jasonfranks

 
Last night a friend asked me what the main project I was working on was, and I didn't have an answer--it varies from week to week. In the process of explaining this I became a bit startled by how buried I am in writing projects. Here's a quick rundown:

Prose:
Just submitted the reformatted Bloody BLOODY WATERS, with newly streamlined chapter 13. It's looking nice and svelte at 100,000 words.

FAERIE APOCALYPSE: Back onto that next month. The last chapter needs a new draft to bring it in line with the current state of affairs and then probably one more quick proofing before it's ready to submit.

Gotta knock out a new story, about 7000 words, for BADASS FAERIES 3. Not sure if Stevo is coing to cowrite or not this time. I've got the concept and the direction nailed down and I'll probably start next month.

Another novella I'll  be starting soon as I get details from the editor. 

XDA ZAI is backburnered until all fo the above are out of the way, although I did produce a short story for an anthology submission that will probably become a chapter last month. Can't wait to get back onto ithis.

Comics:
KAGEMONO is coming along nicely; I have about 60 pages in hand. Three more stories are in progress and the book will go to print once I have them.

MCBLACK: Dave is inking. All of the drawing is done on my end, I'm just doing final cleanup on the last 12 pages... fixing backgrounds or small details. 

THE SIXSMITHS: Cooking along. Look for the site to launch on the 30th, right about when we expect to brace the publisher. I'll be at Kinokuniya bookstore in Sydney on Free Comicbook Day (May 2nd) promoting the project.

DEUCE: is currently in Nic's hands. Don't have a deadline as yet, but I'm hoping I'll have some pages to show around at Supanova in June.

CERBERUS: Project with Tom Bonin that I've been keeping close to my chest. I just finished the first draft of #2. Tom will start drawing some sample pages soon as he gets caught up with his other obligations.

UNGENRED: Status unchanged. I will probably write one more short for this, but the material I already have is, I think, sufficient to complete the book. 

-- JF