Hello from the other side!
Of the screen. Jeez, I'm not dead. And if I were, I'd like
to think I'd have something a little cleverer than that.
I digress. How are all of you? I haven't posted in a little
over two weeks, but it feels like so
much longer than that. A lot has happened since that last post, both in the
world and just in my life. For the world stuff, I'll leave it to you to find
out everything that's been going on (There have certainly been some things
worthy of a distraction lately.).
As for me? Well, I've been reading a bit more than usual
(Thankfully), especially an anthology I nabbed from the library – The Weird,
compiled by Jeff and Ann Vandermeer. Their names will be really well-known to
anyone who enjoys weird and new weird fiction, as they've implanted themselves
firmly into the middle of those two genres.
I've taken to reading them specifically because I love those genres. Well, I always have,
and I've talked about it in the past, especially new weird. But until recently,
I'd never really tried writing anything even close to them. But I have and I
have to say I'm in love.
I fully believe that authors evolve as they write and they
slowly sink into niches within their chosen genres. Well, that's what's
happened. At least for now. I also don't really think those are permanent
changes, necessarily. But I do foresee a lot of Lovecraftian fiction, weird
fiction, and just generally darker, more disturbed pieces coming from me in the
near future. It's under my skin… maybe literally.
Haha. Horror humor. I'm definitely not infested by
mind-controlling insects…
On that same front, I have news… almost. I almost have news.
I'll have news in about a week or so, but suffice it to say I've made it into a
rather prestigious anthology with a Lovecraftian sword and sorcery story. More
news on that pretty shortly.
I mostly just wanted to give you guys an update to let you
know that I'm still plugging away. I will
be finishing Evenstad Media, unless plans really, really change. Book five is in the editing queue as we speak, so if
you're waiting for that, no worries.
I will be putting the
King Jester Trilogy back up for sale. They need to be revised and I need covers
for them, but then they'll be available once more.
But I will also,
at some point, begin going darker in the books too. Creepier. Eerier.
Skin-crawlier. Now, I know my work has never been unicorns and rainbows,
exactly, but it hasn't been dealing with quite the same themes as I've been
playing with lately. So if you've been craving something with a little more
oomph, I can (Hopefully.) provide that for you in the coming months.
Now, that's really not to say everything is going to be that
way. But it is going to happen. So fair warning… or fair notice, if you're into
it, I guess.
And stay tuned to the blog and my Facebook and whatnot for
news on that anthology next week.
Voss
