Now we just have to get down.
Work proceeds apace on the 44th novelette, “That was the river – ”, which will wrap up vol. 4, which, being wrapped up, will in turn bring an end to Season Two. Since four seasons are planned for the work (plus an epilogue), that means we’re at the halfway point, just about. When you’re climbing a mountain, the halfway point is the peak. Unless you’re planning a long quick drop, there’s just as much work left to do, getting down.
The last time I was finishing a season (let’s not look too closely at how many days ago it was), I was, in addition to being concerned with sales, and marketing (ah, well), thinking also about what was to come. What’s to come: work on the paperback and ebook collections of vol. 4, work on the new edition of all four volumes to date (more on which soon), and then, well, work on vols. 5 and 6. Work, work, work. —But let’s take a moment, to map the route, plot the descent, point to where it is we intend to end up. The shape, then, of what’s been done, and what’s to come:
Season One
Autumn into Winter
Vol. 1: “Wake up…”
Prolegomenon – Fidessa – Zoobombing – a-Hunting – Freeway – Anvil – Gin-soaked – Beauty – Giust – Surveilling – Rounds
Vol. 2: The Dazzle of Day
Innocency – Changeling – Mayhem – Frail– Plenty – Deliverance – Dazzle – Moon – Sun – Gallowglas – Maiestie
Season Two
Spring; Summer
Vol. 3: In the Reign of Good Queen Dick
the thin ice – vilissima & infima – two sweetest passions – only borders lie – tends to crumble – Hands of an Angry – shiver & headache – on pretending that – marble sends regards – only to sit – carnival was ringing
Vol. 4: —or Betty Martin
up and stand. – many Christian eyes – so powerfully strong – and ‘thirsty wilds’ – Ekumen ain’t everything – Beautiful, we are – dirty white noise – arms—legs—heaven – sun, dust, shadow – the Five Points – That was the river
Season Three
Summer
Vol. 5: The Greene Chapel
Vol. 6: Eleleu Ie
Season Four
Winter, and then Spring
Vol. 7: Restoration
Vol. 8: Bottom’s Dream
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and an Epilogue:
a Dinner of Fish in Manzanita
And there we have it. Let’s go.
—posted 36 days ago
