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Twelve Months stuck?
KurtinStGeorge:
--- Quote from: Dina on June 14, 2024, 11:04:04 PM ---Agree, but at least the loading bar is moving again. I am almost sure Jim won't be finishing it for july, regardless of the loading bar. Nevertheless, I think it is a signal that he is writing, and that is always good.
Do you (collective you, not only g33k) know if Jim is writing something else, like a short story, right now?
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I’m not aware that Jim is writing anything else. Someone who has been at a con or other personal appearance might have heard different. I think the fact that the upcoming works bar is moving again I doubt there is anything else at the moment. I haven’t expected Jim to finish Twelve Months before the end of Summer or sometime in the Fall. My guess is we won’t get Twelve Months until next Summer.
I wonder if Jim will write another novella before Twelve Months is released because he has said that he wants continue to do what he did with the last Cinder Spires book. It worked in that case. The story; Warrior Born, was a tightly focused story and was a nice introduction to The Olympian Affair but it didn’t make the mistake of giving too much away about the story in the novel.
The Law, the last novella Jim wrote in the Dresdenverse, already takes place after Peace Talks, so I don’t know if Jim will feel the need to write another novella that takes place before Twelve Months.
vincentric:
It could be something quite simple.
Twelve Months is an unplanned book. It's not in the decades long outline that Jim uses for the rest of the Dresden Files. He may just need more time to tidy up the flow of the story and to keep it reconciled with continuity.
Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: vincentric on June 24, 2024, 02:19:06 PM ---It could be something quite simple.
Twelve Months is an unplanned book. It's not in the decades long outline that Jim uses for the rest of the Dresden Files. He may just need more time to tidy up the flow of the story and to keep it reconciled with continuity.
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This.
I can totally imagine that this book would be difficult to write, both because of what you said and also because it is emotionally straining for Jim himself. This book is supposed to deal with trauma.
I am no author myself but I can imagine, when you write about someone else's trauma you force yourself to deal with your own. Sure it can be therapeutic, but also exhausting in the process.
Dina:
Thanks Kurtin. I agree Warriorborn worked well.
Vincentric, why do you say 12 months has not been planned?
Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: Dina on June 24, 2024, 04:34:42 PM ---Thanks Kurtin. I agree Warriorborn worked well.
Vincentric, why do you say 12 months has not been planned?
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Because he planned to write Mirror Mirror but noticed there should be a book in between where Harry deals with his trauma.
All the other books have been planned or rather outlined before Storm Front was published. Twelve Months is a necessary addition.
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