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Date Posted: 01:41:54 01/06/16 Wed
In reply to:
Wes
's message, "Thoughts on New Year's Eve" on 15:53:55 12/31/15 Thu
The end of the year is also a good time to thank Wes again for his fantastic and absorbing stories and the immense amount of time he obviously puts in to researching and writing them.
Definitely looking forward to 2016!
Thanks Wes!
--howard
>With the end of the year I often tend to get a bit
>retrospective, and this year is no different.
>
>It was a pretty good year for writing if not a great
>one. I completed four books, but fell just a little
>short of my normal annual goal of 624,000 words, which
>is what is usually needed to service Spearfish Lake
>Tales. At that it's a big improvement from last year
>when I didn't even get halfway to my goal.
>
>I don't remember the exact date, but sometime in the
>next few days will be the ninth anniversary of the
>website. At this moment, there are enough books
>waiting in the queue to get Spearfish Lake Tales
>through February of 2019. I have said for some time
>that if it gets to the point where I only have a
>two-year lead built up that I will cut posting to
>twice a week. It looks as if that point will still be
>a while in the future and I feel I have a good chance
>this year to push the evil date past the turn of the
>decade. Incidentally, if something should happen to me
>(and at my age it's always a possibility) my daughter
>and son-in-law are prepared to carry on posting while
>the supply of new stories lasts.
>
>I can write pretty fast when I have a good idea, but
>sometimes those good ideas are hard to come by. I
>would not mind coming up with a good one or two in the
>next few days since a hundred or two hundred thousand
>words would make the next couple of dreary winter
>months much more tolerable, but there's no telling if
>the right idea will come along.
>
>I have several projects in progress that are partly
>completed, but they all have problems to solve, and
>the simple desire to work on them is one of them. When
>a book stalls for me, I think my subconscious is
>telling me that it's not ready to be completed. For
>example, I have a character in one book who I really
>like; she's very memorable, but I have come to the
>conclusion that the story I have her in is not right
>for her. I don't know what the right one is, but I'm
>working on it. It will come to me sometime.
>
>2016 is shaping up to be an interesting year on the
>site. The first new book of the year will be a
>continuation of the "Dawnwalker" series, the first new
>book in the series since Icewater and the Alien
>almost four years ago. It will start the first of
>February.
>
>Next up, starting in May, will be another independent
>where a young engineer meets a most unusual young
>woman. Following that will be the next in the "Bird"
>series, although Jack and Vixen will only be minor
>characters in this one. Following that will be another
>of the "Bullring Days" series, possibly the last one
>unless I decide to write another one, something I have
>kicked around for years. The last new book of the
>year, starting in November, is still undecided but
>there are three very good candidates all jostling for
>position.
>
>I will complete this New Year's Eve missive by saying
>that I always enjoy hearing from my readers, either by
>e-mail or on this forum. Discussions about stories
>always help to spur me on to further work, and make
>the effort I take seem worthwhile. Don't be shy!
>
>With that, I think I will send this off, and get back
>to work on developing more for you to read. Happy New
>Year!
>
>-- Wes
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