Corrupting Power
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Weekly Update - 5/10/23
🕑 Added 2023-05-10 20:37:15 +0000 UTCThis won't be a long one, because I don't want to just write the word "FUCK!" 500 times, but you still deserve to know what's going on. So, in addition to all the other stuff with DayJob(tm), Windows Update decided to reboot my writing machine early this morning without asking me, and in doing so, killed the nearly finished chapter of Before The Storm that I was trying to polish off before I went to bed last night. (Some of the other stuff I was midwork on was saved, thankfully.)
As such, I'm just pushing BTS7 to Friday, since I have to rewrite the entire damn thing from scratch. I remember most of the general storybeats of it, but losing 5k words worth of work is enough to kick anyone in the teeth. Normally my autosaves and backups prevent this kind of thing, but for whatever reason, Word decided... you know, it's not even worth getting into it. I have to rewrite the whole thing from the ground up. I'm sorry. It's going to be late. I can only apologize and promise to write my best, especially since I love BTS as a story. I don't like missing release windows, but sometimes life just gets in the way. My flatmate actually came over from his desk to make sure I wasn't going to burn the house down, I was yelling "motherfucker!" so much...
That all said, we're hovering dangerously close to 500 subscribers, so I've got a question for you all - would you be interested in reading an unpublished novel from me that wasn't erotic fiction? I can't speak to the quality of the project anymore, since it's been, oh, probably the better part of a decade since I last glanced at the file, but it's a modern sci-fi pop spy thriller with psychic abilities that I wrote back in 2015/2016 between some other massive daunting projects. The ending probably isn't as strong as I would like it to be, but hey, it's a huge thing just sitting in my files that I could give to all 500 of you (when there are 500 of you, that is; we're still a handful short) if that's something you're interested in.
The book's got three protagonists, it's written in three different POVs, and it's called "Nothing Beats Rock." I sort of pitched it to people as "The X-Men meets The Bourne Identity with some Total Recall thrown in." If/when we hit 500, I'll throw it up as a PDF/Epub for all subscribers. I actually have a handful of unpublished novels just sitting around in a folder somewhere, so if this one's well-received, maybe I'll go back and polish off one of the other ones.
The public releases are currently as follows: 5/13 - A Pack Of His Own 1, 5/20 - Quaranteam 2:1, 5/27 - Morgana's Gift 13, 6/3 - Seven Secrets Of Mr. Magpie 3, 6/10 - Quaranteam 2:2.
Anyway, that's all from me that isn't just the word "fuck!" and again, my apologies about the delay, but sometimes the world just wants to kick us in the soft and squishy bits.
Comments
Edward Becerra
I deeply appreciate how frustrated you feel. I've misplaced half a chapter of a battle tech story, and I simply sat there and screamed at my keyboard for about 30 minutes. Best of luck rebuilding/rewriting what you lost.
Please do
Me too for the novel please
Toastroast
I would probably still read the update with only the word fuck 500 times if for no other reason than the dedication necessary to write fuck that often. Still, the updates good too.
Ostynew
Would love to see it. But don't spend much time on it. Let us see the raw as it is.
Bearded beer nerd
As someone who loved the rook files, the novel sounds great
Ronan
Yes, please release!
Roadspill
Yes drop all the unpublished stories.
Stephen
Yes, please to novel
qxvw198
The novel sounds like an excellent way to celebrate 500 subscribers.
SC
Do I want to read an unpublished novel by one of my favorite authors? YES, YES I DO! Come on 500… No whammies, no whammies…
Absolutely interested in your novel. Sorry to hear about your Word travails. Sometimes the updates screw with everything that isn't triple saved.
Revan
I’m sorry to hear that. There’s nothing more frustrating than having to redo something you just did. I’d definitely be interested in the unpublished novel
Scott Krell
I'd be interested
J N
Definitely would like to read more of your work!!!
Brathadoir
Yes. Definitely would love to see the novel.
MrDomRocks
I'm sure we can all wait and see your best work when it's ready. Time to save everything to the cloud. Office 365 or Google docs. No more lost work. Either way keep up the excellent work.
