Clouds in the Future: The Great War of the Worlds #2
Now available for pre-order!
On Deck: Plotting and outlining Clouds in the Future. Got a good idea of where it’s going, just need to map out the story beats and fleshing out my dastardly villian. More revisions on a short story for email list subscribers, too. Potential bike ride up to the dojo tonight.
Listening: The Black Keys.
Reading: The Days of the Martians. Another War of the Worlds sequel.
See you tomorrow.
Productive weekend, with significant progress on outlining Clouds in the Future, including character sketches on the various villains and frenemies our intrepiod hero will meet.
Also approved a draft cover!
There’s a wide assortment of trivial tasks waiting for me. That’s what Mondays are for!
That’s it. See you tomorrow.
Shadows of the Past is now available for sale in both eBook and paperback!
If you’re a Kindle user, or want to buy the paperback, you can buy Shadows here (The paperback will be available at Barnes and Noble’s website in a few days if you prefer to buy it there. They can be a little slow.)
Google reader? Walk this way.
Apple person? It’s over here.
If you prefer another store, there’s a universal book page with just about every store you can think of.
Also, the sequel is available for pre-order now, too! Here’s the universal link.
Souvenir map of Paris circa 1915
Starting to collect my various ideas into an outline for Clouds in the Future: The Great War of the Worlds Book #2. A big part of the story is set in a Paris already devastated by the return of the Martians.
On Deck: Outlining. Plotting. Saving the cat, if you know what I mean.
Inbox: Largely ignored.
Listening: Marillion’s Clutching at Straws. The rising tension in that album suits what I’m trying to do in the story.
Reading: Embers of War
Image credit: Unknown illustrator, Museums Victoria
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/381865
You’ve seen Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s illustrations for the 1906 edition of H.G. Wells War of the Worlds, but there’s a good chance you don’t know who he is. Like the famous novel, Corrêa’s drawings have reverted to the public domain. Unlike the novel, most folks don’t take the time to credit the artist.
Which is a shame. They may be the best depiction the story has even received. even Wells said Corrêa “did more for my work with his brush than I with my pen”.
Corrêa’s work is dark and moody but at the same time startlingly dynamic. I’d love to see him illustrate a comic; he reminds of Klaus Janson and Gene Colan with just a dash of Bill Sienkiewicz.
You can read more about Corrêa and his work here
And please, if you use someone drawings for a blog post, credit the artist!
Possibly one of the reasons — certainly it’s one of the very big reasons Arrakis is so popular is the spice — they say it makes you smarter. You know, people ask me, they ask me ‘Shaddam, why don’t you try the spice? You’re already very smart, you’d be even smarter.’ But I don’t-I’ve been talking about it for a long time, that would be unfair. They already think I’m too smart. Do you know about those machines on Ix? They say they have new machines on Ix. I’m related to a Ixian professor, that’s how smart I am.”
Got sucked right into the grind yesterday and forgot to post. Today looks no different.
On Deck: Posts. Novella.
Inbox: A mess
Listening: Applefish. (Google it.)
Reading: The Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell
Last Watched: The Woman in the Wall.