Things are not going according to plan, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I had an outline set up for the next three books in the Vanguard Series, to work on once the initial trilogy was completed, and I'd even written the first forty thousand words of the first draft. But...sometimes, you need to stretch your legs and work on something different.
I felt almost like I was in a writing rut, so after receiving an inspiring gift from a friend, I followed that inspiration into a fresh, new project, something to get me excited. It was a book about Ancient Greece--something that has been a semi-obsession of mine for the past year (and a previous love of my childhood). Thanks to a slew of Mary Renault books and a little something called Assassin's Creed Odyssey, not to mention a handful of excellent fanfiction AUs set in the era, I couldn't get Greece out of my head. Getting the reference book was the last push I needed to make the decision: Vanguards needed to be on hold for a while, so I could get this stuff out of my system.
So I told the boys I loved them and promised to return, and then I turned my attentions to Ancient Greece. What I'd intended to be historical fiction, ended up being a collection of short stories, re-tellings of some of my favorite myths.
This was a little more than a month ago, and after a busy month of May typing my heart out, the stories are finished, and after a spot of editing, they'll be ready for publishing. I'm extra excited, because it's pride month, and I made special care to keep the stories included in the collection fun for everyone, whether you're gay, bi, pan, or just plain ol' straight. There are four stories in the collection, centering on the myths of Ganymede, Persephone, Callisto, and Hermes. Some are longer, some are shorter, all are romantic and ALL HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS.
I'll post again when it's out and published. In the meantime, Happy Pride! xoxo
I felt almost like I was in a writing rut, so after receiving an inspiring gift from a friend, I followed that inspiration into a fresh, new project, something to get me excited. It was a book about Ancient Greece--something that has been a semi-obsession of mine for the past year (and a previous love of my childhood). Thanks to a slew of Mary Renault books and a little something called Assassin's Creed Odyssey, not to mention a handful of excellent fanfiction AUs set in the era, I couldn't get Greece out of my head. Getting the reference book was the last push I needed to make the decision: Vanguards needed to be on hold for a while, so I could get this stuff out of my system.
So I told the boys I loved them and promised to return, and then I turned my attentions to Ancient Greece. What I'd intended to be historical fiction, ended up being a collection of short stories, re-tellings of some of my favorite myths.
This was a little more than a month ago, and after a busy month of May typing my heart out, the stories are finished, and after a spot of editing, they'll be ready for publishing. I'm extra excited, because it's pride month, and I made special care to keep the stories included in the collection fun for everyone, whether you're gay, bi, pan, or just plain ol' straight. There are four stories in the collection, centering on the myths of Ganymede, Persephone, Callisto, and Hermes. Some are longer, some are shorter, all are romantic and ALL HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS.
I'll post again when it's out and published. In the meantime, Happy Pride! xoxo
