On the Fall of 2010

Yes, that’s when it’s going to happen.

I am referring to the release of the sequel to Power Plays – a manuscript currently titled Face Off – which Coteau Books has kindly decided to publish.

That’s more than a year away, so I’m wondering how I’ll keep myself out of mischief until then.

The logical thing to do is write the third manuscript in the girls’ hockey trilogy – which will tell the story of Jessie’s Grade Twelve/ last midget year. This is where I plan to explore AAA female hockey and tie up all the loose ends created in the first two books. I don’t know if I have enough fortitude to write about Jessie’s Grade Eleven year as well, but that’s always an option. What does one call a series of FOUR books anyway?

I mentioned my YA fantasy Stranger at the Gate in my last blog, and I’m still plucking away at that. Right now I am researching the smelting of cast iron cannons, and trying to find ways to make this process as interesting to the reader as it is to me.

And then there’s always Bad Girls Go to Sturgis. With a little effort I could finish that one in a few months. I’m stuck about halfway through. I know if I just jumped ahead a few chapters, I’d be off and running.

And speaking of running . . . I’m off to Sharon Pollock’s playwriting workshop at the Festival of Words in Moose Jaw in just a few days. I studied one of her plays in a university course several years ago – and loved it. I am hoping she will give the participants some guidance on how to write about ISSUES.

I still have at least four plays to write/finish. And one of those needs completion within a month.

Better get cracking.

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