The Hope of Memory Updates

If you've glanced at this site, you might know that I have previously released two eBooks, Bonebearer and Practicing. If you've actually followed this site and explored it a little bit, you might know that I'm currently working...

I'm still chugging along on the third draft of The Distant, my next novel. I'm on page 124 out of a current 323 (these are MS Word pages, single spaced). So close to 40% complete after two months of editing.

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As I've been working on the third draft of my next book, The Distant, I've been thinking more about the setting I had created, and the fact that the ending would leave some things unresolved. This was intentional on my...

It's been a month since the last update on my next book, The Distant. I finished the third draft a week ago, which came in at around 184K words. I know I can cut a bit more from that doing...

Earlier this month I started the first draft of the second book of the trilogy, Wilders. I was tired of editing The Distant and wanted to get moving on the ideas for the next book while they were still fresh....

Just wanted to post a quick update on the trilogy I'm currently working on, The Hope of Memory. All updates will now be titled as The Hope of Memory. I recently moved to a new apartment, so that's why I...

For those who care, I'm just about halfway done with the first draft of the second book in my The Hope of Memory trilogy, entitled Wilders. There will be a total of 19 chapters in the first part, I'm on...

I'm over halfway through the second book of The Hope of Memory, entitled Wilders. The book is split into two distinct parts just like the first one is, but I can't really say more than that without spoiling the story....

Just a quick update on The Hope of Memory, since I haven't posted on it for almost 2 months. I took a two week break on Wilders, as I just needed to get away from it for a while. Also,...

Haven't made an update to my progress on The Hope of Memory trilogy in a while... because I was waiting to finish the first draft of Wilders before doing so. Well, it's done.

6/6/12 - 2/6/13, 11 notepads, at least 5...

I'm getting close to finishing the typing of my handwritten first draft of Wilders, Book 2 of my The Hope of Memory trilogy. I've also done some editing on and off for Book 1, The Distant, and I've discovered a...

A quick update my trilogy, The Hope of Memory.

A week ago I finally finished typing up the first draft of the second volume in the trilogy, Wilders, and I discovered that my word count estimate was way off. I...

Haven't posted on my trilogy-in-progress since April, so wanted to write up a quick update for any who might actually be paying attention. If you are, there will be a test later, so read carefully...

I finished my slow and brutal...

An update on my The Hope of Memory trilogy.

I've completed the detailed outline of Book 3, Rom Tar. I know you're wondering: Why I didn't have a detailed one from the very start? Well, I did have an outline,...

Alright, The Distant has been finalized. I'm not making any more changes to it. I managed to squeeze in two more drafts with another read through of the book during the last month and a half, so I'm ending with...

After many years, I've finally released The Distant, Book 1 of The Hope of Memory. Yay me! It's now available in trade paperback and eBook formats.

The trade is through CreateSpace. It's available both through...

Behind on my blogging as usual... super busy with work and real life. But I still make time to work on my various projects, one of which is the first draft of Rom Tar, the third book in the trilogy.

It's...

Wanted to quickly post the Wilders cover after putting it together this weekend. What does the symbol stand for? Well, if you've read The Distant, you'll know.

Wilders will be out in 2014 for sure, but I don't have...

Update time... currently I'm about 60K words into Rom Tar, the last book in The Hope of Memory trilogy. It's coming along, though I've been really busy with work and real life things, so progress has been tempered slightly at...

So it had to happen eventually... writer's block. Though maybe not a true instance, where I'm stymied from writing anything at all for a long period of time, it's close enough.

Rom Tar, the 3rd book in my The Hope of...

It took a lot longer than I expected (14 months), but the first draft of the third book in my The Hope of Memory trilogy, Rom Tar, is finally complete!

This was a tough book for me to write, tougher...

Quick update on my The Hope of Memory trilogy. I've finally finished typing up the whole of the handwritten Rom Tar manuscript. Took a bit longer than I expected. I've had a week or so off from doing anything with...

So I haven't posted about my progress on The Hope of Memory in roughly 10 months. I'm starting to feel like George R.R. Martin here, but at least it's only been a little over 2 years since my...

I'm wrapping up my final draft of Wilders before formatting it for publication, working through a few minor consistency details, and after a bit of toying around I finally came up with a summary for the back cover (which will...

I'm finally done with Wilders. It took a lot longer than I had anticipated (writing on it began on 6/6/2012), but I'm happy with the final product.

The final word count came out to 153.5K words, which is 15K shorter than...

It only took 2 1/2 years, but I've finally released Wilders, Book 2 of The Hope of Memory. It's now available in trade paperback and eBook formats.

The trade is through CreateSpace. It's available both through the CreateSpace site and Amazon...

I haven't posted in a while... not that anyone has noticed. This is more for my own records and transparency than anything else. But I've been working a lot on Rom Tar, don't worry.

However, as I was re-reading The Distant...

First off, all versions of The Distant and Wilders are available again. All issues have been fixed. Yay me.

Secondly, I'm still working on Rom Tar, of course, though it's slow going. I have tons of notes on details that I...

Wanted to make a quick post to start the New Year, and provide an update.

I finished the fourth draft of Rom Tar last month, after three months of hemming and hawing and making various edits from the copious "Things to...

It's been just over a year since my last The Hope of Memory update, and I'm pleased to announce that Rom Tar is essentially finalized! I need to create the trade paperback proof and do one more read through of...

Finally, the day has come. The Hope of Memory is complete.

The book is available in both trade paperback and Kindle formats. The trade paperback is a buck more than previous volumes, unfortunately, since there are more...