Work On "The Vampyre Blogs" Novel Has Begun...

I know, I know, I haven't even put out "The Ship" yet, and I'm already working on another book?  Well, I'm waiting for feedback from some of my beta-readers who are going over "The Ship" so there's not much I can do on that front at the moment.  And it felt so darn weird, sitting at my computer and not working on something, other than doing Facebook and games.

Besides, I've been getting a lot more views on "The Vampyre Blogs--Private Edition" blog sites that have been looking very encouraging.  I really hope my creating those sites will lead to me having a really good sized audience clamoring for the book when it finally comes out in December.  In this day and age of Indie Authors and self-publishing, one has to try and be inventive to build an audience for your work.  And I keep hearing over and over again about how important it is to get the word out about your works (both finished and in progress).

But what I really want to talk about today is my personal experiences in writing a book that is comprised of blog entries by various characters.  It's been hard to describe at times, when people ask me about it.  But today I finally came up with a good way to explain it.  Basically, each 'blog entry' is pretty much a short story in and of itself.  I'm just putting together a bunch of short stories in such a way that they tell a much larger tale.  And I'm finding it fascinating.

This is the first book where I've tried using the first-person point of view.  I've always been a little leery of doing this because I keep in mind that whichever character is telling the story, we only get to see what goes on inside their head.  They don't know exactly what's happening inside the minds of the other characters.  But, by following Bram Stoker's example of using journal and letters, I am having a blast getting all the different characters thoughts and opinions about what is going on in and around their lives.

I'm actually finding this format rather easy to work with and very exciting.  I just hope the audience finds it as enjoyable and interesting.  I just finished the first entry in the novel and it came to just over 1000 words.  How long will the book be in the end?  I'm not sure, but I'm hoping to keep it under 80,000 for a change.  It will be easier to manage the edits and rewrites, so I should be able to keep to my scheduled release of December later this year.

I'll follow up again soon and let you all know what other discoveries I'm making as I continue the tale.  

Until next time, take care and keep writing!