Project Status Overview – Lance Schonberg

So there’s definitely something in my makeup somewhere that I need to channel better. I like to work on multiple things at a time which, once some kind of equilibrium has been achieved, makes me just as productive as someone who works at the same rate but only focuses on one thing at a time.

But I also seem to have issues sharing things when I’ve finally take them to a final draft status. That certainly needs to be fixed.

Between those two idiosyncrasies, I thought it might be interesting to list all of the book-length projects I have and in what stage of completion.

Some reading this might ask the question: what the frack is wrong with you? Others will pick a different question: why are you spending writing time on a blog post when you have a list this size? Both questions are valid. And we won’t talk about the sheer volume of short fiction I have lying around that I should do something with. We also won’t mention more than in passing that I’m still free to have other ideas.

Final Draft Complete

Graceland: Science Fiction, Collection, 83k words
Heroes Inc (The Citizen Book 1): Superhero, 73k words
Skip to My Luu: Science Fiction, 87k words
Ancient Runes: Science Fiction, 85k words
Universal Destiny: Science Fiction, 77k words
Scattered On the Wind: Science Fiction, YA, 72k words
Draugr Rising: Fantasy, 65k words

Third Draft Complete

Actually nothing here at the moment, but that should change shortly.

Second Draft Complete

The Undead: Fantasy/Horror, Collection, 96k words
Arena (Troll World 1): Fantasy, YA, 63k words
Hero’s Life (The Citizen Book 2): Superhero, 62k words.

First Draft Complete

Dragon Summer: Fantasy, 108k words. My first attempt at a novel. No one will be permitted to see this until sometime long after my death.
The Godhead Book 1: Fantasy, 127k words. Has a couple of significant issues I know how to fix.
The Godhead Book 2: Fantasy, 104k words. Needs to be torn apart and rebuilt almost from the ground up, keeping the basic plot and a few fun parts.
Warforge: Caledonia: Science Fiction, 128k words. Some adjustments needed for the POV arcs to come together more smoothly.

First Draft in Progress or Stalled

Shrine (Troll World 2): Fantasy, YA, 74k words estimated. Primary project.
Fractured Unity: Science Fiction, ST Fanfic, 50k words estimated. Currently 26k words. Next project in line.
Stoneweaver: Fantasy, 52k words and stalled with significant problem.
Dreams of Freedom (Alishran 1): Fantasy, 22k words and stalled.
Iron Jack: Fantasy, 13k words and the plot needs to be rebuilt.

Outlined (Has 5-10k words of structure and character built)

Bad Teenage Poetry: Historical, 75k words estimated.
Fallen Heroes (The Citizen Book 3): Superhero, 60k words estimated.
Seven Days a King: Science Fiction, 60k words estimated.
Converging Destiny (Universal Destiny book 2): Science Fiction, 60k words estimated.
Palace (Troll World 3): Fantasy, YA, 60k words estimated.

Plotted (Has 1-2k of structure built)

Speculative Emotions: SF/F, Collection.
Periodicity: SF, Collection.
Unified Destiny (Universal Destiny book 3): Science Fiction, 60k words estimated.
Battlefield (Troll World 4): Fantasy, YA, 60k words estimated.
Kami Falling (Draugr Rising sequel): Fantasy, 60k words estimated.
My Cousin Hans: Historical, 90k words estimated.
Strewn Across the Stars (Scattered on the Wind sequel): Science Fiction, 65k words estimated.
ISIRTA: 50 Plus Years Later on the Other Side of the Pond: Non-Fiction, 70k words estimated.