New Material Coming Soon to Channillo!

Hello everyone,

I finally have some new material ("Purity," featuring the characters Isidore and Layla who previously appeared in "In Search of Romance") for Tales From Midhgardhur, my Channillo fantasy series, posting this Saturday, with more coming soon! The stories in "Tales From Midhgardhur" take place in the same world as my novel The Saga of Asa Oathkeeper. If you don't yet have a Channillo account but like to keep up with my latest work, a Bronze Membership is just $4.99/month, and you can follow up to 10 series at a time with a Bronze plan! Check it out!

Happy Reading! Skál!
~ Colin Anders Brodd

Word Count Wednesday - Romance and Angels of Death

Hello everyone,

     One again it is Word Count Wednesday! The main focus of the moment has got to be "In Search of Romance," which was slated to be my February story for Tales From Midhgardhur on Channillo. It started out as a short story, but ended up as a novelette, and would probably have grown into a novella if I had not put the brakes on it! Well, the first draft is finished, and it is in editing, slated to be published by the end of February for sure (hopefully a bit sooner!). The first draft weighs in at 12,120 words. Yikes!

     I also started my March story, "Angels of Death." It doesn't stand much of a chance of going up on Tales From Midhgardhur by March 1st, but I'm working on it. This one will have the evil Queen Gydha in it, if only as a minor character, so be on the lookout for this one! I just started it this morning, but it is up to 900 words. so that's something!

     In other news, I'm going to a Writing Workshop Meetup! Our first Meetup is tomorrow (Thursday the 23rd of February, 2017), so I have never met any of the other participants and have no idea what it will be like. But it will be the first such workshop I've ever attended, so I'm pretty excited about that! I'll be bringing the first few pages of Ormsbani with me (ah, Ormsbani, the eternal editing project!). Anyway, I'm hoping to start bringing the editing of Ormsbani to a close, so maybe this will help. If you're an author in the Phoenix, AZ, area, check it out - the Armadillo Authors' Workshop!

     Be on the lookout on the Ides of March for my next installment of Appendix N Revisited here on this blog, where I'll be talking about Leigh Brackett's Black Amazon of Mars! I can already tell you that the Ides of April will feature "Fredric Brown Revisited," and the Ides of May will see Edgar Rice Burroughs' "At the Earth's Core Revisited" . . . June should see me talking a bit about Lin Carter!

Happy Reading! Skál!
~ Colin Anders Brodd

Word Count Wednesday - Casting the Bones is in editing! In Search of Romance is coming!

Hello everyone,

     It is Word Count Wednesday yet again! This time, the story intended for January, "Casting the Bones," is currently in editing! It is scheduled to post on Tales From Midhgardhur on the Ides of February, 2/13/17! Current Word Count: 7050.

     I'm also working on my February story, "In Search of Romance," which did not make it into print for the Kalends, but might possibly make it to Tales From Midhgardhur for the Ides. So far, though, not much is finished. Current Word Count: 650.

     Also coming on the Ides of February: part 2 of Appendix N Revisited, in which I discuss The Face In The Frost by John Bellairs.

     I have a working title for my March story for Tales From Midhgardhur - "Angels of Death" - what do you think?

     And I am pleased to say that today I received my first real shipments of "stock" of my books - yes, I had personal copies, and a few copies to give out or loan out, but now, I have my books "in stock," which is a pretty amazing feeling!

Happy Reading! Skál!
~ Colin Anders Brodd

Word Count Wednesday - Casting Bones, Seeking Romance, and Appendix N Revisted!

Hello everyone,

     Once again it is Word Count Wednesday! So, to update, the story intended for November, "Howl of the Ulfhedhnar," posted on Friday, January 27th, and the story that replaced the intended December story, "Remember!", posted on Saturday, January 28th. Those are both up on Tales From Midhgardhur on Channillo.

     I've been working on the story intended for January (trying to catch up, but didn't make it for today, which was my really optimistic goal) - that's "Casting the Bones," which is set a century or so earlier than most of my other stories, during the same period as my so-far-unpublished novel Ormsbani. In fact, some of the story is a reworking of some scenes from the novel, from a different perspective. The protagonist, Gripir, is a minor character in the novel. Anyway, I'll hopefully have that one done in less than a week. Current word count: around 3970.

     I have also started work on the story intended for February (i.e., for today, though obviously I'm more than a little behind, still). This one is called "In Search of Romance" (see? it's a Saint Valentine's Day/Lupercalia theme! Or is it?), which is set outside the Viking North of Midhgardhur, though there will be some Vikings in it. I can't say too much about that one right now, but the hope is to have it done by about halfway through February so I can devote the rest of the month to March 1st . . . Anyway, current word count: about 500. Yeah, much more to do on that one!

      I also have the second installment of "Appendix N Revisited" coming up on the Ides of February (the 13th). That'll be posted here, on this blog. This time I'll be looking at The Face in the Frost. I'm already working on the third installment for March, for which I'll be looking at Black Amazon of Mars. That series is proving to be a lot of fun to research and write.

      That's all for now!

Happy Reading! Skál!
~ Colin Anders Brodd