http://www.birthpangs.com Birth Pangs: Fidelis. A Series by AR Horvath Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:55:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is politics an important part of your world?  Should I be searching for hints about the way you feel about capitalism or democracy, or should I be looking past these things as the 'superficial' layer of relationships, looking for a deeper reflection on civilization in general? Political systems really represent individual ... http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/128 Continuing on with the interview: Why pick a post-nuclear war setting to explore these themes:  first, the theme of human virtue and fortitude, and, second, the theme of ultimate truth? Interestingly, what I wanted to do in the book decided this setting.  I didn't start out wanting to have a Mad Max ... http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/127 Four months later than I had intended, but there it is.  Now it is time for editing and all that jazz.  You can look for Book 2 to be released around Christmas of 2008.  As for the title... it will be released in due time, but if you have a ... http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/125 Book 2 hit 96,000 words last night and I expect to be at about 105,000 by the end of this week. After that I expect just another 40,000 or so. I think it is clear that I won't be able to have the next book out until Christmas ... http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/124 Knocked down another 15,000 words the last couple of days.  85,000 words is more than half way through the second book, I reckon. Here is the second and third questions I was given to answer. Q2.  Where does Fides come from?  Why bring Fides to life now in this point of your ... http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/123 A while back I was given some interview questions and then had the interview only to have the audio lost.  (It was stolen in Argentina.  Seriously).  I still thought the questions were fun, so I'm going to answer them in text.  Book 2 is 70,000 words long and I'm making ... http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/122 Well, since the last time I posted I've added 60 pages, single spaced, to Book 2.  Its been both more difficult and easier to make progress. Easier when I can get to actually writing, but more difficult to get back at it.  I've been writing at the margins of the ... http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/121 Unfortunately, progress on writing book 2 hasn't been what I would have liked.  I focused November-December on selling book 1 rather than writing book 2, but I thought January would have seen me writing more.  Circumstances are what they are.  However, finally fed up with circumstances and just brimming with ... http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/120 I have had a couple of orders for leather edition covers and was pleased to get the first batch. Before sending them off I took a video of them. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zzJfANgkWU I really should have put the regular hard cover jacket next to it so you could ... http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/119 http://www.birthpangs.com/archives/116