Rob's Update: The 4th Will Be With You
Week of 30 April - 6 May
Greetings all
What a great weekend at Planet Comicon. I'd like to thank all of you who joined this list at KCPC. I hope you had as much fun as I did. Looking forward to next year.
Of course, I'm watching Return of the Jedi as I type this out. I also hope everyone had a great May the 4th.
There's another reason I titled this update. I finished my 4th book, Where Now the Rider (3rd in the Edward series), on Tuesday. My editor is working on it as we speak. I'll be doing most of the preproduction next week and you'll see it soon.
By the way, for those who read last week's update, that announcement might be familiar. I told you all last week that it was done, except for a few edits. Well, funny story that. I did those edits and in so doing I realized I had a much better ending. So I threw about 4000 words on the page on Thursday at Comicon and then spent the entire weekend waiting to get back to it. Writer problems.
But I like this ending better, it's stronger, with more action, and with more to bring my overall plan forward. I think you all will like it as much as I do. As a side note, it ended up being around 120,000 words, my longest story in the Edward world.
Quote of the Week
And what else could this week's quote be?
"It's a trap!"
- Admiral Ackbar
News and Works in Progress
Plotting for Brief Is My Flame, the next Irina novel
Plotting for a couple of short stories
Recent Blog Posts and Wiki Additions
Planet Comicon AAR: https://robhowell.org/blog/?p=654
NFL Christmas Presents Open: https://robhowell.org/blog/?p=658
No new additions to the wiki this week, but I'll have everything new from Where Now the Rider added next week.
Upcoming Events
28-30 April: Planet Comicon, Kansas City, MO http://planetcomicon.com/
26-28 May: Conquest, Kansas City, MO http://www.conquestkc.org/
30 June-2 July: LibertyCon, Chattanooga, TN http://www.libertycon.org/
28 July-13 August: Pennsic War, Cooper's Lake, PA http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn46/
4-6 August: Confluence, Pittsburgh, PA http://parsec-sff.org/confluence/
27-29 October: HonorCon, Raleigh, NC http://www.honorcon.org/
Spotlight
This week's spotlight is on Anita C. Young. You can find her books here: https://www.amazon.com/Anita-C.-Young/e/B00HI6MD3G/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1493952386&sr=1-2-ent
She's also a fantastic artist and you can find some of her work here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/clanyoung and on her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AnitaCYoungCreations/
Let me know if you have any suggestions on the website, this email, or cool story ideas at rob@robhowell.org. Especially let me know of suggestions you have for the Spotlight section.
Have a great week, everyone.
Rob Howell Author of the Shijuren-series of novels
Website: www.robhowell.org
Blog: www.robhowell.org/blog
Shijuren Wiki: http://www.shijuren.org/World+of+Shijuren+Home
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/robhowell.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rhodri2112
Currently Available Works
A Lake Most Deep (Edward, Book 1)
The Eyes of a Doll (Edward, Book 2)
Where Now the Rider (Edward, Book 3) Forthcoming 2017
I Am a Wondrous Thing (The Kreisens, Book 1)
Brief Is My Flame (The Kreisens, Book 2) Forthcoming 2017
None Call Me Mother (The Kreisens, Book 3) Forthcoming 2018
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