Yes, it’s that time of year again. Or month. Or some other, less fixed period of time.
I have a writing update. Lots of things are happening and going on, even unfolding! Did that get your attention? Good.
Nude in Space 2
Yes. Believe it or not. There will be a follow-up novel to Nude in Space, which technically is book 1 now.
And this is the cover for the new book. I hope the fans of the first story will enjoy this second one at least as much. Seeing that people actually buy and read the first one made me decide there has to be a number 2, and who knows, maybe there will even be a number 3. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
I’m currently editing the second story – which is going well – and I might even be able to have the e-book in the online bookstores around Christmas. I’m going to try, trust me.
Naked Crow 11.
Yes. There is an 11th book for Sheila, Jeremy and several others. Some characters will be old, some new, and at least one of them is going to be scary.
The story will involve something Arabic-ish. Hence this odd symbol which I will incorporate into the cover for the new Naked Crow book.
I’m not going to give away much about it, because once I start talking, I might give away the plot. Suffice to say that Jeremy will be painting and Sheila will have lots of interesting encounters. This story is in the stage of needing a reread to fix the worst blunders, before I dare to take this any further.
Superheroes
Yes. I’m writing a proper story about nude superheroes. I once wrote one but that was not good. It was… wrong. Some would not agree, but I didn’t deem it fit for publication, and I hid it somewhere deep in the directories on my computer. Some stories just need to function as a terrifying example of how not to do this.
The new, real Superheroes story is going well. It’s over 50.000 words and it needs to grow. The working title of it is “NSH”. This stands for Naked Super Heroes.
Emma Nelson. Book 3.
Seriously, this list won’t end.
Believe it or not, but there is a third Emma Nelson book. I wrote ‘the end’ in it a few days ago, and now it’s cooling down.
As I had promised, I would focus on this story during my vacation, and that seriously paid off.
This one, nor Naked Crow 11, will make it to the stores around Christmas, I can promise you that. There’s still too much work to be done about them.
I hope you enjoyed this update.
Stay safe, everyone!
I just finished your latest Caked Crow book, Nice job, left you a good rating.
The only series that was disappointing was the Unsworth…I am sorry the characters were not alive to you enough to continue.
That said, I do buy your work (kindle) as I appreciate your good writing and hope your imagination does not fail you. Incorporating nudity, without eroticism as its primary focus, is not easy. You have certainly helped the cause. When it is legal to appear nude, at least at beaches and pools, I will consider the effort to bring sanity into the world to have made progress.
Good thoughts!
Dear Rodger,
Thank you for your kinds words about Naked Crow.
You’re not the only one who’s disappointed that the Unsworth series didn’t carry on longer. I know many people would have appreciated a few more volumes. The problem there was that finding suitable material to write about proved harder than I thought. I did try, and writing the third book was very difficult. I knew that going for a fourth one would be even harder. Writing a story when it’s a struggle isn’t fun, and it will definitely look and feel “forced” for the readers as well. That is why I decided to end there.
It’s like wanting more coffee from an empty pot. No matter how hard you shake it, nothing good will come from it.
I am sure you understand.