On to 2012

Happy New Year folks! I hope everyone had a good, relaxing and peaceful holiday. I spent most of my time with my family and friends, and although it was a bit tiring, it was a much needed break.

This year, I am going to get published, one way or another. I have two novels that I want to finish and a short story that I want to send to a contest. So I better get to work.

Novels:

The Druid's Grove is the one I have advanced the most. I am almost past the midway point, but the overview and overall plot is already done, it is just a matter of churning out some chapters and then doing a very good editing job. I feel that this project might be perfect for publishing it independently. Two months have passed since I stopped writing it and it is ripe for a strong and quick finish. I still need to pass a few things into Scrivener before continuing.

Children of the Sea is not so advanced, but I do have a very clear and definite idea of where I am going with this. It might take a bit longer, but I will get this novel written this year. Most of the research and Encyclopedia is already in Scrivener, only characters and settings need to be passed into the program. Excited about getting this one done!

I am also going to spend this week getting both novels into Scrivener. I love this program and I think it will really help me out in the long run. I am a plotter, and I need to have things under control before venturing out and writing about it.

I will let you know how I am doing in next week's post.

Books:

I read a quite a bit this past month.

I read Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy and just loved it. The characters are full of life and the way their lives intertwine will keep you on your toes.

I am reading Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy, and so far I have really liked the first book.

Going to finish Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy this month as well, and begin The Malazan Book of the Fallen series.

Games:

SW:TOR is finally here, as it has been for the past three weeks. After World of Warcraft, I had not found an MMO that could replace WOW, until now.

The graphics and setting are stunning, the classes seem to be well balanced and fun ( I am playing the Empire and so far have a 18 Bounty Hunter, 17 Imperial Agent and a 10 Warrior) but the details are what make this game special. The fact that every single one of the quest givers has a line of dialog only you can hear and see is pretty special to me, considering that in WOW I grabbed as many quests as I could without bothering of finding out what I needed to do. Class quests and story arches are, so far, epic. Flashpoints and group quests are challenging and rewarding.

I will write more about hits next week!

See you soon!