Bradley P. Beaulieu

I’ve been plugging away on the Russian Windship novel. It hasn’t been slow, per se. I’m up to 45k words, and I’ve done a number of other writing related projects over the past few months. So the progress is actually not too bad. The trouble is that I poke around the internet and I see all these sales of short stories and awards and inclusions in Best Of anthos (and more power to them!) and I feel like I’m stuck in mud. Like no matter how fast I go I’ll never be done with this novel. Ever.

Then again, there are positives. I’m happy to be working on a new novel. I’m happy it’s approaching its midway point. I’m happy that it’s going so well, because it’s really starting to come into shape. The tone, pacing, and milieu I was shooting for I think I’ve almost nailed. And I think the story itself is really solid.

My last novel is still making the rounds. But even so I’ve been working on revisions based on my own feelings about it, my increased skill level after Clarion, and feedback from my agent. It’s been a long time since I wrote a new novel. The first draft of Tears was done in the middle of 2004. Over three friggin years already! Ugh. I want a new novel. So in this respect I’m very happy to be tackling another large project. The revisions on Tears and the diversion to short stories were very helpful, but on the whole I’m glad I have another mountain to climb instead of a single, challenging cliff face.

Almost halfway up. A little more than halfway to go.

Cheer me on!

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