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Steve’s Update 9/9/2018

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Hello gang, here’s my latest update!

So what have I done the last week?

  • A Bridge To The Quiet Planet:  I’m at the halfway point of my general edits, did my grammar edit on Chapter 1 and posted it for my  beta readers!  What I’m doing is using Grammarly for the final grammar edits before posting – it’s pricey, but worth it (some people I know use the cheaper program Hemingway).
  • Way With Worlds: Ended up not doing much so I gotta catch up.
  • Other: Did my library speaking – but also had more unexpected stuff to deal with.  Honestly, I need a vacation . . . to catch up.

What am I going to do this week?

  • A Bridge To The Quiet Planet: I want to get beyond the halfway point and catch up on grammar edits so I can post for my readers.  I’ll probably split time so I can catch up.
  • Way With Worlds: Catching up of course!
  • Other: I’m going to be on the lookout for any interruptions here, needless to say.

-Steven Savage

Steve’s Update 9/2/2018

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Here’s the latest.  And would you believe it’s still busy.  A lot of August was overloaded.

So what have I done the last week?

  • A Bridge To The Quiet Planet:  Editing of course.  I have yet to get it up for pre-readers, but plan to this week.  It’s going quite well overall – but probably updates are gonna get a bit boring for awhile.
  • Way With Worlds: Keeping up on the Organization book.  Right now my guess is that one is out in October.  Again this is a side thing to the novel, but it is a good relaxer.
  • Seventh Sanctum: I’ve updated The Nexus with a change.  Instead of linking to other generators, I liked to assorted creative resources, including other generator sites.
  • Other: My car died so I had to get a new one.  Took a bit of time.

What am I going to do this week?

  • A Bridge To The Quiet Planet: It’s gonna be editing and more editing.  And I’ll post chapters for pre-readers.  I also plan to use Grammarly to help me out – I hear its spectacular.
  • Way With Worlds: More writing (I’m seeing a trend here)
  • Other: I’m speaking on self-publishing this weekend – if you’re in the Bay Area let me know.  I also hope to do some Sanctum stuff.

-Steven Savage

Steve’s Update 8/26/2018

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Here’s my update.  As this week got INSANELY busy there’s not a lot.

So what have I done the last week?

  • A Bridge To The Quiet Planet:  Still editing, and the book is going to be seriously improved.  My editor’s advice let me see how to fuse my influences better into a much, much richer story.  Unfortunately because things are busy and there’s a lot of tweaking I want to do, it might go into November.  I don’t plan to have it go after that.  I’ll make the call end of September.
  • Way With Worlds: Doing the Organizations book on the side – and already planning a sequel.  This is real relaxing – which I can use.  I have a lot more planned.
  • Other: I did some speaking at the Toy Expo in the Bay Area and it was AWESOME.  I am also pleased to report that A) It was really diverse on subjects and merch, B) Had some great panels, C) Old-school figures like Gil Gerard and Eric Estrada got respect from people – there were CHiP’s cosplayers half my age.

What am I going to do this week?

  • A Bridge To The Quiet Planet: Still editing!  I want to get through at least 3 more chapters, and am considering putting them online for prereaders.
  • Way With Worlds: Writing!  More!
  • Other: I have no idea.  I’m still exhausted.

-Steven Savage