Update

Update – Way With Worlds

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OK, so where am I with Way With Worlds?  Here, let’s break it into bullet points to make it easier.

  • I am/will be putting in the prereader feedback soon.  That’s a bit behind, but that’s the way it goes.  I hope to do this by EOM.
  • Then the book ships to my editor, which is easy because that’s called “asking my roommate to do it.”  My roommate is a professional tech writer and document manager, so it’s going to be some serious quality work.
  • I hope for the editing to take two months with a month for followup.  It may go quicker.
  • The cover artist has been engaged and I’ve seen a draft for Book 1 already.  I like this enough it may be poster-worthy.
  • I want to drop book #1 in June and Book #2 in August.  That’s the plan, barring any interruptions
  • There will be followup work.

At this rate I don’t know what else to say except to occasionally post updates.

– Steve

Update – Latest Generator!

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Yes, if you’re over at Seventh Sanctum you know I’m working on a Reality Show Generator.  Here’s the latest update.

This one involved me doing more in-depth data analysis before building it.  In many cases (not all) I sort of dive into the generator and build as I analyze.  In this case I stepped back and broke the data down – something I usually only do for generators with more obvious patterns like the Magical Power Generator.

The results were:

  1. The breakdown was revealing.
  2. The breakdown was really boring to do after awhile.
  3. The breakdown worked and let me build the generator very fast.
  4. Once I started building the generator, I could make it “richer” in data, patterns, etc. very quickly.

Short form – doing an early, organized analysis of data for a generator pays off, but it’s not as exciting as doing it by the seat of my pants.  On the other hand, this was less frustrating than the Plot Twist Generator.

So, anyway, if you want a preview of what this generator will do, here’s some results:

  • Best Women Of Vancouver
  • Bizarre Stories of the South American Navy
  • Brazilian Cop
  • Brazilian Teacher
  • British Film
  • Confirmed Records of London
  • Confirmed Women Of New York
  • Fish Killer
  • France’s Next Top Boy
  • Husband Grandparents of France
  • I married a Millionaire: Britain
  • I married a Star
  • Japanese Computer Man
  • Miami Scalpers
  • North American Sister Change
  • Rescue Person
  • Sibling Academy
  • The Next Best Grandfather
  • The Queen of Lawyers
  • True Hunters Of France

– Steve

Steve’s Update

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Hello everyone, hope you’re doing well!  So figured an update is in order here as the last week got a bit busy.

First, the Sailor Moon book!  We’re all but finished with the interviews and the initial analysis.  We’re going to roll writing it and the research into one go – the challenge is figuring out just what research we need versus what isn’t needed.  Sailor Moon history is really recorded piecemeal, so figuring what fits the book, what’s informative, and what’s unneeded is challenging.

If you’re interested in writing on anime history, believe me, by now, we have suggestions on what we’d like to see.

Way With Worlds is going to finish up with pre-readers this month, and then it’s integrating lessons and editing – and dividing it up into two books.  I assume the latter isn’t going to be hard, but I’ve never “subdivided” a book before.  Definitely going to be necessary though – otherwise it’ll be unwieldily.  I might eventually do a larger, combined “textbook” another time, perhaps with extra material.

As you saw my resume book is out – and my next ebook is in the works.  This one is going to explore some of my creative theories, and might just get a print version as well.  I’ll give you more details later!

Finally, planning out my next generators.  These are going to be lighter, but I am going to try and write up my findings to get used to more structured analysis but also sharing the information.

That’s it for me.  How are you doing?

  • Steve