There be Space Marines!
Okay folks, here's the scoop. Hot on the heels of Honourkeeper, I have now started my next new project. I can't reveal too much about it just yet, suffice to say that it involves the Ultramarines (though, it's a one-off 'special' thing and has nothing to do with the excellent series by Mr McNeill) and is released at Games Day. It marks something of a new venture for Black Library and for me, as author. I am very excited about it and am currently about 1,000 words in. The synopsis went through like a breeze and I hope to pen another 1,000 words tonight with the bulk of the work coming for this weekend (pray for stormy skies - I find the writing comes much easier when the weather is rain-filled and turbulent).
In other news, I recently submitted my synopsis for a Salamanders short story to go in the forthcoming Heroes of the Space Marines anthology. This has been penned in for a long time, but I've only recently had a chance to plan it given my heroics in finishing Honourkeeper over a month early (and with a full-time job, that's no mean feat).
The story, tentatively entitled 'Unto the Anvil...' is designed to set up a lot of stuff for the forthcoming novel (currently titled somewhat eponymously, Salamanders - does what it says on the tin, I suppose, though I have something more evocative in mind for books two and three if it stretches to a trilogy). The central characters in the short will be the central characters in the novel (plus some additional ones) as will the themes it engenders and the plot threads it leaves dangling. The intention here is to create a story that enhances the experience of reading the novel but is not strictly necessary to be read before the novel (if that makes sense).
In any case, the synopsis has not yet been green-lit (I suspect Lindsey would like me to finish my 'other' project first - and believe me, as soon as I can shout about what that is, I will), so some aspects might change, things could be added, taken away etc. I'll keep the blog posted, as it were.
In other news, I recently submitted my synopsis for a Salamanders short story to go in the forthcoming Heroes of the Space Marines anthology. This has been penned in for a long time, but I've only recently had a chance to plan it given my heroics in finishing Honourkeeper over a month early (and with a full-time job, that's no mean feat).
The story, tentatively entitled 'Unto the Anvil...' is designed to set up a lot of stuff for the forthcoming novel (currently titled somewhat eponymously, Salamanders - does what it says on the tin, I suppose, though I have something more evocative in mind for books two and three if it stretches to a trilogy). The central characters in the short will be the central characters in the novel (plus some additional ones) as will the themes it engenders and the plot threads it leaves dangling. The intention here is to create a story that enhances the experience of reading the novel but is not strictly necessary to be read before the novel (if that makes sense).
In any case, the synopsis has not yet been green-lit (I suspect Lindsey would like me to finish my 'other' project first - and believe me, as soon as I can shout about what that is, I will), so some aspects might change, things could be added, taken away etc. I'll keep the blog posted, as it were.
posted by Nick Kyme at
16:35
3 Comments:
Maybe a triology you say, well, lets hope it will get to that:)
Cant wait to read it, think there will be librarians in there too?
Mighty pyromancers with tamed firedrake lizards, my oh my!
Come to think of it but "Pyriel" does sound like the name of some closet arsonist librarian:P
I have plans to include a Librarian character. Pyriel is a good name... Perhaps I should use a variation on it, though, just to be original?
Hey Nick, I you are taking suggestions, the Captain of the 4th company is called Valshr Ibn'ez and he looks like this: http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa117/turelhimvampire/Picture116.jpg
;)
Just kidding, whatever you decide will be awesome, I am sure. :)
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