Breaking News - I’m Finished

Breaking News - I’m Finished

Believe it not I finished writing novels two and three of my Zytainium series at once. The reason for doing this was simply for the series consistency. I could have went in a few different directions with the story and wanted to ensure it was uniform. Now it took longer of course to write but I kept going. A couple of times I became bogged down in how the story should evolve. The idea I had just didn’t work for me, so I slept on it, and surprisingly I dreamt how to proceed seamlessly into the section of the story. Anyway, now that the drafts are done its onto the editing phase. This will take some time do complete. Regardless it is started.

I have spent a lot of time with the characters of the Zytainium series as they have developed. It is time to give them a break. I want to finish the editing and start my next new story with new characters. For those of you one day who find the Zytainium series please enjoy as I put my heart into it. I would love to hear feedback on what readers think of it.

Keep smiling.

Zytainium - second book of the series

Below is an excerpt from the second book in the Zytainium series. I decided to write books two and three in one shot. The third book of the series is almost complete first written draft.

Please enjoy.

“When does this operation start?” Edan asked.

“Right now. Make two sites disappear that you think will fit our needs. Ensure you to cover our tracks on what we are doing. On top of that, someone tonight is going to have to go there and secure them. Now there is a dinner with the new council, Felan, all the leadership in which I have already excused you.”

“You definitely don’t miss around,” Edan said.

“There is too much riding on this to leave things to chance.” I turned to the knock on the door. It was Chase, good and went over to let him in.

“Greetings all,” Chase said. “Training is going well. We will be ready.” He looked at both of us know something was up by our faces. “What did I miss?”

“I just got Edan to agree to an unauthorized, highly secretive mission.”

“What are we going to be doing now?” Chase asked.

“Edan, begin operation site disappearing. I’ll fill in Chase.” Edan nodded and headed for his lab workstation with the comm device attached with all its components, pulling up the cache locations.

“Chase, I have a bad feeling about what is going to happen in the near future.”

“We are going to disappear again, right,” he said. I heard Edan chuckling to himself.

“Yes and a bit more. We are going to set up secret bases of operations for just the three of us as I only trust those in this room.”

“I am not surprised Tarin,” Chase said. “I could feel the vibes coming from you. Even Ora mentioned something about having us sit on the sidelines. I figured that would go over well. I take it she told you.”

“Yes she did. I can’t let the naivety of our people get in the way.”

Chase laughed, “just like the old days when we were on the lam. Alright, what do you want me to do?”

“Tarin, you were right, Chase had no issue with this undercover operation,” Edan said from his lab station. 

Toward the End

Today’s from the armchair topic is toward the end. What does that mean? It means I’m in the finally stages of getting to the end of the third book of a sci-fi series. For me, what makes this interesting is after finishing the second book, I continued on writing the third. The flow was there and I wanted ensure that how I described events and things were consistent throughout the last two books. The challenge I find is in describing what the characters are going through that makes sense. I go into areas that I hoping not to lose readers which why the finale is becoming more difficult to compose taking extra time. Going through this I had to wonder what other writers do to overcome this hurdle. Whether they take a break and do something else or just keep writing. I find that I’m even dreaming how to overcome or build the bridges between different points where the story is going. On a side note, the dreaming I have found interesting, as some of my conundrums have been satisfied and then I find myself dreaming of other possible stories in other genres. For example, last night I dreamt the plot for a mystery novel that I am considering writing.

Anyway, I have blogged less as every possible moment is used to complete the third installation of the series. Then the editing portion can start which I know will take some time as my editor, Bren, has to go through 225,000 words. So, I can see the end but I know its still a ways off. I am also excited about which one of the next four novels to start and to get going on those projects.

Keep smiling.

Zytainium - Next

In the science fiction series, Zytainium, I started with an idea of others making it seem that controlling a system of planets energy producing mineral was the way to dominate the galaxy. And it is. The first book went through that struggle to fend off those who would take by force what was not theirs. In the second book of the series, I expanded the idea that it was not the energy itself that was the source of trouble, but what that energies true potential was. With that came the suggestion of a even more advanced civilization that did not want any new members to the advanced species club. My stories main character Tarin, realized that if his people didn’t begin to understand their destiny, that they were doomed. When I began writing the second book of the series, I realized that there was much to be told for it to make sense. So much that I really couldn’t break up the story. The second book would be the length of two novels. I consider a good read in the 100,000 words category. I have decided that the second book will have two parts. I’m currently two-thirds of the way through the second part of the second book and the story can still go in many different directions. I will keep writing and see where the story logically takes me.

Stay tuned.