This may or may not come as a surprise, depending on how closely you\u2019ve followed the fanpage. But just in case, I figure I\u2019d make this official, as well as explain my reasons.<\/p>\n
Blood of the Father is getting put on hold.<\/p>\n
There are several reasons for this, but first, by \u2018put on hold\u2019 I mean delayed for about nine months as I write two other books. So don\u2019t panic if you\u2019re really eager for it. Now, as to why. Usually with a book I have an overall plan for the novel, linked together with a few key scenes I know will need to transpire. Beyond that I keep things loose, allowing myself some leeway should characters decide to misbehave (which they often do). With Blood of the Father\u2026I have no scenes. None at all. I know what I want to accomplish, but I haven\u2019t the slightest how I\u2019m going to do it. This goes for nearly every major player in the story, from Haern and Thren as they go west to the Stronghold, to Zusa and Alyssa struggling to maintain control over their household, to Deathmask and Victor doing their little dance in Veldaren. It\u2019s rare for me to have a book project before me yet feel so empty about what to do with it. That\u2019s bad.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s also bad is that I couldn\u2019t muster up excitement for it. That\u2019s death to a book, at least for me. I know I could force myself through, and a good story would eventually come out, but the passion would be lacking from it. Anyone who\u2019s read Broken Pieces should know what I can and do accomplish when I\u2019m fully invested, and the passion is truly there. That\u2019s something I really noticed working on the final two paladin books. I felt like I was writing something important, something special. I felt like I was writing a Half-Orc book.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, when I\u2019m daydreaming in the shower about key scenes to the upcoming book, my mind never stayed on Blood of the Father. No, even without me realizing it I was envisioning scenes in the sixth Half-Orc book. I\u2019ve been itching to get back to it for a while now, and as I finished up Broken Pieces I knew what I truly wanted to do. I tossed up a poll on the fanpage, and right now the desire for a new Half-Orc book is beating out Blood of the Father by more than 2 to 1. So I want to write it next, and so do the majority of my (voting) fans. So what does that mean?<\/p>\n
The Prison of Angels, Book Six of the Half-Orc Series, is my current project, to be followed up with Book Seven. I\u2019m already a few chapters in, and I have to tell you, I\u2019ve really missed these two silly Tun brothers. Meanwhile I\u2019m going to let the Watcher\u2019s Blade Trilogy bake a little in my mind. I\u2019ll get back to it, I assure you, but for now it\u2019s time to go where my heart truly is. It\u2019s time for Harruq and Qurrah to find their place in a radically changed world. I mean, you didn\u2019t really think there\u2019d be peace on Dezrel after the angels arrived, did you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This may or may not come as a surprise, depending on how closely you\u2019ve followed the fanpage. But just in case, I figure I\u2019d make this official, as well as explain my reasons. Blood of the Father is getting put … Continue reading