Previous Post As for the entertaining Nocturne interview, the list of projects published and forthcoming again leaves me wondering how you find time to sleep. Love the idea of the Babel mystery. It sounds like a real mind-bender. How far along are you with that?

> As for the entertaining Nocturne interview, the list of projects published and forthcoming again leaves me wondering how you find time to sleep. Love the idea of the Babel mystery. It sounds like a real mind-bender. How far along are you with that?

I've given up sleeping except in the daytime.

The Babel story is one I started to write a couple of years back before I was pulled away to other things. If I recall the first line was something like:

Nimrod the Hunter turned suddenly and kicked his high priest into the fire pit.

Anyway, that's now fourth on my to-write list, after:

* Robin Hood and the Tower of London - short promotional story
* Robin Hood and the Black Monk - short promotional story
* An article on magic fire in the Marvel Universe

Depending on their length, the Robin Hood stuff might just end up as an anthology with the existing Robin Hood and the Slavers of Whitby and possibly including the upcoming Robin Hood comic book story.

Other things on the writing list, in no particular order, are:

* Proofing and revising the novel "Sir Mumphrey Wilton and the Lost City of Mystery"

* Completing the novel "Vinnie De Soth and the [title to be decided]" - 70,000 words in; this might accidentally go on to be a trilogy!

* Completing the novel "St George and the Dragon" - 55,000 words in

* Completing a couple of short stories to complete a collection of short stories by me on ladies of mythology. The two already "in the can" are The Flower Maiden and Cinderella. The two to do are the part-finished Hesione (a Trojan princess) and the unstarted Lilith.

* Additional story material for the Spires of Mars eventual collected book edition.

* Additional story material for a mooted Robin Hood trilogy deluxe omnibus adition

* Completing a short story featuring a classic literary character for a multi-writer anthology.

* Finishing the Parodyverse Christmas story I started last Christmas.

In the can and awaiting publishers to, well, publish are:

* Blackthorn: Dynasty of Mars - due before the end of the month, they say
* A Sinbad anthology including a 15,000 word story by me
* Robin Hood: Freedom's Outlaw - conclusion to the trilogy, promised by end of year
* Blackthorn: Spires of Mars - sometime after the online series ends, with additional material
* Four other anthologies that await either cover art or stories from other contributors; some of these might take years

And then, sleep.

By the way, may I quote your correspondence in the Blackthorn Website Letters Page?