Neon Dreams 2 is moving along swimmingly, and I’ve been reading and writing a lot.
I’m currently reading the following:
ALTERED CARBON by Richard Morgan
HYPERION by Dan Simmons
THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION by Arthur Schopenhauer
I’m 60 pages into Altered Carbon and am loving it so far. I may have to go back and watch the streaming show of the book, at least the first season. I heard it was great until the second season failed. We’ll see.
CYBERPUNK WRITING PROJECT
In between drawing pages for Neon Dreams 2, I’ve been continuing work on my first novel in years. It’s now at 75 pages. Based on the plot outline, it looks like the final page count will be around 350-375 pages.
It’s a cyberpunk action/adventure in the style of James Bond and noir action heroes. I’ll be hiring an editor to help me pare it down and obviously fix whatever needs to be fixed. I w
Upon completion, probably in summer 2024, I’ll be crowdfunding the publishing. It’ll be a softcover, 6”x9” and shipped in bubble mailers, so I think distribution would be quick. Although for the Kickstarter, I might offer an exclusive hardcover edition that wouldn’t be available anywhere else like Amazon, Books-A-Million, .etc.
Let me know what you think!
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I am currently into light novels, reading The Rising of the Shield Hero, The Irregular at magic high school and The Saga of Tanya the evil.
Also always waiting for the next issue of No Game No Life.
Now you might notice a tendency towards overpowered main characters here. They just work so much better in the novel medium because you learn a lot about their inner workings and struggles. The character depth is just insane compared to faster paced presentations such as anime, which, due to it's faster paced nature, cannot explore the character's traits to such a degree.
I finished Hyperion a couple weeks ago and have the rest of the set. I enjoyed it and will jump into the next book shortly.
Your Cyberpunk portion 2nd paragraph is cut short.