50,000 words later...

...and there's yet more story to tell. I'm pleased I achieved my target of writing this quantity by myself in one month, but the tale needs more space than this. So it's onwards with the writing, only I figure I can take it a little easier on myself for a few days at least.

The book has a new title: The day is full of birds. It's quite different from AFK. The difficulty with developiing something like this in so short a space of time is that you don't have time for the luxury of doubt. Is it any good? I have no idea. One way or another, however, it's coming soon...

Work starts on a new novel

April 2008 will be dedicated to my next book. I'm attempting to do the novel in a month thing again, but this time without the shared sense of enjoyment, motivation, achievement, pain, misery and complete and utter despair brought about by being part of the NaNoWriMo experience in November. I make no promises :)

The book will be called is going by the working title, 'Flow my tears, the avatar said'. It is not a sequel to AFK. Current wordcount: 3,800.

Until May, then...

Interview in The Avastar...

...of sorts. Ok, so I asked them to review AFK back in December, thinking it might appeal to their nose for scandal. Instead, I got sent a questionnaire about where my favourite places are in SL and they finally got around to using it today (slow news week, I gather), albeit with most of what I actually wrote edited out, including the link to the blooming novel!!! *Fume* Yes, I know; I'm an ungrateful bastard. I really am.

www.the-avastar.com, should you be interested. It's issue 66, by the way; page 24. At least they got the plug in for Sumos ;)

Wonderland: Virtual Adultery and Cyberspace Love

The BBC have made a documentary about relationships on SL. It's well worth watching, if you can get hold of it (if you're in the UK you'll be able to catch it on the iPlayer for another three days, if not start trawling torrent sites such as UKNova). The glimpse of life it gives you of the far side of your SL connection is sobering.

Evidence that the mainstream media is starting to feel the presence of the virtual world moving in around it...?

Interview at SL Enquirer

I've been interviewed at www.slenquirer.com, Second Life's 'first news source' (go to the home page, then click on the 'culture' tab). Enjoy!

Print version now for sale

With a couple of spelling errors on the back cover corrected, I'm now satisfied with the print version of AFK. If you would like to buy a paperback copy, therefore, click here to visit AFK's web page at lulu.com. As mentioned previously the book costs GBP 7.99.

And if you don't want to buy a paperback copy, well that's just fine as well. What matters most to me is that AFK is being downloaded and read and enjoyed; it makes me feel great to know my writing's alive out there. The free PDF version will of course remain. So keep handing out this URL, folks, and to those of you who have left comments - either here on this page or inworld to me directly - thanks very much indeed. It means a lot :)

Proof print version of AFK arrives!

The first print version of AFK arrived today. I'm going to spend a couple of days going through this before posting the link to the Lulu page where it can be bought. The font size is a little smaller than I thought it would look, but overall it just looks the business! The price, incidentally, will be GBP 7.99.