"Eldritch Errors: Red Moon Rising" Tease
As the capper on a romp of a chat with participants last night, I couldn't resist kinda-answering some of the questions about Book 3: When will it start? What will it be about? Will you be doing live events in my town finally? The short answer was: "Book 3 is called Red Moon Rising: you already know when the peak of that story is, and the duration will be shorter than Book 1 but longer than Book 2." People who have been participating in the story have been pondering the implications of that for a while.
While we never want to spoil where the story is headed for people, there are certain goals for the series that I also hinted at. I want you to get to meet all of the characters in the story so that they breathe beyond just text -- some of those are so special, that it is worth doing it right rather than doing it quick. I want Book 3 to tie up most of the loose ends dangling from Book 1 into a rough "first trilogy," but we have alot more story planned for you than that. If we can accomplish 75% of that in the first trilogy I'll be satisfied, as long as each Book continues to top the previous Book in every important way (without putting us in a position where we can't top ourselves again in the Book that follows.)
<Brian_GMD> okay, Book 3
<Brian_GMD> can't tell you when it starts
<Brian_GMD> but you already know when it peaks
<Brian_GMD> and it will be longer than Book 2 and shorter than Book 1
<Brian_GMD> so that gives you a slide rule approximation
<Brian_GMD> I'll give you the the title too :)
<Brian_GMD> Red Moon Rising
<Brian_GMD> :)
<Brian_GMD> so we're still working out the rest of the details
<Brian_GMD> but since the close of Book 1
<Brian_GMD> we've been firm in thinking about this first trilogy
<Brian_GMD> so I have a long list of things I'd like
<Brian_GMD> and if I get 75% of them in book 3 I'd be happy
<Brian_GMD> something we want to do are better to do right than fast
<Brian_GMD> like damnit, I want a mental institution event in Long Beach
<Brian_GMD> and there's really only one city that Howard should first meet you in
<Brian_GMD> but in general
<Brian_GMD> by the time we get to book 5 at the latest
<Brian_GMD> you should have met all the main characters
<Brian_GMD> in person
<ZombieBA> is building Miskatonic in the budget?
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the chat last night, with special thanks to Mapmaker for moderating and Unfiction.com for hosting the chat.
I was GREAT chatting with you and all the actors - Miguel, Dee, Caroline - you guys were great and funny and such big teases!
Waiting impatiently for the next Book!