busyThe cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have dinosaurs and zombies to keep me company.
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The Mourning Edition.
Modern political/zombie horror, near-future setting, first-person protagonist. The second book in the Mason Trilogy, and the direct sequel to Newsflesh. Alive or dead, the truth won't rest. Status: I have handily passed the hundred page mark, and have finished the first chapter of Book Two. (The Mason books are novels divided into internal Books.) I love my scary future zombie political distopia. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Late Eclipses of the Sun.
October Daye, book four. Urban fantasy/fairy tale noir, modern setting, first-person protagonist. Status: I'm processing final edits to the text, and will be turning in the completed manuscript to my agent by tonight. So that's a big yay.
The Brightest Fell.
October Daye, book five. Urban fantasy/fairy tale noir, modern setting, first-person protagonist. Status: I am now approximately a hundred and eighty pages into the revision, and have navigated some of the trickier action sequences with grace and glee. Since Late Eclipses is coming out of review, I'll be starting the review on The Brightest Fell any day now, and I'm really looking forward to getting my teeth deeper into this book. Which is, by the way, infinitely better than it was when I started.
Discount Armageddon.
Incryptid, book one. Urban horror/modern dark fantasy, first-person protagonist, start of a multi-narrator series (generational). First narrator is Verity 'Very' Price, first setting is Manhattan/Jersey City. Status: about a hundred pages in and steadily gathering speed. I recently revised the first eighty pages for agent review, and it's all very tight and clean right now. Plus Verity is a refreshingly low-nonsense girl, for a monster hunting cryptozoologist who fights the forces of evil with ballroom dance.
Ashes of Honor.
October Daye, book six. Urban fantasy/fairy tale noir, modern setting, first-person protagonist. Status: outlines done, prepping to summarize before starting.
Upon A Star.
Young adult comedy/romance. Drama kids are awesome. So is amnesia. So are the adventures of Babylon Archer. Modern setting, first-person protagonist. Status: pending rewrites.
Deathless.
Dead Girl Diaries, book one. Modern urban fantasy/supernatural romance, first-person protagonist, two books per narrator. (First two are Deathless and Breathless, for Grace.) Status: poking in that vague and chipper 'I'll be writing you soon' fashion.
The Nativity of Chance.
High modern fantasy ranging across the country, through the wonderful lands of Oz, and through a lot of explosions. Pythagorean philosophy meets the works of L. Frank Baum, alchemy meets modern technology, and a pair of cuckoos meet their destiny. Status: researching.
Chasing St. Margaret.
Chick-lit romance/travelogue, modern setting, first-person protagonist, diary-style. Think Bridget Jones' Diary meets Lost In Translation meets A Twelfth Night. Actually, quite literally, on the last. My dear, sweet, utterly bewildered Margery. Status: finished, pending revisions and rewrites.
Pretty Poison Apples.
The sequel to Nativity of Chance, and that seasonal monarchs book I've been threatening to write forever. Stop looking at me like that. Status: researching.
There are lots of other books floating around here -- some finished and slated to be worked on further, others pending getting started -- but these are the ones you're likely to hear the most about, at least currently. I'll update this list from time to time, as things move from 'project' to 'print,' and new things take their places on the workshop floor.
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