Happy Wednesday, folks! Today’s post is a little different. I will give y’all an update on how my summer’s going and what I’ve been working on in the realm of the author. It’s going to be short, but I hope it will be worth your while. Be sure to leave comments below about how your summer is going. I’d love to hear from you!
The summer started pretty chill. I got caught up on this blog, saw some friends, listened to Jane Austen’s Persuasion on audiobook, and even did some lawn work. I had this awesome plan to find a summer job, but that fell through. After I accepted the fact that wasn’t what the Lord had planned for me right now, I submersed myself into my writing.
Now, if you’ve been keeping up with me via Instagram or Facebook, you know I’ve been working on a novel. I’m happy to say I finally have a title for it, and I’m not sharing it with you right now. Haha! But I really think this book is going to be epic. I do want to reveal one thing for you… the genre is Sci-Fi Dystopia, and I really think it’s the best story I’ve ever written. I mean, it has a LOT of work to go through before I can make any more announcements on it, but I have a great starting point. I’ve been working on it for two years, and I’m hoping it won’t take much longer. I will say the final word count on the first draft was 89,173. That’s for sure the longest story I’ve ever written. 😃
Besides that novel, I’ve begun work on two others, maybe a third. I’m not revealing their genres just yet. You’ll have to stay tuned for that. However, novels aren’t the only works in progress. If you’ve been reading this blog since it started back in February (has it only been that long?), then you know about my first collaborative flash fiction anthology. Well, if you look closely at the cover, it says “Season One.”
Season Two is on its way! It will be coming in about mid-August. Stay tuned for more information on that coming shortly. Just know that it will have 24 incredible stories that you won’t want to miss, including four from yours truly. They range from fantasy to sci-fi, comedy to tearjerkers, slice-of-life to adventure, and everything in between. It’s awesome.
That’s pretty much it for the writing side of life, besides keeping up this blog, of course. Since we’re on that topic, actually, I’m going to make another announcement. Starting this September and going through to the end of next June, I am lowering my blog activity. Instead of three posts each month, I’m going to knock things down to two posts a month. Depending on what I’m doing, those two posts will either be a blog and a short story, or two blogs. Meanwhile, I’ll keep up with social media a little more so I won’t completely disappear from the face of the internet.
This change is being implemented for the sake of my sanity. Haha! I’m starting my final year at university, and even though I’m taking fewer hours, my hardest classes are coming up next. That’s not even to mention the fact I’ve volunteered myself as a leading member of an official school club. We just started preparations for the upcoming year last week and I’m already swamped. Please pray I have the will to say no to any more obligations. Haha!
Thank you so much for your support and readership. I’m excited about what the next few months hold for my writing and education. And I’m stoked you’ll be there for it all. Thanks for reading. I’ll see you around the web.
~Beth
Beth Freemont 