Apologies for the missed post this past week. I’ve been on an international book tour to Italy and France. Of course, when I say an international book tour, I entirely mean that I spent a couple weeks sauntering about Venice, Rome, and Imperia in Italy, and Nice in France, and a bit of time on the beach in Comox, BC. I thoroughly enjoyed inhaling and absorbing the history and locales about which I’ve read and studied so much. All of the places to which we went were incredible and have proven to be a great inspiration to me. So cool to visit three places so geographically close but so extensively different and unique. Every time I travel, my world grows and I feel a much better person for it. I hope that the inspiration I’ve received will reflect in my upcoming works.
It wasn’t all fun and games, I did get down to work and have prepared the storyboard for my second novel. I have prepared character profiles, elaborated upon the setting, and prepared the major plot markers. Alright, I admit, this is fun and games, as my wife tends to point out. Every time I figure out something clever, or funny, or I advance a key plot, I am pleased as punch to go cryptically tell her what I’ve thought up.
I’ll talk a bit about the plan for the upcoming novel next week. I intend for it to be quite different from the first in many ways, but similar in others. I’m going to take my time to plan it all very carefully to ensure the highest quality work of which I’m capable.
Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you’re enjoying On Swift Wings. On that front, I received some news that Indigo is going to put a number of copies on their shelves at Chinook and Crowfoot, and I will likely do a book signing there in the coming weeks. (More on that to come.) A few informal reviews have begun to trickle in, but nothing yet on any review site like Amazon, Indigo, GoodReads, etc. Generally people are saying that it is challenging but rewarding, and the satire is well done. I am really looking forward to hearing and reading more feedback to help with the planning of the second novel.
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Brett Wiens 