Works in Progress

As promised, here's a rundown of the novel ideas that are currently gestating in the chrysalis of my mind(and struggling somewhat impatiently to escape, butterfly-like, onto the printed page). While other ideas come and go, these are the three that have been around for awhile, have a little depth, and have some form of outline and/or characters stored on my computer. All three are intended to be series of somewhere between 3 and 7 books in length.



Kindarell

Kindarell is a fictional world visited by children from Earth, a la Narnia. Some children stay, some return, but all are changed by their visits as well as effecting change in the Kindarellian landscape. Book one, The Song of the Piper, focuses on Amanda McKenna (yes, Ivy, that one's for you), a young girl who finds that no matter how hard she tries, she can't buy friends; she has to make them. Targeted towards children, and therefore (at least in my novice opinion) the easiest to write, is the one I'm working towards finishing first.



Gallaris

This is the one that started it all. The idea for Gallaris is a pretty straight-forward fantasy-based Christ analogy. It's the one for which I moved to Evansville the first time. It's my baby. The Gallaris books are my attempt at a cross between The Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time, and Dune. My first writing attempt as an adult was an 8-page introduction to the first book in this series which has been lost to the ravages of time and disorganization. It practically dripped from my fingertips, had mystery, humor, and character development. I'd give my left pinky to have it back, but I'm probably going to have to rewrite it from scratch. The concepts and ideas will still be intact, but you can't pay for fresh inspiration like that.



The Pyramid Trilogy

Okay, this one's not actually called The Pyramid Trilogy and it has very little to do with pyramids. But the premise for it is the most original, inventive idea for a story I've ever had, and I'm playing this one pretty close to the chest. You've got to be a close personal friend of Nate to hear details on this masterpiece.

This is the series I'm the most excited about, and the most eager to see in print. Consequently, while I will continue to work out the story and characters, the actual writing of this will probably have to wait until I've developed my craft a little more. While I won't go into detail here, it's a modern-day action/adventure story that delves into the spiritual world that encompasses us all.



So those are the big three: Kindarell, Gallaris and Pyramid. There's also some non-fiction stuff I'll be working on, but that will mostly work it's way out in my other blog, Aspiring to Discipleship.