Navy tacks that is, as in ships zigging and zagging.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m feeling energized right now.\u00a0 About three days ago, while lying in bed in the early hours of the morning, mopping and drenched in the cold sweat of self-doubt, liberally lathered with self-pity… I had an inspiration.<\/p>\n
Something has been troubling me about my epic series, Malmaxa, for well over a month.\u00a0 In fact pretty much since the afterglow of releasing the second book in the series, namely\u00a0\u201cThe Pilgrimage<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Initially I attributed this to the usual slump I feel after finally reaching some significant goal (well, significant to me if not anyone else).\u00a0 However as the days drew on I realized this was much more serious than a little slump.\u00a0 It was debilitating, distressing and distracted me from working on the third Malmaxa novel, to be titled \u201cVengeance Cost<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n Frankly, I started panicking about the problem.\u00a0 Thoughts I had seriously screwed up simply wouldn\u2019t let go. \u00a0Then the \u201crevelation\u201d\u2026\u00a0 After lying in bed till time to rise arrived, I had the basis of a completely new thought, and a completely different novel.\u00a0 I started working on it immediately, and sent the first 900 words \u2013 rank, raw, and entirely unedited \u2013 off to Amy a few hours later.<\/p>\n In the days since, the idea has blossomed, and my three finger typing has caused callouses on my elbows, a crick in my neck, and a glow in my heart\u2026<\/p>\n Here is a quote from that early work, which\u00a0I tweeted a little while ago \u201cWell, what little the future truly encompassed \u2013 for was not war a small angry little word, embraced by small angry little men?<\/strong><\/em>\u201d\u00a0 Yes, I know that sounds pretty familiar to anyone who has read any of Malmaxa \u2013 I make no excuse for the way my words work.\u00a0 However, this new novel is nothing like Malmaxa.\u00a0 To prove that, here’s another quote from the early work, \u201cHeads would roll over that incident \u2013 the navy didn\u2019t take kindly to losing a billion dollars\u2019 worth of advanced, top secret technology<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n