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2022 - A Year In Review
2 years ago
Direct from the rambling mind of a weird author.
https://www.jfrcoates.com/blog/2023.....year-in-review
2022 was certainly an interesting year for me. It saw my return to full time work, which meant my writing productivity was more limited than previous years, but unfortunately I’m not earning enough from writing alone to be sustainable by itself. Hopefully in the future that will change.
After two novels released in 2021, I had no more ready for release in 2022. This doesn’t mean I made no progress, however. I completed one novel last year and have sent it out to agents and publishers with the hope of breaking into traditional publishing. This means I currently have two novels I’m shopping around. Further updates on these novels are completely out of my hands, but hopefully there will be movement on at least one of them this year.
At this stage, it is currently unlikely I will have any novel releases in 2023, but this could change quickly.
Things may have been quiet on the novel side of things, but short stories were surprisingly productive! There was a flurry of releases towards the end of the year that took my career short story publications up from two to five!
The first short story to come out was An Invisible Enemy in the anthology Tales of Feathers And Flames - a story about a gryphon struggling to get to grips with an outbreak of illness.
Delve back into prehistory for my second story, Howling to the Moon, a part of When The World Was Young. In this story, follow a wolf as he attempts to rescue his adopted sibling from a pack of hunters who share more in common with our protagonist than he might care to admit.
The final story of the year is The First Snowflake, featured in Winter of Wonder: Fauna. The changing of the seasons is an important time for two gryphon sisters, with all the usual conflict between them as autumn becomes winter.
I am very proud of all these stories, and if you haven’t yet picked up any copies, I hope you’ll have a look at them and leave reviews and ratings.
As a For Your Consideration when it comes to annual awards, I shall list the word counts of the stories to determine eligibility.
An Invisible Enemy: 6000 words
Howling To The Moon: 10,800 words
The First Snowflake: 2800 words
That about covers what I can share for my 2022 writing progress. Work has been going on behind the scenes for several different novels, but until publication is confirmed I will be light on the details. One thing you can be sure of is that they are speculative fiction and feature non-human characters in prominent roles!
2023 may not have any planned new novel releases, but that isn’t to say nothing interesting will be happening. Stay tuned for some details coming soon of an exciting project that will cumulate in December, when I will celebrate 10 years since the publication of Axinstone.
2022 was certainly an interesting year for me. It saw my return to full time work, which meant my writing productivity was more limited than previous years, but unfortunately I’m not earning enough from writing alone to be sustainable by itself. Hopefully in the future that will change.
After two novels released in 2021, I had no more ready for release in 2022. This doesn’t mean I made no progress, however. I completed one novel last year and have sent it out to agents and publishers with the hope of breaking into traditional publishing. This means I currently have two novels I’m shopping around. Further updates on these novels are completely out of my hands, but hopefully there will be movement on at least one of them this year.
At this stage, it is currently unlikely I will have any novel releases in 2023, but this could change quickly.
Things may have been quiet on the novel side of things, but short stories were surprisingly productive! There was a flurry of releases towards the end of the year that took my career short story publications up from two to five!
The first short story to come out was An Invisible Enemy in the anthology Tales of Feathers And Flames - a story about a gryphon struggling to get to grips with an outbreak of illness.
Delve back into prehistory for my second story, Howling to the Moon, a part of When The World Was Young. In this story, follow a wolf as he attempts to rescue his adopted sibling from a pack of hunters who share more in common with our protagonist than he might care to admit.
The final story of the year is The First Snowflake, featured in Winter of Wonder: Fauna. The changing of the seasons is an important time for two gryphon sisters, with all the usual conflict between them as autumn becomes winter.
I am very proud of all these stories, and if you haven’t yet picked up any copies, I hope you’ll have a look at them and leave reviews and ratings.
As a For Your Consideration when it comes to annual awards, I shall list the word counts of the stories to determine eligibility.
An Invisible Enemy: 6000 words
Howling To The Moon: 10,800 words
The First Snowflake: 2800 words
That about covers what I can share for my 2022 writing progress. Work has been going on behind the scenes for several different novels, but until publication is confirmed I will be light on the details. One thing you can be sure of is that they are speculative fiction and feature non-human characters in prominent roles!
2023 may not have any planned new novel releases, but that isn’t to say nothing interesting will be happening. Stay tuned for some details coming soon of an exciting project that will cumulate in December, when I will celebrate 10 years since the publication of Axinstone.
