"Iron Horse" fans: New Robot Story news! · 9:49pm May 17th
Hello, robot fans! Knowing the gorgeous, tasteful people you are, I have two things that might be of interest to you...
First, if you haven't checked out my new story "When Black Seas Lap the Shores of Dead Stars," I wrote for the Sci-Fi 3 contest, you really should! It features a cute robot protagonist and some lovely emotional moments, which I know you "Iron Horse" fans like. I'm really proud of how it came out, and I'd like to see it do well, so I hope you kind folks will give it a chance. Hopefully, it will tide you over until the next proper Turing Test outing. Speaking of which, on to the second tidbit...
Remember that Turing Test murder mystery story I was working on? Well, it's getting closer to finally coming out! As for what's taken so long, it was a combination of the following:
- Stress at work throwing me off my game (it's better now, mostly)
- Taking time to read more mystery stories to learn how to properly write one myself, since this will be my first time.
- Scrapped my original idea and had to start over once I figured out a more interesting concept.
I realize that's got to be frustrating for everyone who wanted to see Turing again and thought it would happen earlier, but I am taking this very seriously and want to write the best story possible for you all, so I hope you forgive me my delays. My goal is to have the story done and start releasing in mid- to late-June, so I hope you don't mind being patient for just a bit longer.
Thanks a lot folks. Hope you like "Black Seas" now and "Murderous Machinations" next month!
I am so happy that the Turing mystery suggestion is actually getting written!
Take your time! As an avid lover of mysteries myself, scrapping and starting over is a very common thing.
I highly recommend the book Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel, by Hallie Ephron. It contains LOADS of good advice for writing.
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If I can find the time between actually writing the darn thing, then I might do that, but I think I've got things squared away now.
Took me a while to figure out some good twists and turns in addition to plotting out a mystery that neither impossible to figure out nor too obvious to be uninteresting.
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Happened to me SEVERAL TIMES in the course of writing my murder mystery Bloodhound. Lemme know if you want a hand in the future!
Sorry about the work stress, but glad things have improved there!
Good luck!