Monday, December 23, 2019

When Mice Where Giants and The Misfortune of Black Cats

Seasons Greetings, Everyone!

So, I've gone over and edited 'When Mice Were Giants' some more and have at last sent the most updated version to my awesome editor, Kayla M. Ware, host of chroniclefocuseditorial.com.

Once that is edited, I will replace the older version with the newer and be one step closer to making 'When Mice Were Giants' into a picture book!

With my part in that done for now, I'm using the down time to explore ideas for another likely short story project. This one is currently named, 'The Misfortune of Black Cats' and will be a fictional origin story for where the ludicrous idea of black cats being unlucky came from.

This story will offer a fictional early America era setting in which a young woman, the recent widow of a fairly well off man, is targeted by an especially greedy individual interested in taking all that she has received from her late husband, land, wealth, and so forth. The greedy man intends to go about this by making the young woman out to be a witch, scheming and plotting to convince the townspeople of her supposed devilry. AND it is up to her beloved pet, a black cat, to thwart these evil deeds.

Happy Holidays!

Monday, December 16, 2019

'When Mice Were Giants' Now has a Cover!

I am very pleased to announce that, thanks to Connie Walker, my little fable  'When Mice Were Giants' now has a cover!


I'm hoping this will be the first in a series of paintings by this incredibly talented artists that will contribute to making 'When Mice Were Giants' into my first children's picture book!

The story may be enjoyed now right here.

Friday, December 13, 2019

"A Handful of Souls" - Progress 3

Chapter 9 of 'A Handful of Souls' is done! It was a longer chapter but concludes the first part of this story. There are 2 more parts planned though this will still likely be in the novella range for length.

In other news, I have been working closely with my illustrator, the very talented, Connie Walker, to make a cover for 'When Mice Were Giants' a short story available for viewing here on my blog.

The cover is currently in the mail and if it looks nearly as good as the pictures I was sent of it, we're in for a real treat!

I'm also looking forward to trying to turn 'When Mice Were Giants' into a children's book with Connie illustrating, but will have to see if my wallet can endure such an endeavor, especially after I have requested Connie do a piece for 'A Handful of Souls'.