Aridi Writes

It’s been a hell of a long time since I posted here; for that, I apologise. The writing has been fairly slow as of late, but I hope that will accelerate.

To that end I’m taking part in a monthly prop writing exercise, nicknamed A Quiet Word. General order is maintained by my good friend David Hughes, a very talented writer himself. More talented than me, I think. He must be removed…

You can catch up on it here: A Quiet Word.

Minute Silence progresses. The decision to remove a plot – a plot somewhat too big to act as a secondary arc – has…shaken things up. I’m taking it in a different direction. If I can work out how to finish the first book, the second should flow a lot easier, hopefully leading to the third.

I need to ramp up the political unease. Easy enough I suppose. Mark catches the headline of a newspaper, or Cory has a phone call with the Mayor, or those NOT watching security tape at Cory’s see the news. Maybe when they find Bass…that’d be an interesting phone call. And from there, we have the police case at the beginning of the second book; but how to actually BEGIN the second book is eluding me, since Portent doesn’t exist anymore.

On top of that, planning a new Diabolic vid with my resident film-maker extraordinaire TJC Martin. You can catch his original here on vimeo. It’s a tasty piece of reel.

Stay tuned, cats.

Sorry about that. I’ve just had stuff to contend with. You know, life and all that. But I’m here now! With a smattering of interesting news bits.

For one. Minute Silence will shortly be winging its way to agents all over the shop. I’m still not sure on the protocol but I’m sure I can manage. And I’m confident that someone will find it interesting, at least. The money side of things is a loss to me…it’s not something I know terribly well, and frankly, have you seen the best-sellers lists?

Also, I’ve been preening a couple of other projects. Recycling an old idea for one – I love the setting too much to let it die, and I think my Gears Of War-inspired hankering for a future war story fits so neatly into it that it has to be done. I was randomly struck with inspiration at work today, too, for something far more contemporary and lit-ficcy. If anyone’s read (or heard about) Individuation, you’ll know this isn’t my usual thing – but we’ll see. More on that as I develop it.

I’m also having a shot at a podcast – probably with my good friend TJC Martin, whose film career better get a move on, or I’m going to have to start bribing people. Also my fantastically talented artist friend Laura is cranking out the goodies – one of which you’ll see on here soon enough in my Bio if you go look…

I’ll post more often. I promise.

Oh, and my New Year Resolution?

Write.

Every day.

I bet you’ll like this one. CLICK HERE because the piccy is big.