Greetings to one and all!
My my, it has been ages since I last gave any updates. Well, then it's time to remedy that. First up, continue to expect Memento in the Spring, probably April or May. I might post more excerpts in the meantime, but we'll see. But the story is progressing by bounds, even though I've been doing more brainstorming than writing. But let me assure you I look forward more than anyone to finishing.
Now, about Christmas. I still haven't any solid plans as to presents, but I've got several exciting ideas that I think will be amazing. But in regard to my Christmas Story that I've alluded to several family members already. It is a little project that has been percolating in my mind ever since my mission, so five years ago! I regret to inform you that I won't be able to complete it before Christmas, but I do have something in mind to help whet your appetite in the meantime. First however, I will tell you about the story itself.
On my mission, at the time of my first Christmas season I was given to thinking of anything and everything in the evening to distract from the pressures of the day. Thankfully I have been blessed with an active imagination, so finding absurd, or random ideas was never too difficult. It was during one of these evenings, I think listening to Christmas songs on the radio, that an image popped into my head. To this day I have no idea what thought, or action, or whatever caused me to think of it, but in my minds' eye I pictured all nine of Santa's reindeer as humans, dressed from head to toe in black leather, like a motorcycle gang. And from then on, I began building a story around it. Over the course of five years it has tossed and tumbled around in my head. When I got back from my mission, I sat down several months later and actually wrote a Chapter fresh from my head just to get it out there and so I could actually say that the wheel had begun turning. Five years later this idea has become the first in a planned series in which Rudolph and friends are the main protagonists. This is a story I have wanted to tell since that night five years ago and I look forward to sharing it with you.
This new series will start with this first tale I am working on and which I have entitled Reinsdyr (Rines-deer). This name is simply the norwegian word for Reindeer as a little shout out to my Norwegian ancestors. It will follow Rudolph and friends as they struggle to return to the North Pole after being transformed into humans by a rebellious elf who has overrun the North Pole and endangered Christmas. But this tale is forthcoming and will be finished sometime next year. Until then I am planning to release a short story entitled, Winter Child that will serve as a prequel to Reinsdyr. Also look forward to a sneak peek of Frost, the second book, that will accompany Reinsdyr.
Well, you have been brought up to speed on my plans for the near future. I will also be working to get some of my Fan Fiction off the ground in the coming year. Projects in that area include, my treatment of an eighth Chronicles of Narnia adventure, an idea for a fifth Jaws, a post-series MacGyver adventure, a Jumanji sequel and a Calvin and Hobbes story. But that is just a handful. I love new ideas and new possibilities. Until next update, keep your eyes out for tidbits and news. BTW Happy Thanksgiving.
