20220419 - Project Roadmap (2022 04)

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Progress reporting, \ organizing one’s presents. \ Thankful for sharing.

#HAIKUPRAJNA - Project Roadmap (2022 04)

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Thank you for reading the latest update to the HaikuPrajna Project Roadmap release schedule. There are a number of exciting pieces of news to share in this post. This month is the third anniversary of the first HaikuPrajna poem to be shared online via Instagram! Please read to the end for details on Free Book Promotions from the Kindle ebook store in celebration of this anniversary!

First, leaking some news about an event at the local public library. Excited to announce that, later this year, "Fishing for Caribou" and "Escape Perennial City" will both be featured in the Brampton Library's Local Authors Showcase! For the following twelve months these books will be circulated in both physical and digital formats. According to an email from the library, an event is expected to take place in mid-June 2022. Further details will be revealed to you when they arrive. 

Next, following the second edition releases of "Hector Blake" and the rest of "SM-SARA, Poetry and Other Stories" in March (https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2022/04/20220401-sm-sara-poetry-and-other.html), the release schedule has been updated with the following Project Roadmap:

. In summer 2022, the story “Together in Forever” will be released online beside the fourth HaikuPrajna Collection, which will contain book and comic reviews. (Together in Forever 2021 12 21 poem: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2021/12/20211221-together-forever.html)

. The novel “Orson Tripp” is planned for October, and a revised second edition of “Elephant in the Room” will be shared in Fall 2022 with another online story, like “Together in Forever”, titled “Ultraviolet” which is part of the already-announced Project: "Fluke", an anthology of standalone stories that is framed by the appearance-altering Fluke's overarching misadventures, which is in drafting and editing stages. (Orson Tripp tag: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/search/label/Orson%20Tripp)

. Have packed Winter 2022 with another standalone story like “Together in Forever” with plans on either “Fluke” or the episodic “Bucket” Collection for December. 

The more distant dates are more flexible than others, and there are expectations for at least one of these projects to be moved into 2023 or ‘24, as there are enough story outlines to release well beyond 2024.

To end things off, on April 23rd 2022 you can snag up to three ebooks for free for life, links below, and “Escape Perennial City” will be $0.99 on the digital US/EU Kindle store from April 23rd until the 30th. If you miss out, every week, new readers can collect an ebook on Free Fridays! Read in your browser at https://read.amazon.com for free, no excuse if you are reading this!

. The Artifact: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2022/03/20220303-first-anniversary-of-sm-sara.html

. The Cannon: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2022/03/20220314-cannon.html

. SM-SARA - Kuiper-belt Infantry Division Edition: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2022/03/20220311-sm-sara-kuiper-belt-infantry.html

. Escape Perennial City: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/escape-perennial-city.html

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Thank you for reading during these past three years, everyone. This is a story that is only just beginning. 

Until next time,

Allen W. McLean

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"Fishing for Caribou" eBook, paperback and hardcover are available through Amazon Kindle apps and devices, and with Kindle Unlimited; previews and more: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/spear-thrower.html

Every week, you can collect an ebook on Free Fridays! Selection rotates every few weeks; collect them all! "Hector Blake" is also free to read online alongside book reviews and articles: 

https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2022/03/20220323-hector-blake-second-edition.html

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20210111 - Non-linear Path

 

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Learn to love oneself,/ to accept, and to control./ Transcend one's orbit.

(Non-linear Path)

Hello good readers,

Logging updates on "Orson Tripp", the novel I have been outlining. I touched on the story and plot, which thematically is about desire and dysphoria in the lense of mindfulness. The inpatients, especially Eloise, learn how to accept who they are. To avoid being too derivative of other "learning to love yourself" stories, I want to highlight the characters coping with their unchangeable facts so that they can instead focus on what can be changed. 

"Orson Tripp" is still a ways off; I put most of my energy toward the upcoming "SM-SARA" Collection and plotting "Orson Tripp" so that I have a new script to play with while editing "Spear-thrower" and pitching "Perennial City".

Previews of the upcoming "SM-SARA" HaikuPrajna Collection can be found here:  https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/sm-sara.html

While I pitch my first novel, "Perennial City", the full first chapter along with rough-chapter previews can be found here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/perennial-city.html

Poetry on, and the first draft of "Spear-thrower" can be read here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/spear-thrower.html

Thank you for reading.

Until next time,

Allen W. McLean

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20210110 WIP Update - Orson v. Tripp

 

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Ashamed to have such/ fantastic abilities./ Learning to control.

(Orson v. Tripp)

Hello good readers,

Is it weird to still greet you as "good readers"? 

Logging plot details for the novel I am outlining right now, which is titled "Orson Tripp". The conflict centers on Eloise's desire to have been born without telekinesis, but her angst leads to her usage of her powers, and she shuns herself for it. Edwin Tripp, the Overseer of the Institution, develops the abilities of the inpatients at the expenses of their stability. The plot revolves around the daily life of the Institution while the inpatients learn to control the physical world with their minds. 

Tomorrow, I'll go over the moral of the story and the themes, and maybe show some work. 

Previews of the upcoming "SM-SARA" HaikuPrajna Collection can be found here:  https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/sm-sara.html

While I pitch my first novel, "Perennial City", the full first chapter along with rough-chapter previews can be found here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/perennial-city.html

Poetry on, and the first draft of "Spear-thrower" can be read here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/spear-thrower.html

My Goodreads' 2020 #MyYearInBooks can be seen here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/goodreads-myyearinbooks.html

Thank you for reading.

Until next time,

Allen W. McLean

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20210109 WIP Update - The Edwin Tripp Institution for Adults with Telekinetic Abilities

 

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Unable to change/ one's facticity. One copes/ only with the angst. 

(The Edwin Tripp Institution for Adults with Telekinetic Abilities)

Hello good readers!

The project I have been focusing on the most the past two weeks is my next novel idea, the working title is "Orson Tripp", and I wanted to log an update on what I have thus far. 

The story takes place in a distant future winter at "The Edwin Tripp Institution for Adults with Telekinetic Abilities", situated in what was present-day northern Ontario. Eloise Orson is the newest of Overseer Edwin Tripp's inpatients, all of whom he personally treats for their maladapted telekinesis. Conflict centers on Eloise's angst over being born with T-K, which Tripp can only remedy and help her cope with. 

Admittedly, I lack much sharable content, however I am excited to see this project to its completion, I just wanted to get "Orson Tripp" to production-level so that I could lean on it while focusing on editing Spear-thrower and sharing SM-SARA. Tomorrow, I will fill in some plot details.

PS. This story was adapted from an earlier idea of mine, which was posted on our Patreon!

Previews of the upcoming "SM-SARA" HaikuPrajna Collection can be found here:  https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/sm-sara.html

While I pitch my first novel, "Perennial City", the full first chapter along with rough-chapter previews can be found here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/perennial-city.html

Poetry on, and the first draft of "Spear-thrower" can be read here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/spear-thrower.html

My Goodreads' 2020 #MyYearInBooks can be seen here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/goodreads-myyearinbooks.html

Thank you for reading.

Until next time,

Allen W. McLean

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