What's up guys?
It's been a long time since my last post, but I'm hoping to be a little more regular with updates from now on, so stay tuned moving forward!
I've got some exciting stuff planned over the next 2 years or so and I wanted to share a little bit of that now, especially for anyone who read my books from a few years ago. We're coming up on the 9th anniversary of Electus this November, and before that, I plan to have a completed first draft of the final book in the trilogy: Revelations. I'm sorry it's taken me this long to finish it, but I got a little lost somewhere along the way, trying to focus on too many things at once, and because of that, I wasn't able to give any of them proper attention. Well, that's about to change, and here's a bit of a (not final) roadmap I'm working on. No set dates or anything just yet, but once I get a better idea of the timeline, I'll be sure to let everyone know.
1. Finish Revelations. (Simple, right?)
2. Restructure books 1 and 2.
3. Finish the tie-in short story collection.
4. Turn the.... You know what, we'll get back to 4 in a minute, since there's a few things I'll be doing around the same time here.
So, finishing book 3 is what has to come first, plain and simple. When I sold my first copy of my first book, I made a promise that there would be a conclusion to this story. I've always prided myself on keeping my promises, so even though there are some big changes down the road, this WILL happen, and it'll happen this year if it kills me.
Now, what do I mean by "Restructuring" the first 2 books? Well, there were things in the first book that I cut because I didn't think I could make it work (new writer and all that) but I've gotten (I'd like to think) a bit better at writing in the past 9 years, so it's something I feel comfortable tackling now. Book 2 is mainly going to get some cleanup and general expansion. It feels rushed to me now in the 2nd half and I know I can fix the pacing and make it work better without compromising on my vision for it.
The third one will probably be the easiest of the bunch. I already did a limited release of 2 short stories (if anyone wants to read those, just let me know and I can E-Mail you a copy) and they were, by far, the easiest for me to write. I knocked both of them out in about a day, if I remember correctly, and they basically just add to the lore a bit. I hope everyone enjoys them when I'm done.
Now for the big one. The books will finally be re-released in the medium I always imagined for them: Black & White Graphic Novel.
I wanted the story to be a comic from Day 1, but I just didn't have the resources to make it happen, but with modern leaps in crowdfunding and sites like Patreon, I think we can make this work. My pal, Andy Gray (who a lot of you already know) made this suggestion over the weekend, and I think I'm finally brave enough to give it a shot. I'll be doing some research into successful kickstarters and such over the next few months to see what kind of model I'll need to use, and if you guys have suggestions for Kickstarter or Patreon incentives you'd like to see, please share.
So, not only will I translating the books into comic scripts and trying to raise funding to hire an artist and such, this also comes with rebranding. Some folks might know already, but Broken Bloodline wasn't my first choice for the series' name. But, I overthought it, trying to stay "serious" and that's the name we ended up with. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad name by any means, and I don't hate it, but there's a certain attitude that went into these stories, and I think my original name fits better. I'll save the name as a surprise for later, probably once I get a copyright and all that jazz. In the meantime, if you see me out in public and ask nicely, maybe I'll let it slide.
Man, I've got a lot of work ahead of me, and I hope you guys will stick along for the ride. In the meantime, I'll try to be more active on the blog here, giving updates and bullshitting about one thing or another. As always, if there are any questions or comments you might wanna throw my way, feel free.
Thanks a Mil,
Cam
