The Stalker Murders - Novel Introduction

This manuscript came as much surprise to me as it probably is to you. Yes, I know I haven’t yet finished my upcoming release VENGEANCE. Yes, I know I've now started two different trilogies that need to be finished. And yes, I know this is going to start getting confusing soon. I would just like to cite the writer’s fourth amendment: The right to bear and use moderate amounts of eccentricity.

I will finish VENGEANCE, I promise! I was simply minding my own business, preparing to do just that, when ideas from an old plot began tempting me to dig it up and resurrect it. Before I knew what was happening, these ideas began multiplying inside my mind, building pressure until they exploded. The fruit, as of now, is a partially completed manuscript, nearing 150 pages.

So far, this has been a decidedly different novel in just about every area. I didn’t ask for it to be that way, but I couldn’t refuse it either. Previous novels have flown together incredibly fast. In two, to two and a half months, the first draft is done, exceeding 100,000 words. They taught me that consistency is key. Just put in an hour a day, and before you know it, the book is done.

Part of this consistency and speed, however, could be due to my having written them during periods of my life where I was able to dedicate a majority of my waking thought toward their completion. Now however, that is not the case. Were I to post a blog during the day, it would say something like, “Another uneventful day of work.”

The writing has come in spurts. Many days, I’m too mentally exhausted to do much of anything, let alone write an acidically suspenseful novel. Other days, however, the writing comes in spurts, such that the majority of the night has gone by before I manage to write down the unending stream of details flooding my mind. So much for consistency.

You can see more of the technical details about it on my Other Projects page on my website.

Feel free to comment or ask questions. Once the novel gets closer to completion, I'll open an FAQ for it.

Take it step by step

The above motto is good advice for lots of situations - tight ropes, marketing, changing diapers, learning to use blogs, etc. But it is also a very good approach to changes in lifestyle, or when undertaking massive projects. For example, I now have elected myself as the life-source for two blogs and a website. Why I did that, I'm not sure.

However, until further investigation can shed some light on it, I'll just assume that I had a reason. And, taking it step by step, I have actually been blessed with some ideas. For example, as soon as I finish this post, I'm going to set out to make another page for this blog, entitled, "How to be an Author."

This is the exciting news! I'm going to send out bits and pieces of it on facebook, but the actual, complete posts are going to be here. I am going to shoot for one per week, but we'll see how crazy things get. The idea, is that they will teach people everything they need to know about being an author...too good to be true, right?

It certainly is! They'll probably teach people more about how NOT to be an author, but that's fine for me. Anytime a mock-article teaches one SOMETHING, it's doing alright.

Alright, enough gab. I was proud of myself for figuring out how to make this post. Now lets see if I can add a page...