Reminders And research

Things are coming along and I’m even thinking of plots for the next few books in this series but it is always a good idea to go over principles of good storytelling and for me that is John Truby’s two towering achievements, The Anatomy of Story and The Anatomy of Genres. I can’t recommend these two books enough for any writer when looking for how to shape a story idea or organize a bunch of ideas or plot points when getting ready to work on a new manuscript. I’m also planning to build a shop here for my books on this website so that books can be sold right here, directly.

Life is doing what life does, happening and closing and opening doors to new and old paths. Jumbled thinking, I know, but this is stream of consciousness stuff, so, forgive me.

The protagonist of this new series, Jonas, is turning out to be who I can truly resonate with. He is very different form that last protagonist I wrote about, Robert Astor, whom I loved writing about very much. He was cheerful, outgoing almost nothing got him down for long. Jonas is very different and it is interesting to see the difference in personality. A Princess of Mars was the main inspiration for the Mission series and Robert Astor was, I suppose you could say, a goofy, self-effacing version of John Carter. Jonas Johnson is very different and for him I had always specifically was inspired by the Knights Templar. In an unofficial way he is an errant knight. In any case, in a few weeks it will be time for me to take a trip to Powell’s bookstore for some books on the Templar Knights. So I’ve got quite a bit of homework to do. Truby, along with the history of the templars. But this is the kind of homework that is fun to do!

Happy reading!