Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: work in progress
Last Days of Atlantis: Status Update, 28 April
This past week, I’ve felt a bit in the doldrums in my work on the third novel in the Atlantis trilogy. This often happens when you get to the middle of the book, once you’re past the initial burst of energy with starting a… Continue Reading “Last Days of Atlantis: Status Update, 28 April”
Last Days of Atlantis: Status Update, 21 April
Okay, I’m trying to make status updates on The Last Days of Atlantis trilogy a regular, weekly thing to keep interested readers in the loop. Have I made any progress in the past week? Yes, a bit! Details below. Remember, title of the first… Continue Reading “Last Days of Atlantis: Status Update, 21 April”
Last Days of Atlantis: Special Announcement and Status Update
I’m proud to announce the upcoming publication of my new epic fantasy trilogy The Last Days of Atlantis! I’ve been at work on the trilogy since the beginning of COVID, and am now on the rough draft of the third book. It’s by far… Continue Reading “Last Days of Atlantis: Special Announcement and Status Update”
Writing Goals for 2017
Here are my writing goals for 2017: 1) Finish revisions to my short story, La Jolla Ballroom, and submit for writers’ group anthology. This one is done, I did the final revisions this morning. 2) Finish current novel, The Love Machine, by June. I think I’m… Continue Reading “Writing Goals for 2017”
Writing Goals for 2015
Here are my writing goals for 2015: 1. Work on super-secret project (more details to come in 2015, I hope!)1a. Polish short story for super-secret project. Already written, but for some reason I just cannot get this thing edited! I really need to work… Continue Reading “Writing Goals for 2015”
Thank God Almighty, I’m Done at Last
Tonight I finished the first draft of my latest novel. It came in just short of 45,000 words (and after edits will probably land at closer to 46,000), which I think is about right for an upper-middle grade novel. In a macro sense, I… Continue Reading “Thank God Almighty, I’m Done at Last”
Again With the Importance of Writing Groups
So I was on vacation last week, and the week before that was just crazy, and maybe the week before that I’d been kind of lazy. But for whatever reason, I hadn’t written in my WiP for three weeks. I was really dreading getting… Continue Reading “Again With the Importance of Writing Groups”
