In the coming months, I’ll have more info on the following:
Other-world nonstop action thriller (short science fiction novel).
Spaceship adventure (novel format).
YA space adventure (short science fiction novel).
Mystery space thriller (short science fiction-horror novel).
January 23, 2012
Look Up To The Right
Above and on the right is a text box that contains my “Upcoming Projects” info. This is where I’ll list new projects in as much detail as I can at the time. Until contracts are signed (and sometimes, not even then), I’m not going to list titles. But I will give enough hints or clues or abbreviations or something so that, as the months go by, I can talk about the projects in one way or another to whet the appetite.
For now, my next project is a short science fiction adventure novel, set on a world undergoing terraforming. That’s only the slightest taste of what it’s about. As publication gets closer, I’ll drop more hints, teasers and background for the book. In the meantime, “short science fiction adventure novel” is all I’m going to say about it. More to come on it, guaranteed.
January 16, 2012
Yeah, it had to happen. I’ve joined Twitter. And wow, are there a lot of JD Williamses out there already, tweeting away.
I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do with Twitter yet. Probably post updates about progress on my writing or breaking news about new novels.
While I hope my website posts will give readers a glimpse into the production of my writing, I don’t intend to use Twitter to waste followers’ time with the ultra-mundane. (“Yes, pizza again tonight. Don’t you love it?”)
On the other hand, anything deemed too trivial for the website may indeed find its way to Twitter. (“Keeping up with my intended pace on new novel. Another week, another 5,000 words.”)
But I don’t plan to spend much time composing tweets. If nothing worthwhile comes to me, then nothing gets tweeted, unlike the website, which I plan to update every week.
Although after this website post, it looks like I have my next two tweets already. (Yes, had pizza yet again recently. I love me my pizza!)
January 15, 2012
Mondays It Is
I had my second website update for 2012 all ready to go. It was a post describing how updates henceforth would always appear on Tuesdays, and I went on to explain, in excruciating detail, how I arrived on Tuesdays as the day of the week for updates.
Then I changed my mind, before I could even post Tuesdays were the day.
So now it’s Mondays for updates.
Why? Why not. We all need something to make Mondays special, right? Mondays are already special, but not extra cheese on the pizza special. More like Marge Simpson saying her Bart is special. So Mondays it is.
Will I update and/or post on other days? Yes, if needed. If something big is about to happen, I’ll let everyone know as soon as possible.
Otherwise, for the rest of eternity, I update on Mondays.
Until I change my mind. Again.
January 10, 2012
Change Is Good… Right?
I’ve decided to make some changes to my website. Some will be small. Some will be big. Some may never evolve beyond just the hypothetical.
For the new year, I plan to talk about my upcoming projects more. It’s been a while since TimeStream and Remote Eyes were published, and there’s an ongoing gap until my next new novels appear. Thanks to the weirdness that is Publishing and Scheduling, it may appear I’m more prolific than I really am for a while. It’s possible that by the end of the year, I’ll have six novels somewhere between final edits and sitting on a publisher’s schedule.
The biggest change will be philosophical. I’m going to try to post at least one new update every week. Not that I don’t always have something on my mind, but every-week updates may have to be trivial at times and short because I’m too busy with my actual writing, but the plan is, each week something new somewhere on this site will go up, and the home page will be the place it either happens or is announced.
“Saying” and “doing” are two different things. If I put it in writing, that may force me to do more than just say I’ll update my site every week. It may be the motivation to keep me doing it every week
So look for new stuff on this site every week. I like the idea of updates appearing on a set day each week. Now to decide which day…
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