For those of you looking for another Worldbuilding 101 article, I am a bit delayed. I have too many projects going on right now and my day job is keeping me quite busy. All that along with searching for a COVID vaccine has taken up a lot of time and energy.
Some of the things I’m working on right now are:
Writing Projects
Writing a post on Worldbuilding 102 – Economics in Fantasy Societies
Hopefully, this will be done in the next week or so. It pulls together a lot of things I’ve already written about in earlier posts and lays the groundwork for creating factions and political parties in your fantasy society.
Rewriting Book 1 of the Gemstone Man series – The Statue of the Mad Caliph
I self-published this a few years ago and would like to improve and polish it. Ideally, I’d like to find an agent and publisher for it. If not, I’ll publish it for free in installments on this blog.
Editing and publishing Book 2 of the Gemstone Man series – The Amulet of the Lost Comté
This is finished, but I haven’t self-published it or found an agent to represent it. I need cover art if I’m going to self-publish. Either way, it probably needs another round of editing.
Writing Book 3 of the Gemstone Man series – The Sword of the Warrior
I’m not half-way through the rough draft of this. It’s slow going. I think it will be better than Book 2, but it’s going to take some time to get there.
Other Projects
Preparing the garden for planting. It’s spring and almost time to plant. I usually have a garden of tomatoes, green beans, sweet pumpkin, and onions. I might add some potatoes. I need to get my tiller working and till the soil. I need to mow the lawn for the first time since about September. I also want to clear more blackberries. Spring is a busy time for yard work.
Building Cabinets for my wood shop. I used the router table I inherited from my Dad for the first time last week in preparation for building cabinets. This week, I plan to rout dadoes and rabbets in the pieces in preparation for assembly.
Finishing the stairs to the loft of my wife’s storage shed. I’ve been working on this project since last summer. I’ve got the structural pieces built. I need a day of good weather to cut some plywood, then I can assemble it.
Easter dinner. I bought a leg of lamb last week to roast for Easter tomorrow. That should take most of the day. I can get other things done while it cooks, but it’s going to take some time and energy to plan it out.
Anyway, with all these projects to do, I need to prioritize. The Worldbuilding 102 post will come, though it may take a couple weeks longer to finish that expected.
