A Boy and a Rat: Update Part Deux

Happy Blog Day Everyone!

Today isn’t a long post and I apologise for that, but real life has thrown a few things at me, which has meant this week has been really busy. That and I’m heading for the finish line on A Boy and A Rat, speaking of which, I’ll be offering a update on that, but before then, let’s move on to the Weekly Briefs.

Weekly Briefs

#IndieAugust

It’s Indie August! Another month dedicated to the independent and small published authors of the world. If you follow the tag on Twitter, you may just find your next favourite read! Give it a go! Remember, all writers have to start somewhere.

Harvey Duckman Presents…Volume 3

You didn’t think that just because Volume 2 was out and getting stellar reviews that this would be the end of it did you? Volume 3 is set for an October release, in what is proving to be a very packed month for my publisher. It will of course include a exclusive Brennan and Riz story, one that I’ll talk about that in detail after the book releases, in the coming weeks I may even share the title with you, and possibly moan about writing for a special Harvey Duckman release, but that’s all I’ll say for now.

Don’t forget, if you write Steampunk, Fantasy, Sci Fi or Horror (or a mix of the genres), then feel free to submit your work to this growing anthology! Click here for submission guidelines.

Creator Chaos

Well this past Sunday we recorded Kelvin’s All About Me interview, and it was a doozy. Secrets were spilled and laughs were had. Hopefully it will be online soon for you all to hear.

Guest Writers have already been contacted  to star in forthcoming normal podcasts, so you’ve got some great content to look forward to.

A reminder of who the rest of Creator Chaos are:

Me – I don’t think I need to explain myself…

Kelvin Rodriguez – Fans and followers of the #vss365 tag will recognize this fellow and his creations, a master of the pun. He also has a mighty fine singing voice.

Zack Brooks – Author of the ‘Charlie the Cupid’ shorts and ‘The Trials of Amaford” novellas, the audio book version of ‘How Not To Be A Rogue’ is out now! This is a perfect chance to get in on this series, with a great narrator. A great guy and the defacto leader of our rabble.

Pete Hartog – Author of the novel Bloodlines, and currently working on its sequel. A great guy with a great taste in music and a fantastic name. He also has a blog you can find here, give it a read! He’s currently working on a sequel to Bloodlines.

Click here to listen to all the podcasts so far and look out for us on Spotify and Apples Music Service!

Vector Unit Regen Orphan’s War

Still on hiatus, but all being well I should be able to resume it September going forward. It’ll probably be a fortnightly release schedule but I do want to see this story finished.
To catch up on the series so far, click here!

Brief Mentions

Liking what you’re hearing about Brennan and Riz? Click here to look at the short story collection of their adventures so far!
Looking for newer stuff?

Click here to order ‘The Yeti in the Snow’, the standalone Brennan and Riz Christmas story. Only available on Kindle. It may be collected in a paperback version in the future.

Click here to order Harvey Duckman Presents Volume 1 which includes ‘A Walk Through The Pleasure Gardens’

Click here to order Harvey Duckman Presents Volume 2 which includes ‘The Black Cat on the Prowl’

Click here to find me on Goodreads

And now…time for our main feature presentation…

A Boy and A Rat: Update Part Deux 

It’s been a fair few weeks since I last talked about the Brennan and Riz prequel story, but I’m happy to say the finish line is in sight. Currently I’m on chapter 23 but this is part of the last arc in the story, as I move to wrap certain plot points up. Valarie has really come into her own in the last few chapters and I even saw fit to drop more details about the woman who basically owns all of Brennan and Riz’s money, the lady mentioned in the ‘Violin in the Basement’ story in the first collection. As a tease, I can reveal that her name is Alice, and yes, she is not someone you should be doing business with.

Figuring out how to end this was very tricky. I mean, I knew how the final chapter was going to play out, as that’s the bookend to the opening, which are the only chapters set in the present day, compared to 2001 like the rest of the book. If this book was ever turned into a film, you can bet that they’d make every effort to remind you that this was the year it took place in, with a soundtrack to match. So when can you expect to see this book? Hopefully soon, it all depends on the edits that are needed, and on when my publisher can get the work done. I had originally wanted it out by October, but that was back in May time when I was blissfully unaware at exactly how much time I was going to have to take out to get my short story commitments done. That and bad cases of writers block of course.

As it stands, Chapter 23 is one page of being done, and then it should hopefully be a whirlwind of writing, but I’ve got a lot on my plate so, it’s going to be a race.
Sorry for the very short blog today, hopefully I’ll have something more interesting next week!