Well, The Archives are being repacked. Five boxes are full now, and there looks to be enough material to fill anywhere from two to four more. Out of curiosity, I added a table to my SOF-Archive Database to contain a list of all of the books, short stories, plays, and poems I have written/plan(ned) to write. Sure I've missed some, but the table holds 128 items right now, of which 41 are actually written - at least in rough draft format.
A few more loathsome statistics.
Type of writing:
. 65 Books
. 35 Short Stories
. 8 Plays
. 17 Poems
. 3 Comic Strips
Genre
. 17 Fantasy
. 17 Poems (no genre)
. 5 Western (including comedic)
. 4 Science Fiction
. 7 Contemporay (close to modern day)
. 6 Children's
. 15 Comedy (all genres)
. 3 YA
. 10 Real Life (fact-based biographical)
. 1 Sports Related
Year Inspired
. 95 Undetermined at this time
. 1 1971 (Eric and Paulette)
. 1 1974 (Swords of Fire)
. 1 1976 (The Monsters)
. 2 1983 (both westerns)
. 2 1984 (western and contemporary)
. 7 1985
. 3 1986
. 11 1987
. 4 1988
. 1 2009 (Apprentice)
I know I haven't included everything, because there are three more short stories new to this year, as well as several poems. Very little of the poetry is included right now.
Series
. 38 Swords of Fire
. 1 Decca the Brave (52 cartoons, but only one listed)
. 1 Furthering Adventures of Eric and Paulette
. 1 Case Histories of Detective LaManch
. 1 Heroes Ride Draft Horses
. 1 Seven Helmets of Shirdu
. 1 Defender of the Crown
. 1 Spargeld the Magificent
. 3 The Power
. 1 Kiahva (I am planning on writing sequels to Apprentice)
. 3 Denton and Tubby
. 1 Hot Shot Reporter
. 1 Animal Kingdom
. 1 Legions of Encarrah
. 1 Baby Talk
. 10 Dr. J and Dr. D (all of these are written)
. 1 Pet Rock (doezen of titles - all comic strip)
. 1 The Great Sports Central
. 1 The Life of Miles
So, there you have it. A horrifying glimpse into the creative thinking process of Bevie James. Some of those "unwritten" stories have actually been told. This includes the opening books in the two series: Heroes Ride Draft Horses and Spargeld the Magnificent. Unfortunately, most of the oral tales have been forgotten over the years and will require new creativity to replace.
Since I will be out of town a few days this coming week I will take another full week off before returning to Traitor. I will read it again, making changes as required, and then get back to finishing the query letter.
In the meantime, I purchased several new moving boxes and will be completing the repacking of The Archives. It's been an interesting walk down Memory Lane.
Sailors on the Sea
Sunday, March 22, 2009
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2 comments:
Have you actually written 65 books? Or is it that you've planned that many?
Either way, you are amazingly prolific.
I have planned 65 books. I've only actually finished three, if by "finished" you mean written. I narrated about a dozen books between 1983 and 1989.
My finished (found) written works total 41: three books, 21 short stories, and 17 poems.
Actually, my finished total is higher, but several short stories seem to be lost, as well as a host of poetry. Back in the 70s I used to toss things when I was finished, so a host of material may be gone forever.
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