This is certainly my most ambitious and complex book, but we shall see what people think of it when they read it. It is epic fantasy with wizards and what I think and hope is a fairly original magic system. It is written in third person past tense, which is a return to the style I used in my first couple books before doing three books in first person, mostly in present tense. I have five point of view characters, and all thirty-eight of the chapters are from their points of view, with a few additional separate chapters (prologue, interludes, epilogue) that are from other points of view.
I'm really quite excited to see how this one is received. I undoubtedly have quite a bit more work on it before it gets submitted to literary agents.
I already have notes on the book I will likely start writing after this one, with a very preliminary working title of Dice of the Divine, which would be an interesting mix of science fiction and fantasy. But I won't start that one until Broken Gods gets submitted to agents.
In other writing news, I did have a small publisher respond to my query letter for Spaceman Steve and the Quest for the Awesome Artifact with a request for the full manuscript, which is actually the first time I've had that happen. So that's exciting, no matter what comes from it. They are currently reviewing the manuscript and will let me know within a couple months if they're going to do anything with it. It's not overly likely, but I can hope. :)
