{"id":1310,"date":"2018-01-01T10:20:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T10:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnkfulton.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2018-01-01T10:35:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T10:35:45","slug":"new-year-status-report-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.johnkfulton.com\/?p=1310","title":{"rendered":"New Year status report 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my fifth year of writing up the status of my books – see 2014<\/a>, 2015<\/a>,\u00a02016<\/a>, and 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Beast on the Broch<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Beast on the Broch<\/i> is still out there. It’s not selling particularly well (sometimes the Amazon sales chart shows two-month gaps between single copies being sold!) but it’s still out there.<\/p>\n

This blog<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I took a step back from the blog in 2017. In previous years, I’d tried to keep up a steady flow of articles and reviews, but this year I couldn’t find the enthusiasm to keep up that stream of content when very few people were reading it anyway. Hence the lack of “best of 2017” articles, which were very<\/em> time intensive.<\/p>\n

New novels<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

On the last day of 2016, just over a year ago, I completed the rough first draft of my Roman Scotland novel. The first draft is flawed (much like the scifi novel that was my other manuscript of 2016), but even after a year’s break I can’t see how to move forward without a 70% rewrite. On hold.<\/p>\n

Short stories<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

With my novels on hold, to scratch the writing itch this year I wrote three and a half short stories, totalling about 7500 words. Unfortunately I didn’t manage to find homes for any of them.<\/p>\n

The Wreck of the Argyll<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

My first novel came to an inglorious end when it sold just 200 copies before going out of print and the rights reverting to me less than a year after publication. But every once in a while, an end is a new beginning, and Cranachan have agreed to republish the book with a spiffy new cover<\/a> in February 2018.<\/p>\n

I’m massively proud of The Wreck of the Argyll<\/i>, which I think is the best thing I’ve ever written, so I’m glad it’s been rescued from oblivion, and looking forward to seeing it in print again soon.<\/p>\n

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