The View Up Here

My first novel, Black Doves , is finished and copy edited and with the publisher, Powys Media . It's now in the pipeline behind two other Space: 1999 novels, so it'll still be a little while before it comes out, but when it's ready for public consumption, I will plaster teh internets with the link for ordering. Now that this is off my plate, I'm trying to figure out what project I will dive into next. I have a couple things that need dusting off, and something new that I'm partnering on with a brilliant woman in Quebec. More on that soon...

As 2009 comes to a close, I have some exciting things to dish on. I am pleased to write that I have had a fruitful conversation with a manager who is interested in reading more of my work. I sent her the latest draft of "Homeworld," and received some excellent notes. I also pitched a couple ideas that they were interested in reading once I get a decent draft done. I have two solid weeks booked at Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts in January, 2010 for a hard-driving writing retreat, in which I will revise "Homeworld" and develop these other projects. One of these "other projects" is going to be a re-imagining of the classic British sci fi series, Space: 1999. I've been wanting to do this for awhile, and with the recent success of Star Trek and BSG, there's no reason why this, too, can't go the distance (if it's done right). Connected to this enthusiasm is my involvement with Powys Media , a small press that has been and continues to p...