This is indeed my 300th
post on Skullduggery in the Smoke! In celebration of this milestone, I have a
very exciting project to share with you. In February, I finished reading the
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. For those unfamiliar with this wonderful
series, it’s over 40 books long. Closing the last book left me with the
certain satisfactory sadness only brought by the completion of a great journey.
So I started writing a series of short
fantasy stories. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, but never really
thought I could. As the projects for this blog grew in length and complexity,
my confidence in my writing grew too. I figured if I can write 34,000 words
about Constantinople, I can produce a 5,000 word short story. I’ve written 3 so
far and have started 2 more. My goal is to write 10 stories and get them out in
the world in some form, whether I e-publish it myself or submit it to a
publisher.
The basic idea for these stories
is halfling private inquisitive, Oskar Mooseknuckle, uses his wits, his skill
as a thief, and his knowledge of city management to navigate his clients’ very
odd jobs. It’s sort of the Rockford Files set in Lankmar instead of Las
Angeles.
As exciting as this all is, it means I have to change how I produce content for this blog. Weekly 500-800 word posts require lots of research for very little writing, which I why I have switched to larger projects in the last few years. I think I can do these larger projects with a much freer hand if I’m not worried about a weekly post. So I will be producing content for Skullduggery in the Smoke, but not every week. This will also allow me to focus on other writing projects without the distraction of creating a weekly post. I’ve gone almost 6 years with only a handful of missed Friday deadlines. It’s time to make a little change and see how it works. While this is starting to sound like a good bye, think of it as while our visits will grow less frequent, but they will be much longer.
Victoriana is quite a game, well
worth writing between 150,000 and 240,000 words about. It’s certainly worth
another 300 posts. Thank you, Cubicle7, for producing such a great edition of
my favorite role-playing game.
Thanks you so much for reading
this blog. I hope you’ve enjoyed its facts, fancy, and foibles. I’ve enjoying
writing every post (or at least I remember it that way), and I couldn’t have
done it for so long with you wonderful people reading them.
