard to manuscript due dates and such, as he knows about our other commitment.
Last night, I finished a sample chapter for another media tie-in project for which Kevin and I are hoping to pitch. As my wife's a fan of the show on which the books are based, I'm letting her take a first stab at reading it. If she likes it, then we're in, right?
Started on my half of a new short story that Kevin and I are writing today. It's also a media tie-in project, this time for a new role-playing game. We're doing this one as much for fun as anything else, simply because we dig the game concept so much and the folks creating it are geek fanboys just like us who are very excited about tie-in fiction aspects for their games. We'll spill more on this when the time's right.
And before you ask, still no word on the status of any sequel to The Last World War. Trust me, I'll jumping and barking all over the place as soon as I get some new info.
Okay, back to work. That short story ain't gonna write itself, after all.
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