Last winter I had three stories published in a matter of six weeks or so. Since then nothing. You can attribute that to the whims of the Gods of Publishing. Nothing ever happens quickly in publishing and sometimes it seems as if projects move at a glacial pace. So I have seen nothing published for nine months. That drought has been broken.
Today I received my copies of I.V. Frost Tales of Mystery and Scientific Detection in the mail. It’s been a long wait for this one but it was worth it. I must say the book looks good. I love the cover art. I believe sales are directly related to cover artwork. Also I have to say that the art in some of the books I’ve been published in leaves something to be desired. As for the stories; there are nine of them written by such well known New Pulp authors as Ron Fortier, Frank Schildener and Chuck Miller. I haven’t read all of them yet but they look good averaging between ten and fifteen thousand words each.
As I’ve mentioned before Frost is an interesting character. I was a bit hesitant to try writing an adventure for him because he is so complicated. He has that Sherlock Holmes deductive thing going and that is tricky to write. You have to write lots of little clues that all make sense when explained. This is harder than it looks. It’s one of the main reasons I have not attempted to write a Sherlock Holmes story for Airship 27. The other reason is I have some doubts about my ability to do a “Victorian English” voice. At any rate once I got going on my story I had a lot of fun writing the adventures of Frost and Jean Moray (his sexy assistant). I think I caught the flavor of the Frost stories pretty well.
So if you’re looking for a slightly different Pulp hero you might give Frost a try. I don’t know if the book is available on Amazon but it is available at Moonstone Books’ website (retail is $16.95) and will be available here soon. You might try E-bay as well.
So my publishing drought is over. I hope to finish the year strongly with several new stories published, including some original characters and stories that have been awaiting publication for a long time. Will post more news as I get it.
See you next time.