Author Archives: Mark P. Kolba
The Splitter Saga
I’ve been having a blast over these last few months continuing to work on the Splitter Saga. I’m trying something different with this series than what I did with my first two books–namely, I’m going to hold back on publishing the first book in the series until I have more of the series written. I … Continue reading
Recent Progress and a Cover Teaser
I’ve been having a great time this year being back into more of a writing groove. Along those lines, I’m pleased to announce that my latest novel, Splitter, has been completed and is going through editing at this very moment. I’ve also finished the cover design, which I’ll tease for you here just because I’m … Continue reading
2015 year-end summary and goals for 2016
After a slow year for writing in 2014 and a slow start to the year in 2015, it was great to get back to a more productive pace again during the latter half of 2015. In my 2015 goals post, I set a goal of 200,000 words for the year even though I’d originally planned to shoot … Continue reading
Goals for 2015
I’m going to keep it simple this time. My primary goals for 2015 are twofold: Publish The Emerald Veil (Book 2 in the Mirynthir Chronicles) Publish Starliners (Galaxy-building card game of intergalactic trade) My secondary goals are probably best left to myself, as they are a little more ambitious and likely only a subset of … Continue reading
2014 year-end summary
So we’ve come to the end of another year . . . a glance back at my year end report from 2013 feels a bit like reading a Tale of Two Cities. 2014 certainly didn’t match 2013 in terms of overall productivity. I missed my yearly goal, and I also missed my updated in-year goal … Continue reading
Fourth quarter writing progress
I’m finally getting around to wrapping up my 2014 writing progress blog posts (yes, I heard that snicker over there in the corner . . . I know that we’re already into February :-) ), and in the interest of thematic matching, I figured that the fourth quarter progress post should mimic the amount of … Continue reading
A new look for Shattered
I’ve just given Shattered a bit of a facelift . . . some very minor tweaks to the story (which you probably wouldn’t even notice if you already read it, so don’t feel like you have to go back and read it again unless you really want to!) and, most importantly, a new cover. While I did … Continue reading
Third quarter writing progress
I’ve decided to drop down to a quarterly report with my writing progress updates. A cynical person would suggest that I’m dropping down to a quarterly report to disguise the fact that I haven’t been making much writing progress lately. A generous person would suggest that I’m dropping down to a quarterly report so that my … Continue reading
June writing progress
As the year goes along, I feel more and more like we’re probably going to need a readjustment of the original goal of 200,000 words for 2014! I think that my new informal goal will simply be to finish The Emerald Veil by the end of the year, which should at least put me past … Continue reading
May writing progress
As I mentioned in my earlier post, May was a month full of many wonderful moments and many short nights of sleep as my wife and I welcomed our twins to the world. It’s hard to believe that the little ones are over a month old now as I write this! I did manage to do a … Continue reading